JANUARY 27TH PLODS ALONG WITH ALL THE SPEED AND GRACE OF A SNAIL. I TRIED TO SLEEP LATE BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WHEN I WOKE UP THERE WOULD BE NO TAILGATE TO PREPARE FOR, NO GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS TO WATCH THE GAMES, AND EVEN THE REGULARS ON THE FOOTBALL BOARDS AT MSN FOX WOULD HAVE EITHER MOVED ON TO BASKETBALL OR WHATEVER, AND THERE WOULD MERELY BE A COMMENT OR TWO THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH DIE HARD GIANTS AND PATRIOTS FANS GETTING THEIR LAST LICKS IN ABOUT NEXT SUNDAY'S SUPERBOWL. NO SURPRISE, BECAUSE EVEN THE HACK COLUMNISTS ARE JUST WRITING DIFFERENT TWISTS ON THE SAME STORIES THEY'VE BEEN PEDDLING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS: CAN THE GIANTS UPSET THE PATRIOTS? '72 DOLPHINS GRASP FOR WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT OF THEIR CHANCE TO REMAIN THE ONLY PERFECT TEAM! BRADY HURT HIS FOOT...BRADY DIDN'T HURT HIS FOOT...WHERE DID BRADY HURT HIS FOOT IF HE DID? PATRIOTS WILL NOT ONLY WIN, BUT THEY WILL BEAT THE GIANTS TO DEATH...
REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS (LIKE THERE IS ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHICH TEAM IT WILL BE)--THE BOTTOM LINE IS, FOOTBALL SEASON IS AT AN END , AND OTHER THAN THE PRO BOWL, WHERE ATHLETES GO NOT SO MUCH TO PLAY FOOTBALL, BUT TO ENJOY THE SUN AND PARTYING IN HAWAII--AND THE GAME ALWAYS REFLECTS IT...THERE WILL BE NO MORE GAMES UNTIL AUGUST.
THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS ARE THE LONGEST OF THE YEAR FOR ME. FORTUNATELY, THE NFL CHANNEL ALLOWS ME TO WATCH A GAME EVERY NOW AND THEN--RELIVE THE DISMAL SHOWING OF MY DOLPHINS, REMEMBER THE MIGHTY ASSAULT THE PATRIOTS GAVE EVERY TEAM THAT CHALLENGED THEM, AND OCCASIONALLY GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT MIGHT BE COMING WITH THE 2008 SEASON. OTHER THAN THAT, IT IS LIKE A DROUGHT--I THIRST FOR THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GAME I LOVE, WITH NO REAL SATISFACTION UNTIL AUGUST FINALLY CREEPS BACK INTO MY LIFE.
EVEN THE WEATHER HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY HAS A CHILL IN THE AIR--SOME THINK IT IS JUST THE CYCLE OF WEATHER, BUT I KNOW DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART, THAT IT IS REALLY NATURE'S WAY OF MOURNING THE END OF FOOTBALL THIS YEAR.
yep, this SB would forever be known as "Black Sunday", unless the pats win 3 or the next 4 SB's and we all forget about this season. after all, who remembered the '04 steelers started 16-1, the '05 colts undefeated through 13 games, same as the '98 broncos, the '98 vikings at 16-1, and my list can go one. if the pats win some more SB, they season will merely be forgotten. PERIOD.
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