Monday, February 04, 2008
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 Labels: Football, Greatest Upsets, NFL, Sports
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Dave
1:31 PM
Giants 17, Patriots 14.
The greatest team to not finish the deal. The "other" Manning wins one for the Big Apple. Lots of stories will be written, lots of reflection. The ever anal Yankees will adore Eli, at least for one season. And the Beantowners, well, let's just say Bucky Dent takes a back seat right now to the sack that should've happened, but didn't... the catch by a reserve receiver that had barely left a mark on the stat sheet all season long. Pats' fans, that's Manning to Tyree for 32 yards, and a first down. Let it sink in for awhile longer.
And through it all, we got to see Super Belicheck show his true colors, racing off the field, not bothering to endure the actual close of the game. Typically, his postgame rhetorts were sanguine, and downright terse. I can imagine this man tipping his pizza guy 50 cents because he got there in just under 31 minutes. How people play for this guy is beyond me.
But I digress...
Through it all, let this be a lesson to NFL teams from coast to coast. Offense is glitzy, and gets headlines, but defense wins championships. A cliche, perhaps, but ever appropriate tonight. And maybe, just maybe, some humility will settle in the next time this team decides to run up the score on an inferior opponent just to settle a vendetta. Karma, and all that.Labels: Football, Greatest Upsets, NFL
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Dave
12:03 AM
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Best Laid Plans...
When the day started, I was cheerfully planning a football party next weekend. Most of us are Cowboys' fans. At least one of us (me) is a Colts' fan. Absolutely none of us are Patriots' fans.
Well, of course, the Pats won handily yesterday. Today, the Colts lost by 4. So did the Cowboys. And I didn't really get to pay attention to much of it anyway because of the boys.
Sigh.
I guess it won't be a festive party. Oh, well.Labels: Exasperating Moments, Football, Friends, Parties
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Dave
6:52 PM
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Much has been said recently about the untimely demise of Washington Redskins' defensive back Sean Taylor. What I never knew until recently was that he was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church. (Readers of this site probably know that I, too, attend the SDA church.) I found this story and this one to be very insightful into the life of this misunderstood, private man.Labels: Football, Seventh Day Adventist
.: posted by
Dave
4:37 PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
I love college football. It's in my blood. I was born into it, you see. And I do understand the rivalries that exist (Alabama/Auburn, Michigan/Ohio State, Tennessee/Florida, etc.) and how intense they are.
But nothing compares to Kansas/Missouri. Think otherwise? Take a look at their gameday shirts. here, and here. Then read a little about the history of the two states.
All I can say is that, as much as I love the game, I don't take it this seriously, and I hope I never do.Labels: Football, History
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Dave
9:53 AM
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