...You're a serious kick ass sport when you're able to make people forget about March Madness.
That's exactly what the NFL pulled off this week. Holy crap, between the Manning signing in Denver, Tebow and the Jets (now there's an Elton John song waiting to be remade), and the incredible sanctions handed down on the Saints for their headhunting program (and by that I don't mean helping people find employment), all the talk has funneled through pro football in the off season.
You hear more about the one year suspension without pay for Saints coach Sean Payton than you do, say, about how powerful Kentucky is in the NCAA tournament.
As a friend put it, there's just no time to follow four sports teams anymore. There's room for one and that sport is football in America. As insane mad hockey is up here, the NFL gets its fair share of attention. People simply love the whole football culture; or cult. You choose.
As much as I enjoyed Tebow, Denver had to make that move. For Manning, it's a smart move as my same friend suggested, since he goes into a weak division where he gets a real chance at the playoffs. Would have been a similar situation with San Francisco. Real contender in a weak division. But the NFC is stronger as a whole so thr 49ers face stiffer competition.
In the AFC, there are only three legitimate contenders (Patriots,Steelers, Ravens), so the odds are good that the Broncos reach the Super Bowl inside five years. Barring injury and freaky things of course.
T.C, did you see this? http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com//david/pat-robertson-manning-deserves-get-hurt-afte
ReplyDeleteWow, your comment box went crazy there! Look at that spacing? You should consider removing that damn CAPTCHA, by the way. It really doesn't help much in stopping spammers anyway, and it's a hell of a nuisance to real commenters.
ReplyDeleteFunny, one of my readers and friend told me the same thing! What the heck is CAPTCHA and how do I remove it?
ReplyDeleteWell, I use to have it enabled over at SE, so you might remember it when commenting over there in the past. It's those weird letters you have to copy and type in a little box to prove you're human in order to publish your comment. As to how to remove? Go to your dashboard, go to settings, below that, go to comments, the scroll down until you see: Show word verification for comments? Mark that No (it defaults to "yes") and it will be removed from your comment form. You can, of course, always add it back later if you want.
ReplyDeleteDidn't see that. Thanks. Hilarious. Fool.
ReplyDeleteLink from Media Matters. Pft.
Testing...Dammit T.C.! Still CAPTCHA?
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