All week I've been feeling like a bad fan. I just haven't felt the urgency and excitement that had pervaded my pre-Super Bowl weeks in 2002 and 2004. I guess that's natural when your team just goes out and wins as a matter of course (33 wins in their last 35 games!). But still, this is the Super Bowl. And as of last night, I'm officially pumped (and jacked).
One of the best observations I've read this week was from Jim Donaldson, saying that if Pats cornerback Rodney Harrison played for any other team, we'd hate him. That's absolutely right. As it is, though, he's ours, and I can't wait to see him absolutely lay waste to Freddie Mitchell and any other Eagle who dares carry the ball near him. Harrison's big hits have been one of the most fun things to watch this year.
Anyway, I don't have the time or wherewithal to go full coverage with links and stats and comments of my own, but I am (super-) excited, and I hope everyone enjoys the game!
I watched the President's state of the union address for a while, but then my TiVo had to change the channel to record Law and Order, and who am I to argue with TiVo? I definitely didn't watch the Democratic response, which I always hate no matter which party is doing the responding. So, as with pretty much everything of import thats happened this month, I don't have much to say on the whole thing. Here's one thing, though:
Thank God Wonderboy Tom Brady wasn't there for a bizarre "no more steroids" moment. What was this year's seemingly-out-of-leftfield insert? Like I said, I only caught the first forty minutes or so, but I'm going with "frivolous asbestos lawsuits." Wha-?!
Oh, and I don't use strong language too often here, but fuck all the clever armchair warriors with the blue-painted fingers. Seriously. Fuck you. How dare you co-opt the almost unimaginable courage of those Iraqis who cast ballots last weekend. Absolutely classless.
OK, see you in another couple weeks. I'm off to fantasize about putting my money into the stock market where it will just grow and grow and the government can never touch it.