Well the weekend was mostly spent with football watching. I watched the Colts blow it yet again. Not sure how to react to that game. Part of me has always loved the Steelers tough working class sort of thing they got going on. Then again part of me wants the Colts to finally win the Superbowl, but I think the steelers were just the better team all around.
Da bears i was sorely disappointed in. I really hope they're not betting the farm that Rex Grossman will be a great quarterback. I mean he did ok for his 6th start in the NFL, but he really seemed to be a foolish quarterback. I'm sure a lot of his mistakes were rookie mistakes but some were just obvious bonehead throws. I don't think the Panthers are that good and I think with a more seasoned and better QB the Bears could have won hands down.
The Seahawks, that was surprisingly closer than I thought but I think even the Redskins knew that it would have to be the biggest fluke for them to win up in Seattle.
New England was a dissappointing game. I used to hate the Patriots, mostly because they beat the Rams in the superbowl, that and I hate boston, though you got to give them props for saying up yours to the city of boston by moving outside the city and calling themselves the New England Patriots, i've always liked that. But I've kind of got a soft spot for Brady just because he's so dang good most of the time. It wasn't much of a game Denver seemed to have everything under control. It should be interesting to see how Denver and the Steelers stack up, those are two pretty similar teams.
The seahawks if they show up and play halfway decent should be able to beat the panthers without much trouble. I think with colts, the bears, and the patriots you had teams who lost as a team. It wasn't necessarily anyone person's fault, it was sort of everyone played bad or not up to par. The redskins... well they didn't have a chance in my book.
Anyway, nothing really new on the home front. We're just hanging out. I'm done with travel up to the Northeast for good now so I can finally just relax and get back to a routine of sorts. I had the day off today MLK and all so i'm just taking it easy.
We have held off on doing stuff to the baby's room. We're not sure if we want carpet or wood flooring with an area rug. It will depend on what is cheaper most likely.
Posted by holtonian at January 16, 2006 01:46 PM | TrackBackwhy the sympathy for the colts? Is it Tony Dungy or Peyton Manning? From what I hear, TD is a nice guy and all but he has consistently under-performed as an NFL head coach (pretty much a failure in Tampa and now obviously can't win the big games with the league's top-talent). Your sympathy for him may be grounded in his "off-the field" tribulations and while I feel for him, I think that is a very female-y way to back a team. As for Manning, I have never liked him back to the UT days. I can't stand quarterbacks like Manning (and one hall of famer he resembles in many ways: Dan Marion) who constantly yell at, complain to, and criticize his teammates. Just watch him every time he throws a pass, his typical reaction is to yell at the receiver- even when the ball is in the dirt, 30 feet over the head, or no where near the receiver. This trait is one Manning share with Marino (as well as not being able to win the big games while having so much talent that he will probably set (and already has) many, many records). Compare the leadership qualities of Manning to Brady (and I'm no big Pats fan either). The ponies may have had some protection problems Sunday, but they also had accuracy problems and vision problems (ignoring open receivers) and game management problems. I loved seeing them lose, even though the refs were trying to help them win.
Posted by: Lutz at January 17, 2006 03:45 PM