Case of the Mondays: Breathe it in, let it out … it’s Super Bowl Week

January 29th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Last week was a cipher. An imposter. I stop short of calling it a total fraud - but it was certainly a shell of a Super Bowl Week. No media day? Pshh. No Tijauna-bound star players melting down? Whatever. No ESPN Countdown guys guffawing in front of a beautiful Miami backdrop, and then later being photographed surrounded by tramps? Last week, listen: I served with Super Bowl Week, I knew Super Bowl Week, Super Bowl Week was a friend of mine…you are no Super Bowl Week.

It’s important we make this distinction so we can truly revel in everything the next seven days can be. This type of needless build up and inappropriate moralizing happens but once a year (or whenever Joe Buck is involved), so why waste the moment by failing to realize its brilliance? For shame, apathetic football fan, for shame.

That’s why we’ll be casting our beady little focus on as much Super Bowl material as possible this week. Why fight the hype when you can perpetuate it? Oh, and guess what - for the second time in our lives (the first was when we were one) the Chicago freaking Bears are in the Super Bowl. You’ll forgive us if we feel the need to remind you of this as much as possible in the next few days. Apologies in advance.

Here’s what happened while we were thinking about the Super Bowl this weekend:

The Suns waxed impressive. Not as impressive as their last victory over the Cavs, sure, but impressive enough to win their 17th game in a row, a number that becomes all the more mindblowing when you consider it’d be the 34th in a row were it not for two herculean efforts from MVP candidates. Bow down to your desert overlords.

Hey, at least the Suns are good! Speaking of desert overlords, the Arizona Wildcats sufficiently surrendered that status Saturday at the hands of the North Carolina Heels that presumably Tar accidentally. Beat. Down. Lute Olsen looked about one UNC transition alley-oop from a pulling a total Barrett Robbins. (Sorry, I know manic depression’s not funny. Strike that from the record.) In the continually overlooked Pac-10, Aaron Brooks and crew held off a tough Washington State team, and in the Big Ten, Ohio State fell asleep just long enough to let Drew Neitzel and his gang of ragtag Spartans nearly beat them Saturday. Alas, their almost game-winning three was for all Naughtzel. (Sorry again. I’m full of apologies today.)

Eh, you know, just another day at the office. It’s too bad Tiger Woods and Roger Federer aren’t both basketball players, because then I would be really forced to care about their respective dominance. Instead, I did laundry while my roommate fawned over Tiger’s latest Tour win - just his seventh in a row, by the way - and didn’t even pay a wink to another series of Federer masterpieces in his Australian Open win. God, let someone else win, eh fellas? No one likes roboticism - didn’t you learn anything from Will Smith?