Weekend Fun: I don’t effing know anymore
So, last week’s picks, percentage-wise, were roughly as bad as my preseason selections. Despite the small sample size, I think we can officially say that I am not very good at this. So I’m not going even to try.
Instead, I’ll echo the common non-mainstream sentiment about a potential Pats-Packers Super Bowl matchup:
Please. God. No.
R may have love in his heart for Brett Farve; that’s all well and good. But if Farve wins Saturday, prepare for not one but two torturous weeks of serious media reacharounds. Every time you turn on Sportscenter, every time you take a break at work and scan NFL news, you will bombarded with Farve’s lightly fraggled face staring back at you. If the Packers win on Saturday, Farve won’t even have time to put on his trademark rugged Wrangler jeans and faded t-shirt before the Peter Kings and the Len Pasquerellis of the world start a’grabbin’. Literally, it will suck.
Now add to that dystopia a Tom Brady-Patriot-Rodney Harrison douche infusion. See what I mean?
The problem with this hatred is that I’m actually kind of rooting for the Patriots. At the very least, I’m not rooting against them. The opportunity to see rare accomplishment in sports is, well, rare, and should probably be treated accordingly. I feel like a bad sports fan rooting against the Patriots; Colts fans excepted, we should all probably want to see 19-0, right?
Which leaves me with one option: Rooting for the Giants.
Sigh. Is there anything else on this weekend?
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You’re on to something about actually wanting to see sports history, E.
but the patriots are pretty unlikeable. Rooting for them is like rooting for the South in the Civil War: it would’ve made history, but not good history.
Really, it’s pick your poison. If the Packers win, we’re gonna get two weeks of Favre fellation. If the Giants win, we’ll get two weeks of wondering whether or not Eli has made it, and interviews with Archie and Peyton Manning, along with old home videos.
I mean, it doesn’t matter who wins, ESPN and everybody else will cover the hell out of them for the next two weeks.
So just do what I do, root for whoever you have money on.
Also, Favre Fellation would be a great name for a blog.
I was thinking the same thing earlier. If I had gone through before the postseason began and picked one SB matchup that I desperately didn’t want to see, this would be it. (I don’t hate the Giants so much as an NC State fan I want to make certain that Eli doesn’t get a ring before Phil.) I greatly dislike the Patriots, but that’s perfect justification - wanting to see SB history - for pulling for them. Thanks, E.