It’s Superbowl time!!!!  The second best holiday of the year. (C’mon….gotta give it up for J.C.)  We’ve got first timer Arizona, and multiple timer Pittsburgh.  Now really, is there anybody outside of being a Steelers’ fan really want to see them get a 6th ring?  I know Dallas fans don’t.  Neither do SF fans….and you just know that every living soul in the state of Washington really doesn’t want a Steeler’s victory.  There’s no getting over that one regardless on whether or not you agree.  It’s just human nature to hang onto something if you feel you’ve been screwed.  Ask any die-hard Raiders’ fan….I mean the ones who bleed silver and black.  All you have to say is “It was a fumble” and they will know exactly what you’re talking about….because it was A F*#%ING FUMBLE!!!!!

There are going to be a lot of Eagles’ fans who will be torn.  Some will want a team from their state to represent.  Some of those will be rooting for Pittsburgh because of the horrendous no-call on an obvious pass interference.  Yeah, I’m still hammering the officials.  But really, are you going to blame the entire game on that one no-call?  I mean it wasn’t like IT WAS A F*#%ING FUMBLE or anything.  You know, if McNabb could have made some decent throws early on the non-call would have been a non-issue.  Maybe it’s just desserts that a team from Pennsylvania got screwed by the officials.

Now, is everybody set for the inevitable bash on that holiday?  It’s said that the holiday with the most alcohol consumed is Independence Day.  I would counter that if Superbowl Sunday were to be made into an official holiday the 4th of July would get a run for it’s money.  I wonder what the attendance for businesses is like the Monday after?  I am one of the smart ones.  I’m taking that day off.  I’ve learned my lesson after many years.  There was one of the Dallas/Buffalo games where I was drunk-dialing people I knew to call them a bunch if wimps for not staying, or not coming at all.  Well, I was the wimp the entire next day.  Oh my!  I couldn’t even keep water down.  Made for a real bitch of a day.  Be smart.  Take the day off.  Be even smarter, do not drink and drive.  Do you hear that Shlinklincoln?  Slaughter?  Your Mom?

Oh, back to sports.  The early line has the Cardinals a 7-point underdog.  Really?  To a Pittsburgh team with the best defense in all of football?  This isn’t just a defense who “stops” people.  This is a defense that plants them.  Just ask Willis McGahee.  What a vicious hit he took.  Hard enough to knock the defender sideways for a bit.  No.  Pittsburgh sets out to hurt people, which I really don’t have a problem with as long as it’s clean.  Did anybody catch what was probably the stupidest statement made by a TV announcer in decades?  After that shot, which replays showed the defender lowering his helmet and hitting with the crown, Phil Simms said this:

“There is no helmet-to-helmet contact on a play downfield.”

What the hell was that?  There’s a reason Phil is in the broadcast booth and not out on the field in some sort of coaching capacity, or in the office of a team.  He’s just that stupid.  I wonder if it was one of those times where his “shut up” meter in his head was screaming at him, but he just had to hear his own voice?  And if your son was really all that, wouldn’t he still have a starting job somewhere?  I guess Steve Young was onto something there.

 So, go forth and enjoy your upcoming holiday.  Relish in the atmosphere of the great spectacle we call the N…F…L.