Wasting a Day on Football

After all of these years I should know better.

Sunday I wasted a whole day watching football.. granted a High Def screen and signal are compelling.. but..

The 10 o'clock start and the raiders beat the Tampa bay "men in pewter pants." It pretty well kicked the door down on the chances of Tampa Bay doing anything in the playoffs. Its a little sad because their quarterback Garcia has a very compelling piece to him. He is not one of those superman quaterbacks 6 feet four inches and 230 pounds (like the Raiders Jamarcus Russell) He is about 6 feet tall and pretty scrawny. Linzi and I were down to the interview with him after the 49ers demolished the Buffulo team composed of rookies. He had a few cuts and scrapes but he didn't have the "quarterback" presence of a Steve Young or a Montana. So I always thought that for him to succeed in NFL was really great.

The 49ers played a game that followed. Starting at 1 o'clock the 49ers worked the clock even without the major running back. They too won the game but lost the season. There were some good running plays up the middle and the teams looks a lot sharper than they did when they squeaked out a win from behind in the St. Louis stadium. The sun was shinning brightly in SF and the game was beautiful in HD.

The evening game between the broncos and the chargers was played in the San Diego. The winner would get into the playoffs the loser would be out. The ponies (the Denver Broncos in their most depreciated form) didn't have the horses in the tank. While it was an interesting game, the Chargers blew them out in the end.

So those of us on the West Coast will be hoping for the Chargers to make it through the playoffs. Arizona will also be in the playoffs.. but few people are giving the cardinals much chance against their East coast rivals.

Next week the wild card games begin. They are usually the best games of the playoffs.. but there is a time cost.. and how many diet cokes can you drink before you have to find the "facilities". At the park this could be a major issue.. as more is on the ground than hits the hole.. I know I could have gone along time without saying that..

Happy Monday.. Pat