PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!

I took the scare of not having an NFL season really badly.  It was hard to imagine the thing I loved most in this world, FOOTBALL SUNDAYS, was almost gone from my fall/winter norms.  The affects of no NFL season is unimaginable – without sitting on the couch all day Sunday drinking beer and eating wings and/or pizza, then we as fans cannot gain our usual football season weight which helps us stay warm in the winter and then we would all develop pneumonia, hypothermia or even worse get frost bite…  hey it could happen!

Either way, the time has come to really commit myself to this blog, and gain knowledgeable and challenging readers so that I can have people to argue with on my NFL opinions – trade drama, bad ass plays of the week and whack performances, etc. I will do my best to push my Chiefs bias aside this season to better serve my readers . . . Let the TRADING BEING!

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF THE NFL SEASON DAY!!

It’s the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!!!

If you have plans other than watching the kick-off game for the NFL tonight, you are not American!

If you have plans to watch the game alone, I understand your need for privacy, as you may get awkwardly over-excited!

If you have plans to watch the game with a big group, WOO HOOO!  make sure you place your bets on the Saints!

oooo and don’t forget to set your fantasy football teams! I have 4 this season, so the odds of winning one leagues are better!  Although I do not have Chris Johnson or AP on any of my teams, as I’m anticipating another pre-ranking disappointment!   Either way will it be the year of the QB/WR or RB???  . . . can’t wait to find out!!

And in regard to those rumors that we will not be seeing another NFL season next year, yay uhhh STOP!  let’s discuss during the playoffs!

Cheers!

Breaking Ankles, NFL Style!

Post-Super Bowl Blues

Every year, on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday, I wake up a tad depressed and before I go to bed on Sunday night, I am thoroughly depressed.  Any fan of football fan, college or professional, feels this way whether it be consciously or not.  Waiting another 7 months until football season is the longest 7 months out of the year.

August to January we live life weekend to weekend, Saturday for college and Sunday for professional.  And yes, I know there is March Madness and the fast-paced excitement of baseball season (sarcasm), but there is nothing like waking up on a Sunday morning and knowing you have BIG PLANS to sit on the couch all day and watch football!

In order to live a normal life, we must ignore the talks of a 2011 NFL strike and wait until this matter becomes more serious before we take drastic matters or have suicidal thoughts.  A year without football is like a television with no cable . . . what’s the point!

Coping Advice:

College:  http://www.ehow.com/how_2057845_deal-college-football-season-withdrawal.html

Professional:  http://www.ehow.com/how_2046780_deal-football-season-withdrawal.html

and of course, I will be here to help you!

Super Bowl 44 Recap . . .

Congratulations to the New Orléans Saints for a WELL-DESERVED Super Bowl WIN! Normally most would break down the game piece by piece, but this win was possible because of 3 major factors.

1. Tracy Porter

2. Dree Brees

3. Keeping Peyton Manning out of the first half

The old saying, offense wins games, defense wins championships, was only partly true for this game.  Yes, the defense was OUTSTANDING, especially with crucial stops and interceptions, but the offense was impeccable.  The wide receivers were making Drew Brees’ job easy and with no turnovers.  The Saints played as perfect a game as they could have drawn up and without putting down the Colts for being outplayed, I leave their leader with a definition from Webster’s Dictionary:

sports·man·ship: conduct (as fairness, respect for one’s opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport

WHODAT!

A classic juke I could watch over & over!

Hero vs. Zero

Now that we are over half way through the season, it is time to separate the men from the benchwarmers with the Pink Trophy award ceremony . . .

Heard of the saying, washed up? . . . Well these guys have no clue what it means!  Brett Farve and Drew Brees continue to amaze us from week to week as they pile up a jackpot of yards.

Farve with over 2,000 yards and 17 TDs proved all of those “retire already” critics WRONG!   The booing from the Green Bay fans when he returned to Lambo sounded more like jeers of personal pain – It’s like if someone sold their old car because of a few break downs and saw it on Pimp My Ride the next day with an LCD TV and 22 inch rims.  And Drew Brees with over 2,500 yards and 19 TDs!  They should rename Bourbon to Brees Street!

Props to Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson for stampeding over defenses each week and satisfying the needs of their fantasy football owners (underlined meaning – MJD what were you thinking!)

As for defense, the NFC East gets props for Philly and Dallas stepping it up.  But recognition must go to the defensive player giving QBs nightmares on Saturday night, Elvis Dumervil of Denver, BRAVO with 12 sacks!

Finally, Honorable mention goes out to a dynamic duo – one player who successfully came out of the Oakland Raiders Rehabilitation Center – Randy Moss – and the his favorite Patriot, Tom Brady, who can throw the ball to Moss in quadruple coverage and he still manages to catch it with his eyes closed!

Final comments . . . Bad call Belichik!



Fantasy or Loyalty?

Fantasy football has shamed the way fans treat their rivals!  Instead of cheering against rival players no matter which team they play, it seems “fans” are more concerned with their fantasy points.  Yes, fantasy football is great and I play myself, but as a fan you would never see me cheering for the Raiders.  So, what’s acceptable?

1.  Is it acceptable to only cheer for your rival (so you can get the fantasy points) if you know they have no change of winning?

NO!

2.  Is it acceptable to cheer for your rivals (to gain fantasy points) during your team’s bye week?

HELL NO!

3.  Is it acceptable to cheer against your rival when they play any team?

DEFINITELY!

4.  Is it acceptable to cheer against your rival team when they are on their bye week?

COULDN’T HAVE PICKED A BETTER TIME!

Fantasy football is revolutionizing the term “Loyal fan” and lately I’m beginning to think the fan pool is getting smaller.  I encourage you all to stop playing fantasy football for money and start cheering for what really matters, when your most hated team and/or player has a TERRIBLE GAME and LOSES!  I leave you with a quote from a wise wise man . . .

“Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.”  — John Madden

SCOOT OVER GENTLEMEN, because Sunday afternoon football is being taken over by the LADIES! These days, wives, girlfriends and female associates are taking an increasing interest in the National Football League. And why wouldn’t we? Seeing as how uncontrollable emotions are already part of our genetic makeup – we are naturally passionate – it’s only fitting for us to follow the emotional roller coaster ride between Opening Day and Superbowl Sunday! With all the screaming and yelling at the TV you might as well be watching a soap opera – only in this case, there’s beer and fit men in tight pants.

And as most male football fans know, what is there not to like about football.

Where men see tailgating, burgers, aggressive tackling, taunting, complicated set plays and an excuse to drink more beer.

Women see… athletic, fit men in tight pants with the ability to intimidate and protect, first downs, touchdowns, and unnecessary roughness – we love to cheer, oh ya and the beer drinking (yea, this is pretty universal!)

For too long society has considered football a “man’s” sport, but NFL merchandising managers did not begin making pink team jerseys for those questionable metro men! Women are part of the game these days! (And not just as cheerleaders)

Inappropriate but HARDCORE – so forgiving!

I admit, there is a chance I’m biased. Growing up in Kansas City, the only thing worth living for was football (seriously, what else do they have??). They stamp ‘Chief’s Fan’ on your birth certificate next to eye color and hair color for Pete’s sake! Of course after that I moved to Texas where they practically serve you football for breakfast and claim they invented the phrase ‘Friday night lights’. Attending the University of Texas at Austin was no help either. Game Day in Austin was just about as sacred as Sunday Mass itself! So yea, I may be bias but that’s not to say the world couldn’t use a female perspective on the NFL. So sit back, relax, enjoy the season and bookmark Pigskin is the New Pink for updates throughout the season on all the big games, drafts, drama, and fantasy match-ups!

With less than 30 days from kick-off . . . leave some space on the couch!