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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Stupor Bowl 

In spite of the nationwide excitement, I'm not thrilled about this year's Super Bowl. It will likely be an exciting game, but I detest both of the teams playing in it. I am not going to force myself to watch it.

The Saints? They play a dirty game. They were playing to injure my hero (and man-crush) Brett Favre. And in spite of two Adrian Peterson fumbles, a Bernard Berrian fumble, two Favre interceptions, an idiotic "too many men in the huddle" penalty, and a botched handoff, they still needed to win the NFC championship game on the first possession in overtime. The Saints did not beat the Vikings; the Vikings beat the Vikings.

My problems with the Colts have more to do with their ownership and management than their players. Colts president Bill Polian pulled his starters during the last two games of the season, throwing away a chance that the Colts would run up an unbeaten record and go down as the greatest team in NFL history (next to the 1985 Chicago Bears, who went 18-1 and won the Super Bowl.) Colts owner Jim Irsay is an uber-liberal who threatened to veto Rush Limbaugh's bid to buy a minority stake in the St. Louis Rams. So much for the idea that liberals are tolerant and accepting.

I really wish that both teams could lose the Super Bowl. But I'd settle for third-string quarterback Curtis Painter coming in for Peyton Manning and embarrassing the Saints.

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