No Colts-Patriots? Well, boo-hoo
Nick Canepa of the San Diego Union-Tribune hit the nail on the head when he writes that everyone needs to get over the fact that there won’t be a Colts-Patriots rematch.
I’m sick of this “marquee game” manure. I’m sick of the TV networks playing the ratings game..I’m sick of it all. Why play the games? Why bother? Just get those “American Idol” idiots to pick the Super Bowl finalists. Don’t have a regular season. Don’t have playoffs. Go straight to the Roman numerals.
This week we’re getting it from all sides. Chargers-Patriots isn’t nearly as sexy as Colts-Patriots. I don’t question that, although the Chargers have better players than the Colts.
“You can’t always get what you want,” I read in “USA Today” during a 90-hour flight from Indianapolis back to San Diego.
And that, no doubt, is true. The author knows what he’s doing. But it’s too damn bad. America did not get Colts-Patriots and Cowboys-Packers. That’s a shame. Win a game. Be somebody. Don’t go snorkeling with Jessica Simpson. Cut out a commercial or two and throw to someone other than Antonio Cromartie.
I’ll be the first to admit that I was disappointed that there won’t be another Colts-Patriots grudge match, but Canepa is right. The Colts didn’t win – the Chargers did. Peyton Manning and the Colts didn’t step up – (gulp) Billy Volek and the Chargers did. Who’s to say that the Chargers aren’t the ones destined to knock off the Patriots? The game will still be played whether the fans like the matchup or not, so stop the crying.
I call complete BS on folks stewing over Colts/Pats – This was the best set of divisional playoffs I recall, and I’ve been watching football for a little while. The Packers were expected to kick the Seahawks, but we had some early drama. Later on we got Favre pitching snowballs, and I don’t care if you don’t like it. Watching a 38 year old man slap hands with the ref and throw snowballs around was a kick.
The Chargers beating the Colts with Rivers, Tomlinson on the bench and Gates hurting? Monster win! That was some of the finest football I’ve ever seen. The Giants absorbing Dallas’s best shots and managing, if only barely, to outscore them? Huge!! And regardless of what anybody else thinks, if the Jags get a TD instead of a FG on the second 90+ yard scoring drive, they have a chance to go in at the end, do a 2 point conversion and possibly steal that game from the Pats! They didn’t win, but they weren’t as far off as some might think.
Anbody complaining about this weekend’s football seriously needs to shut up and sit down, or I’m sending them to the kid’s table for supper next week. BTW – there’s no TV in that room, so I’d watch it if I was you.