In case you wondering (and judging by the attendance here, you’re not), I’m perfectly fine with Tebow winning the Heisman. If I had a vote, I would have given it to him as well. Still doesn’t McFadden’s status as my man. Anyway, two thoughts on the Heisman:
1. Was anyone else feeling a little weird watching the Tim Tebow piece before they announced the winner? It seems like he grew up in the Flanders house. Maybe I’m just uncomfortable with the best college player in America being a God fearing Christian. I like my college athletes “meeting with the assistant coaches” Jesus Shuttlesworth style, thank you very much. What do I know? Maybe Timmy is getting some. Just do a google image search on “Tim Tebow girl” and you’ll see what I mean. “Katie got some big ass tit-tays.”
2. Ummm…wait a minute, how did I miss that Colt Brennan was accused of sexual assault and convicted of burglary and trespassing? And how was this not bigger news? I’m not saying this is a racial issue, but they didn’t mention Marcus Vick 2 years ago without his issues. And I just found out about these revelations this weekend? I mean, if I don’t know these things, who does? Maybe I should have read that ESPN the Magazine article a couple weeks back instead of just passing it off as a cover dedicated to a player that might be a decent NFL backup (when has a run and shoot QB done well in the league?).
On to the NFL. I missed the 1 pm games due to Christmas shopping (Barney goes to Toys R Us, hilarity ensues). It was a boring slate anyway. I’ve reached my limit of Eli Manning for this year, so the NYG-Philly game wasn’t in the cards. I knew the Pats were winning yesterday. Why? Because too many people were picking Pittsburgh. New England is the closest I’ve seen to Jordan in their ability to find motivation anywhere. Anthony Smith is the new Labradford Smith.
I was listening to pregame stuff on ESPN radio and how did Bill Parcells describe Thursday night’s game? “Both teams played hard.” How has Sheed not copyrighted that by now?
Tankapalooza 2007 Update
Thank you Peter King for ruining my Monday morning. I had temporarily forgotten that the Patriots had the 49ers pick, and they’re currently sitting at # 2. They’re going to get McFadden, I know it. Then he’ll run for 150 yards a game twice a year against the Jets and the Pats will be winning Super Bowls until 2015. Fuckin’ A man, fuckin’ A.
Alright, enough football for this week. I spent most of my weekend trying to maintain some level of dignity while holding a potty trainer while hearing “I need a price check on a Dora the Explorer outfit.” (It’s tough to do. Trust me on that.) Other than that, there were three separate moments when I realized I’m getting old:
1. I was walking through Toys R Us and was drawn to the new GI Joe Sigma 6 action figures. Why? Apparently you don’t need to have fancy signs or flashing colors to get my attention. Just give your toy a name based on lean management theory.
2. I was half heartedly listening to a mixtape over the weekend and heard some random rapper say, “Double XL.” My first thought was “Why is a rapper name checking spreadsheet software?”
3. After unwrapping a sandwich at the mall on Sunday, I realized this would be too hot to eat and went to wrap it back up to take with me. After doing a piss poor job of wrapping it, my first thought was “hit control Z.” Yes, I was hoping for an undo function in real life. After this weekend, I’ve officially become pathetic.
Until next week…
1 comment:
It's great that Tebow won the Heisman, but I think that it's even greater that he won the Davey O'Brien Award. The Heisman represents only on the field accomplishments, while the O'Brien takes into account how a player performs on AND OFF the field. Now, THAT'S something I can respect.
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