What's up everybody? I hope you all enjoyed my THRILLING Super Bowl Blog from last week. In case you aren't aware what's going on, I spent MY Super Bowl Sunday doing a running blog of the game. And while I can't say it was a total success, it did teach me a lot of things like how hard it is working under pressure, and also how much more involved I need to be while watching sports. In the past, I may have considered myself a casual fan, but now that I have an idea of what I want to do the rest of my life, now whenever I watch sports I mean I REALLY watch sports. I'm analyzing things that I've never seen before and actually taking notes while the game is going on. Noticing what players are making a difference at what time, and how that impacted the game. Some of you may call this nerdy, I call it being a fan.
Anyway most of you probably watched the Pro Bowl tonight, which the NFC took 42-30. Adrian Peterson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, and Terrell Owens each had two touchdowns but it was Peterson's 16 carry, 129 yard performance that won him MVP. The thing is, at least for me, when it comes to the Pro Bowl I don't really care one way or the other who wins. I mean I'll watch it, but that's because this time of the year, there's really nothing to watch on TV outside of college basketball except maybe hockey and the occasional billiards match. Here's my take, and remember, the important thing is that this is my OPINION and in what way you take this is up to you. You may agree or disagree, but that's the great thing about sports, there's always room for debate.
Get rid of the Pro Bowl. That's right, I said it. Get rid of it. First off, it's boring. Any football game that's on past the Super Bowl is completely inconsequential. Because for most people, the Super Bowl is the culmination of an entire year of football and after that, it's time to look forward for spring training. It's in Hawaii, which I guess is kind of cool except for the fact that it's in a stadium that looks like it was built during the days of the Pyramids and that nobody goes. How many football people do you know that book a trip every February saying, "I really can't wait for the Pro Bowl this year." None. That's what I thought. I actually tried watching it earlier this afternoon and ended up falling asleep. That should never EVER happen when it comes to an NFL game. Not to mention, and I don't know if you know this, but 17 players that were voted in by the fans pulled out either because of injury or personal reasons. Now for people like Brady, LT, and Antonio Gates I completely understand because those guys played hurt in either the AFC Championship or the Super Bowl depending on the player. But what about Randy Moss and Brett Favre? I watched the Super Bowl, it didn't look like Randy Moss was hurt to me. And as for Favre, the only thing I think he's suffering from is a bruised ego after throwing that interception that let the Giants go to the Super Bowl. If the players that we vote in as fans decide not to show up because they're tired, then just take the fans vote away completely. Otherwise what's the point in voting people we WANT to see in if they're just not going to play if they can. It's a waste of their time and ours.
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