Insane Random Ramblings

I wrote that sports related post yesterday and 2 things changed.

1. Dez Bryant back-tracks. I liked it better when he just straight up said “nah I ain’t carrying your pads”. Instead he comes out now with how he didn’t know it was a tradition and blah blah blah. Everybody knows it’s a tradition. Hell I’ve never stepped on a football field or even held a football and I know. What is revealing is that he said Roy Williams had a attitude like you’re gonna do this. That’s what ticked him off and made him say no. I guess he has try to give it a positive spin. 
2. T.O. got a job with the Bengals. That team is gonna be a mess. You have the two biggest hams in football on the same team now. The first thing T.O. did was tweet that “Ocho Uno” is coming to town and then equate him and Chad OchoCinco to Batman and Robin. A hot mess. There will be some major fireworks on that team.

What a fine mess of a football season we’re in for!

At least not for me. I really didn’t want the Saints to win. I was cheering as hard as I could for the Colts but it just wasn’t meant to be this year. I didn’t even like the commercials this year. I’m pretty ambivelant on the new E-Trade baby. He’s ok but I was used to the old baby. I couldn’t really get too excited about the commercial.

I did not like the Doritos commercial with the little boy, the mother and her date. I was really beside myself when I saw him slap the guy. I would have been heading for the nearest exit signs and not looking back. There’s something about this commercial that really gets under my skin but I can’t put my finger on it. I did however love the Snickers commercial with Betty White and Abe Vigoda. I know it’s bad to laugh at old people getting jacked up but the commercial was funny.

Here’s hoping that the Steelers are in the Super Bowl next year. Or at least there are better commercials.

The NFL made the decision to move the Pro Bowl to the week before the Super Bowl. It was held in Miami this year and was sold out. I think it’s a bad idea because any member of the two teams that are in the big game can’t play, they just roam the sidelines. If the fans voted these people in, they’re the players that we want to see.

Then you have the venue. It was a treat for these guys to get a all expense trip to Hawaii. Sure most of them could afford to pay for it anyway but that’s not the point. A weekend trip to Miami in January is cool. But what about when the game is held in Detroit, Minnesota or another dome city?

I hope they move the game back to the week after the Super Bowl. That only seems to make sense to me.

I guess I’m sad about that somewhat. To be honest I really wasn’t into football this year as much as I’ve been in the past few years. I was way more into baseball season than anything else. I’m especially getting antsy right now because we’re in the thick of Winter and I know it’s almost spring training time which means spring.

Oh well I guess I’ll have to pick a team to root for throughout the playoffs. Hopefully this time next year, the Steelers will be back in the playoffs where they belong.

I withdrew too much money yesterday by accident. I wasn’t paying attention and instead of the $100 button, I hit $300. I didn’t want that much extra cash laying around the house so I went down to the branch to deposit the excess money.

Once I got down there, I saw a line of people outside the bank just milling around. Then I noticed two city cops standing there. I still didn’t know what was going on until I walked inside. All over the branch was signs saying that Santonio Holmes was going to be signing autographs from 11:30am-1pm.

If I had known I would have brought my shirt from home for him to sign. We usually see all kinds of stuff on the company internet site but there was no mention of this. I guess they didn’t want the branch to get mobbed. Oh well, maybe next time.

I have a few ramblings about sports today:

• The Steelers looked crazy last night. The offense would score and the defense was doing ok until the 4th quarter. Then they gave up 2 touchdowns in less than 3 minutes. They need to shore up that D. When is Troy coming back?
• I’ve been watching a lot of college football lately. I don’t know if it’s because there is nothing else on tv or what but I’ve been really into it. I’m not rooting for any particular team though.
• The baseball playoffs still aren’t set because the Tigers and Twins have to play a deciding game tomorrow. The Vikings are playing tonight so the baseball game had to be pushed back.
• I’m rooting for the Twins because of Detroit’s goofy fans. On Friday night there was a Detroit fan with a “Bring On The Yankees” sign. Uhhh, your team isn’t even in the playoffs yet and you’re confident that you can beat the next team. Talk about counting your chickens before they’re hatched.
• I registered for World Series tix. I probably won’t get them and even if I do, I probably won’t be able to go. But I’ll try and see what happens. Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky.
• A-Rod was about to break his 12 year streak of 30 HR’s and 100 rbi’s. He had 28 and 93. So what did he do? Only go out and hit 2 homers and drive in 7 on the last game of the season. Let’s just hope he produces like that during the post-season.

This is my favorite time of the year. I’m loving all of the sports that I’m seeing lately. I’ll actually be sad when baseball is done because I know that means Winter is just about here.

They start so late. Football is not that bad because the latest they will start is 8pm so the games are almost always over by 1130. Sometimes they will last until after midnight but I don’t mind. If I’m watching the game that late,  it’s usually a good one.

Now baseball is another story. Their late games start at 10:10pm which means they don’t go off until after 1am. I almost always fall asleep watching those games. I don’t mind weekend games though. They’re always entertaining.

I love this time of year even if I don’t like the times the games are played.

Yeah Roger Goddell finally got it right. Mike is able to play beginning in Week 3 vs the Chiefs. Now Andy Reid has to decide whether to give him an exempt status for the first 2 weeks or put him on the 53 man roster. If he’s exempt he would be unable to practice with the team. I think he needs to be on the regular roster so he can at least practice for those 2 weeks.

I was never a Mike Vick fan but I’m happy for him and it will be exciting to see him play.

Today is the parade for our Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The parade doesn’t start until noon but people started migrating towards downtown at 9am. That doesn’t count the people who started lining up at 5 and 6am for prime spots near the grandstand. Did I mention that it’s cold (of course) and it’s snowing?!?! That’s Steelers fans though. It could be a blizzard and there would be people out there.

The city is estimating that there will be 250,000 people there today. The same amount as last time and almost 45% of the population of the city. Craziness man. The suckiest part? I have to take my exam today so I have to leave work at noon. I’ll be in the thick of the crowd (but going in the opposite direction), and I’ll miss the whole thing.

At least I’ll be able to catch the rebroadcast tonight on television.

Nuff’ Said!!!!!!!!