Insane Random Ramblings

If you’re a Steelers fan that is. After a rough start, they were basically good to go for the rest of the game. Now it’s time to bring on the Ravens. We already beat them twice this season but we’re bitter rivals so you can throw that out the window. This will be one vicious, nasty, hard-hitting game.

On the other side, the Eagles went into Giants stadium and came away with the game. Now they get to travel to warm Arizona. Can you believe the Cardinals are in the NFC title game?!?! Craziness.

These are gonna be two really good games.

There were 2 playoff games yesterday. The hometeam lost both games. The Panthers and the Titans were both the favorite and coming off of a bye week. Today the Eagles and playing at the Giants and the Steelers are at home against the Chargers.

I hope yesterday’s trend doesn’t continue today.

I got my homework done yesterday so I wouldn’t have to worry about it today. I’ll wait until tomorrow to wash clothes. That way I can watch sports all day long. I probably won’t watch the early football game. But I’ll watch the Steelers vs the Eagles at 4:15. Then I’ll watch the Yankees vs the Orioles at 8pm. I guess you know who I’ll be rooting for right?

The only thing I may do early in the day before the games come on is clean the bathroom. My sink, especially the Kohler faucets are kind of spotty. I’ll also mop the floor and clean the mirror. That shouldn’t take long at all.

Then I’ll od on sports for the rest of the day.

I haven’t really written about sports lately so today’s topic is: 5 random sports items

1. I wrote a post about Shawne Merriman a week ago. I’m glad to see that he’s having the surgery he needs. I hate to see the Charger’s lose him for the season but that’s better than him having a potentially career-endind injury.
2. I can’t believe the Browns are still talking smack after getting crushed by the Cowboys last week. Sunday night is the Steelers turn to hand them a butt whooping!
3. Tom Brady is lost for the season! He tore his MCL and his ACL. The team will wait for his MCL to heal then he’ll have surgery on the ACL. His expected recovery time is 9 months. Training camp starts in 10 months so he should be good to go for next year.
4. Forbes magazines estimates that the 3 pro football teams worth the most money are: Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and New England Patriots.
5. You know the Yankees are having a rough go of it when they haven’t shown one of their games on regular tv in almost 3 weeks. Now, I have to turn to my electronics media to see them. Usually there’s a game on once a week. I miss drooling over A-Rod.

Have a great weekend!

What is he crazy? He’s had 3 opinions telling him to get surgery and take the season off. He now wants a 4th opinion. Then what?!?!?! A 5th or 6th. Have the surgery, sit it on down and get ready for next season. If he decides to try and play this year, he risks a career-ending injury.

Sit down Shawne!

I think it’s pretty evident that I love sports. I talk about them a lot. Not as much as I used to, but it’s still more than most. Anyway, I have a sports shelf in my living room with a few bobbleheads and a autographed football among other things. I didn’t think I would be able to add any more sports collectibles for a while but now I might be able to.

I found a site called Hyped-Up Sports that sells sports memorabilia which is cool. But even better is their new program called the Send It In Program where you send in stuff to be signed by your favorite athlete. So far they have LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Kevin Durant. Each person signs on their own schedule. Actually, I just checked and Michael Jordan was scheduled in February. Bummer! But everyone else is still available. What a great way to add sports collectibles to my growing collection of articles.

When I first went to the site, the first item that caught my eye was a Alex Rodriguez autographed bat. Now I know that I have a “I love Ryan Howard” category, but I really love A-Rod. It’s too bad he’s not in the program. Do you think I could send myself? No. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to stalk admire him when he comes to Pittsburgh in June. I can not wait!!!!!!!

Ha! I am so happy. I hate the Patriots. It’s funny because nobody gave the Giants a chance and they won in the final minutes of the game. It was weird rooting for the Giants. It was like rooting for the lesser of 2 evils, but I just knew I didn’t want the Patriots to have a perfect season.

Eli won the MVP. I know that will be a trivia question down the road. What brothers won the SuperBowl in back to back years and were the game MVP’s. As an added bonus for me, John won his football pool. Awesomeness! It’s been a great day!

I always wondered how the referees got picked to officiate the Super Bowl so I went looking for it. I found this article:

Mike Carey selected as Super Bowl referee

GLENDALE, Ariz., Jan. 30 (UPI) — Mike Carey, an 18-year veteran NFL game official, was selected to be the referee for Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday.

The game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots will be Carey’s first Super Bowl as referee. He was an alternate for Super Bowl XXXVI and has worked 14 playoff games, including two conference championships, in his career.

Carey was the referee when the Patriots beat the Giants, 38-35, in the regular-season finale.

Also on the officiating crew will be umpire Tony Michalek, head linesman Gary Slaughter, line judge Carl Johnson, field judge Boris Cheek, side judge Larry Rose and back judge Scott Helverson. The crew has 71 combined years of NFL officiating experience and 43 combined post-season game assignments.

Ken Baker is the replay assistant.

The National Football League selects its Super Bowl officials through an evaluation system. The highest-rated officials at each position, if they have five years NFL experience and previous playoff assignments, earn the chance to work the Super Bowl.

I thought that was interesting so I figured I would share.

I’m sitting here watching the Patriots and Chargers game. I’m really rooting for the Chargers because I don’t like the Patriots. Then later on this afternoon, it’s the Packers and the NY Giants. I’m rooting for the Packers in that game. Both games will determine who gets to play in the Super Bowl. It’s win or go home this time of year so every game is important.

My boyfriend asked me if I wanted to go to a game because he would buy some college football tickets. I was like dude the college season is already over. He doesn’t really like football so he wouldn’t know. He’s more of a baseball fan which is cool because I like baseball too.

Speaking of which, pitchers and catchers report when?

They’re awesome! I didn’t want the Patriots to win but I figured they would. I love the fact that the Packers and Chargers won their games. I hope the Giants beat the Cowboys then everything will be perfect for next week.

I’ve been chillin’ all weekend watching football and eating good food. The only thing that would make it better would be if I had some home theater furniture like a big comfy couch or something. But I’m not complaining heck I would sit on the floor to watch the games.

The only things that sucks about this time of year is that it means the NFL season is almost over. It also means that it’s the middle of winter. Blech. When do pitchers and catchers report? I hope it’s soon. C’mon spring!