It's the day after the best day of the year. The day after the Superbowl. And even though college basketball is about to get interesting and baseball is right around the corner, football won't be back on the tube until August; that's depressing. Now football fans have to endure the six months of NFL draft coverage and the stories on football player's off-the-field squabbles.
Before we say goodbye to the most popular sport (ratings wise) in America, let's give thanks to all the beautiful and remarkable memories football has given fans in the 2008-09 season.
Let's start with college football. Thank you college football for another inconclusive season. Though Florida looked like the best team in the country, at least in the eyes of the BCS, nobody can conclusively say Florida (13-1) was better than USC (12-1), Texas (12-1) or even Utah (13-0). So many good teams and no constructive way to see who is the best (at least without major companies losing millions of dollars in promotions).
Even though there was no real winner in my eyes, there were many memories to make the season brilliant. Like Tebow's prediction, Texas Tech pretending to be a contender and Utah's beat down on Alabama. How could football get better?
Then the Superbowl happened. Pittsburgh vs. Arizona. Who picked Arizona at the beginning of the season to win the NFC? Who knew Kurt Warner was going to put up MVP numbers and play in his third Superbowl? One thing I did know, Larry Fitzgerald is unstoppable. He's fast, tall, athletic, and can catch anything thrown into his radius. But it wasn't the quarterback with the best numbers or the wide receiver with the best hands that prevailed.
It was Ben Roethisberger and Santonio Holmes that led the Pittsburgh Steelers to their sixth Superbowl. And while Pittsburgh's defense led the NFL in total defense, Roethisberger led his team in the fourth quarter all season. If he wasn't considered an elite quarterback in the NFL, he is now. 1/3 of Pittsburgh's wins came from fourth-quarter comebacks in the 2008-09 season. It would have been uncharacteristic for the Steelers not to finish the season with another comeback led by Roethisberger.
Thank you football for the great memories that you gave the fans all year. This is where we say goodbye until August. Goodbye football and thank you.
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I'm confused... Who wrote this? Was it Matthew Cherrin or Ernest Hemingway?
ReplyDeleteNice blog guy. However I would like to see more written about the JCC basketball world. Specifically about a little team known as Israel's Finest. They did have an amazing win after a crushing loss the first week. BLOG it!
ReplyDeletetechnically the football season was not officially over. who can forget the all important pro bowl? just sayin.
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