Super Bore

The Super Bowl pairing has been set. We're now in for two exciting weeks of mindless hype about the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals. Yikes.

I'm not sure what is worse, that this is what we have left of football season or that football season really is over and now I'm left to watching the Bruins and the Celtics. Or wondering when Jason Varitek will come crawling back to the Red Sox. What's really scary and I concluded yesterday that at least I've got the Daytona 500 to watch in a few weeks. If the only sport I've got left is are the Turn Lefties, I've got troubles.

Too bad they can't play the Super Bowl game tomorrow and get it over with. I can't stand the Steelers and I don't give a hoot about the Cardinals. I'm now left to root for a team that got its ass handed to them in the snow at Foxborough a few weeks ago. To think that hapless team could actually beat the Steelers, I have my doubts. So I have no interest in the Super Bowl. I just might take a hiatus and move to one of those counties that has never tried a Whopper. Maybe they don't get the Super Bowl either.

Now my opinion might be a bit skewed because I'm still in mourning over last year's Super Bowl. Any time the talk turns to last year's game, I change the channel and walk away from the conversation. Don't want to talk about it. Don't want to hear about it. It used to be the same with the 1978 Red Sox or the infamous Game 6 of the World Series. Those, however, don't quite sting anymore. Funny how two World Series championships alters your perspective.

Now this football season has been pretty much a lost cause from the beginning. When Tom Brady went down with a knee injury, I knew the Patriots chances of a Super Bowl title were gone. It was questionable to begin with because of the Pats defense, which only got worse, and more injured, as the year went on.

I followed the Patriots season with mild interest. I didn't want to get too excited with their wins or too aggravated with their losses. I maintained a mild curiosity of the NFL all season even though all the teams I can't stand appeared to be the front runners.

My interest got peaked as the playoff chase narrowed and the Patriots were in contention. Even though New England got squeezed out, I enjoyed watching the Jets and Cowboys fall apart.

Then as the playoffs continued I was thrilled to see Goober and Gomer Manning get heaved out of the mix. All of a sudden, the only team I couldn't stand that was left was Pittsburgh.

My hope was that Baltimore would take care of business, but rookie Joe Flacco turned into Joe Flunko and the Steelers are the favorites in two weeks.

I probably wouldn't be anymore excited if it were the Ravens and the Cardinals. My slight hope is the fact that I've been able to watch the teams I can't stomach go belly up. So maybe the Cardinals will give me one more thrill by stomping on the Steelers hopes. I wouldn't bet on it. I think the Steelers defense will eat Kurt Warner alive and give the Cardinals a good old beating. The Steelers will do to the Cardinals what the Patriots did to Warner and the Rams years ago. They're going to put a bigger hurt on Arizona than Obama did McCain.

So, that leaves me with no interest in hearing all the hype of the next two weeks. I'm not really interested in the game. The Super Bowl tends to annoy me anyway since it is another one of those events where every yahoo comes out of the woodwork and pretends they're a football fan for a day. They're more interested in the stupid commercials and the partying than the game itself. It would be like me showing up and acting all giddy for the finals of American Idol. And, it would be a cold day in hell when that happens.

So, Super Bowl Sunday, I'm thinking my schedule is free. No commitments. No games to watch. Do they still run the Andy Griffith Marathon on Super Bowl Sunday? Maybe I'll give Tom Brady and Giselle and call and see what their doing.