"If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition."

-- Charles Caleb Colton

26 January 2009

Superfluous Bowlactomy!

Good heavens! It's been a gaggle of fortnights since we've heard any sporting opinions! This fair writer is just going to have to abandon all formatting and cut right to the chase!

Next Sunday marks the 40whateverth time that millions of people around the world will turn on their pre-DTV era television monitors to watch some frogs say the name of a beer company. Budweiser is the early projected favorite, but don't count your frog endorsements before they're croaked. I'm hearing RUMORS of an Obama Ale launch. Fresh promise-filled taste and a hint of pot and coke residue.

There's also supposed to be a football match, so let's see what we have here. The Arizona Cardinals I assumed was a fantasy team until about a week ago. C'mon, they play at University of Phoenix Online Stadium! And I'm pretty sure they won one of these playoff games by 5 Larry Fitzgerald youtube highlights.

But now they're up against the STEEL CURTAIN. I wonder who decided a curtain sounded more imposing than a wall. Anyway, Troy Polamalu and his dashing locks will pressure the Cardinals in a way they're just not accustomed to after Sundays spent refreshing their ESPN fantasy page every 30 seconds.

But don't count out Kurt Warner. The man rose from a simple grocery bagger to NFL MVP faster than it takes the F Train to make it out to Coney Island after a little white guy complains that a big black guy pushed him down the stairs and then it turns out the black guy is a cop (only one person will get this reference, and based on the numbers of AJSO readers remaining, I like those odds!). Look for Warner to will his team to a few scores late when it looks like the Steelers are going to eke out the clock management championship.

I'm not not saying the Steelers will win, and I'm not not not saying the Cardinals won't. That's how I see it.

-Oscar

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i remember that