Tag: #NFL

  • ODDS and ENDS – A-Holes, WWE or MMA, Make the Call, and Parking

    “Odds and Ends” is my continuing series of random thoughts and follow ups…

    I know that I am not the first person to say this, or even the best at articulating this sentiment, but we all agree that people who recline their seat on an airplane are assholes. No one likes the people who do it, and if you are a person who reclines your seat, we all hate you; You should know that. (Really? Does the two inches of reclining make that much of a difference?) But I started wondering why the airlines leave that function on the seat? Is there a torture quotient that they need to fill for Coach? Sorry, Economy. Was there a meeting where airline Executives brainstormed ideas that would lead to more fights on flights?

    “Fights on Flights” sounds a WWE event. Or MMA. You make the call on that.

     “You Make the Call” commercials had the best music. Manly, sports music.

    So, I tried to explain parking in New York to someone who does live in here. What I discovered is that I sound crazy, like I have accepted Thunderdome as a way of life, and that’s normal way to live.

    And finally, we are going hiking again this weekend. We haven’t decided where, but the Summer of hiking continues.  

  • Sports and Covid: Update

    I had written about my two sports teams which I follow were starting their season this weekend. Sunday to be precise. It was Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, and the Dallas Cowboys in the NLF.

    As luck would have it, both teams lost. And sort of in the same way; their defenses were lacking.

    Clearly, it would have been an even more enjoyable Sunday if they would have won, but I had a good time, sitting in front of the tv, talking to the TV, and supporting my teams.

    The wife did ask me if it felt good to have sports back, and I said that it felt good to do something rather normal. Normal in the sense that I was texting with my circle of college friends while the Cowboys played, and none of that conversation had to do with Covid. It was nice to look on social media and see friends posting about how awful the team played and that the season was over. It was nice to complain about something rather than the end of the world.

    It’s normal to take a break. It’s normal to talk about other things. It’s normal to have hopes that someone will put a ball through a goal.

    I have enough Covid issues to deal with; the kid going back to school, health insurance, social distancing, unemployment, eviction, and the election. It can really feel like too much, just about every day.

    But for a little while, I got to worry and hope that Kane would score in stoppage time, or that the defense would sack Goff.

    I’m not a huge sports fan, but I did enjoy about five hours of normal yesterday.

  • Football (Both) Amid Covid

    This will be one of my rare sports blogs, but as we are closing in on the start of American Football, and the English Premier League, it just seems fitting.

    Last week, my good friend contacted me and all of our circle of friends, asking if we wanted to continue out fantasy football league this season, and to be honest, I wasn’t even aware if there would be a football season this year. I’m sure I’m not alone in this; with everything that is going on, fantasy football hadn’t been high on my radar, but the thought of texting friends about how awful players are doing, and sinking their chances of winning our league did seem like a nice distraction. Don’t ruin it for me, but the fact that there are fantasy football leagues seems to me to say that there will be a season. But I don’t feel any excitement for it. Normally, I have a stupid optimism that my team, The Dallas Cowboys, will actually win it all. Facts don’t matter in this situation; I just somehow know that they will pull it off. I’m not feeling it this year. I don’t know anything that is going on with the team other than Dak will be starting.

    As for the other team I am following, Tottenham Hotspur FC in the Premier League, they start their season on Sunday. I do feel like I am a little bit of a bubble when it comes to rooting for them, as I don’t know of any other Hotspur fans. It’s almost like my little sports secret. If I want to watch them this year, I will have to subscribe to Peacock, which will be $50 for the season. This is a little more exciting to me, for the simple fact that I have to put some skin in the game if I want to follow them, (Funny how spending money on something makes you care more) and I will be spending that money on them.

    I can agree with the idea that with sports continuing, even in its limited capacity, it does give the sense of normalcy. That, we can have something “other” to talk about. But for right now, I will settle for my two teams to just have a winning record.