The Real NFL Starts Today
It is officially back. Today the NFL season is upon us.
Today we dont have to pay full price for tickets just to see a 7th round draft picks taking snaps. Today we get 4 quarters of football from our teams starters. Gone are the precarious events and concerts surrounding the game to draw attention from the “casual fan.” My wife may want to see Fergie and the rest of The Black Eyed Peas on stage screwing up their own songs (Side note: What happened to the art of performing Live. Auto-Tune, ProTools and all the rest of the sound doctoring devices has really ruined music. Thank you Jay-Z for “Death of Auto-Tune” somone had to say it.) but I dont. While I like his music, I don’t need to hear about a condiment stained teenagers life experiences for me to be excited about meaningful football. I just want to watch football. Today is that day.
Today, I get to see Brett Favre be the Brett Favre that everyone likes. The one on the field. Today, I don’t have to hear about Tila Tequila and Shawn “How Many Things Can I do Wrong” Merriman to get my football fix. Yes, college football started 2 weeks and thats my favorite sport. But no where else than NFL is there such parody. Charleston Southern had no chance against Tim Tebow and the Gators, but the 2008 0-16 Detroit Lions has a shot against Drew Brees and the N’awlins Saints. The NFL gave us David Tyree and 18-1. Talk about parody. I love it. Today the real NFL begins. And today is a good day.
