No Thanksgiving Day Surprises
Posted: November 23, 2007
I'm
sure that most of you did the same thing that I did on Thanksgiving
Day......fix your food, get out the t.v. tray and grab a cozy spot in
front of the television to see all of the football action that was to
unfold right before our eyes. I don't know about everyone else, but I
was very disappointed. First of all the best game was the first game.
The best games should be reserved for after 8:00 pm. Second of all
these games were barely enough to keep me glued to the television.
Every prediction that I (along with the rest of the world) made was
accurate. What is this? I'm not sure, but it is not Thanksgiving
football.
This
is supposed to be the time of year when everyone is attempting to
retain their top position for the play off game or they are attempting
to battle their way into the top spot. This Thanksgiving was
different. Who didn't anticipate that the Colts wouldn't have a
stampede across the falcons in Atlanta? Who didn't believe that the
Cowboys wouldn't wrangle the Jets? And who didn't have faith that
Favre's fairytale wouldn't continue? The only game that posed even a
small threat to the best team was the Detroit Lions against the Green
Bay Packers, but other than that I could not even hold one of my great
debates with friends or relatives because we were all in agreement that
the top teams that day would walk away victorious.
So,
for those who live under a rock (or were forced to do family stuff that
didn't involve football, God forbid), the Packers, Cowboys, and Colts
were the winners on Thanksgiving Day making life for the Lions, Jets,
and Falcons more difficult. I guess that it only made life more
difficult for the Lions really since they are second in their division
to the Packers, but all hope was lost long ago for the Falcons and the
Jets (the Jets are in a division with the Pats and the Dolphins if that
tells you anything).
So,
no one could really be impressed with anyone's Thanksgiving Day
predictions this year because we were all accurate. Maybe next year we
will have some games that actually make us want to fight off that lazy
feeling after we have stuffed our faces. This week's most exciting
game appears to be the Jaguars and Bills. I know that is pretty
pathetic, but at least this season we can say that the boys have been
separated from the men.