Cards v. Eagles

It is finally here the Big Game! My excitement isn't over the event, but the possibility that the Eagles will hammer the Cardinals and I won't have to listen to the shit anymore. Last night the AZ news was:

Plane floating in the Hudson
Cardinals

The plane was interesting when it happened a couple of days ago, yes it was fantastic that everyone got out of the thing alive, but after the initial report its time to move on. As far as the cardinals, I don't need to see them getting on to their plane, off their plane, arriving at their hotel, or the ticket lines at the muffin dome in Glendale. A good 3/4 of the evening news is now sports. As I generally watch the Fox Network, normally 3/4 of the evening news is a promotion for American Idol, even that has taken a back seat, beyond past winner Jordan Sparks singing the National Anthem at - wait for it - the Big Game.

Everyone was now a die hard Cards fan, well almost everyone. I do wear my Cards hat, but not as a sign of support. While back in WI I wore a Badger's hat for the U of WI game and the Badger's lost; wore a Green Bay Packers hat for the Packers game and the Packers lost. Detecting a trend here I figured if I wore a team's hat it assured their imminent demise, but as with playing the lottery, I was just fooling myself. Despite wear the hat the Cards kept winning, showing the power of steroids over Phos's bad Mojo.

Even more saddening than the crapification of the news is the number of suckers buying tickets to the game and appearing on the news going on about what big fans of the team they are, have been for life, yada, yada, yada... Nothing about the obscene profits the NFL receives, the fact that many of the players make more in a season than most of their fans will see in their lives - all for chasing a ball one day a week. Let's Make a comparison between two entertainers, because when you come down to it that is all the football players are:



Sadly it is almost as expensive these days to go watch Pongo as it is to watch Warner, though personally I find Pongo more entertaining and scalpers won't be selling circus tickets for up to $2500 a piece.

Anyway, Go Eagles!!!