oh, and speaking of served
It was an absolutely beautiful night of defensive smashmouth football.....and a very quiet ride to school this morning. I almost had to put a muzzle on the youngster. We discussed the ride to school, and my desire for him not to be obnoxious about the events of the evening. He kept coming back with, "But if they would have won...". Yeah, but they didn't, and you can show a little class. You're older than they are. Show it. Yes, I know, if I hadn't have been there in the car, he still might have mouthed off. He finally agreed to keep his mouth shut, for the most part. We made a deal. He could make one comment, but that would be all. As the little Steeler fans climbed in, it was...
Youngster: We so totally own you. We could have beat you 16 to nothing, but we took a knee on the two yard line and let the clock run out.
First mouthy young steeler fan: (acting disinterested) oh, who won?
Second mouthy young steeler fan: That's nice.
That was all that was said about the game...or about anything. You could hear a pin drop in the rolling video game, but everyone knew, the Steelers got served. There was no chanting. There was nothing.
Silence is golden.
ps. While I'm on the subject of the game (which could be on and off, all day), ...Tony Kornheiser didn't do himself any favors last night with the J'ville population. He of the famous quote "Jacksonville is hosting a Super Bowl. What? Tuscaloosa was booked?", came out more than once last night with "Unknown team. Unknown city. Unknown coach." Talk about throwing out the "lack of respect" card, but ultimately...that's not true. It's just Kornheiser showing his ignorance.
Unknown team - In 1995 maybe, but I think 1996 and subsequent years solved that issue.
Unknown city - They did play that little game called the Super Bowl here. Heard of it? Every year they play a fairly huge golf tournament here called The Players Championship. Heard of that?
Unknown coach - Del Rio is fairly new in head coaching circles, so I can half give you this one. If you didn't know him before though, you will now.
Unknown team. Unknown city. Unknown coach. Yeah, I guess...if you live in China or some country that ends in 'istan'...maybe, or if you know nothing about football. You live somewhere in the vicinity of Washington DC, don't you Tony? Thought so.
Youngster: We so totally own you. We could have beat you 16 to nothing, but we took a knee on the two yard line and let the clock run out.
First mouthy young steeler fan: (acting disinterested) oh, who won?
Second mouthy young steeler fan: That's nice.
That was all that was said about the game...or about anything. You could hear a pin drop in the rolling video game, but everyone knew, the Steelers got served. There was no chanting. There was nothing.
Silence is golden.
ps. While I'm on the subject of the game (which could be on and off, all day), ...Tony Kornheiser didn't do himself any favors last night with the J'ville population. He of the famous quote "Jacksonville is hosting a Super Bowl. What? Tuscaloosa was booked?", came out more than once last night with "Unknown team. Unknown city. Unknown coach." Talk about throwing out the "lack of respect" card, but ultimately...that's not true. It's just Kornheiser showing his ignorance.
Unknown team - In 1995 maybe, but I think 1996 and subsequent years solved that issue.
Unknown city - They did play that little game called the Super Bowl here. Heard of it? Every year they play a fairly huge golf tournament here called The Players Championship. Heard of that?
Unknown coach - Del Rio is fairly new in head coaching circles, so I can half give you this one. If you didn't know him before though, you will now.
Unknown team. Unknown city. Unknown coach. Yeah, I guess...if you live in China or some country that ends in 'istan'...maybe, or if you know nothing about football. You live somewhere in the vicinity of Washington DC, don't you Tony? Thought so.
John put this out here at 7:36 AM
2 Comments:
Thought of you last night, and knew you'd be pleased...LOL. If Ben wasn't being such a child running around without helmets, I'd be sad. But everyone's gotta take their knocks.
I was amazed that Ben played, really. The guy had an appendectomy two weeks ago. I know you can play with pain (and painkillers), but his concentration level couldn't be anywhere close to 100%. You could see him grimace when he got up from being hit, and you knew...that boy was hurtin'.
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