First ‘N foremost, I haveda say that I barely watched any Football over the past weekend, as I really didn’t care much about the games - only tuning into the Saints game during commercial interruptions during the Anaheim Supercross race… Along with turning on the Steelers for a little lunchtime ambiance, as after all, I was wishing that Pittsburg would CRUSH Denver… which is funny since I’m NOT a huge fan of “Big Ben’s,” you know - Mr. Hanky Panky; Err, Ben “What Cheerleader?” Roethlisberger…
Yet I found it quite funny how my allegiances quickly shifted in favour of Roethlisberger, since I simply CANNOT stomach all of the current TeboMania… And hence, I was doing my bestest Teboing impersonation in hopes of spiriting the Steelers onto victory…
As after all, Pittsburg had the second largest points-spread in it’s favour for the Wildcard weekend - with the Steel Curtain being given plus-8.5 odds over Denver; trailing only the New Orleans Saints 10.5+ odds.
Yet, alas - it wasn’t to be, as GAWD-DAMN-IT! That Tebo guy confounded everyone, including the once vaunted Steel Curtain Defense by throwing an 80-yard Touchdown strike in Overtime to send Roethlisberger & Co. packing - in the wake of an improvable 29-23 OT victory in the “Mile High” city. As I guess ‘Big Ben will now have plenty of Down-time to resuscitate his gimpy ankle…
And to Mwah, the most intriguing Wildcard game of the weekend was the Houston Texans vs. Cincinnati Bengals since it featured two rookie QB’s with Houston’s T.J. Yates squaring off against ex-Texan Andy Dalton who ironically played his college ball at TCU.
Yet apparently the Shootout at Reliant Stadium never occurred, as the Texans cruised effortlessly past the Cincinnati Bengals 31-10
And the Saints ultimately crushed Detroit 45-28, albeit those pesky Lions must have made ‘Nawlins a little bit nervous by leading at Halftime 14-10. Yet the “Breeze” in the Superdome Stadium was simply too strong as Drew “they Call ME duh” Brees aired it out in the second half for a game total of 466-yards en route to New Orleans final Home win of the year, as they’ll be playing on the road from now on…
Meanwhile, Peyton’s healthy younger bro Eli and Thee “G-Men won 24-2 over Atlanta, as Falcons QB Matt Ryan has still failed to win a Post-season game to date…
Saturday, Jan 14
Thus, Brees & Co. will travel to the Bay, where the Saints will take on the resurgent San Francisco 49ers, this year’s NFC West Division Champions. The game is on FOX Saturday at 4:30PM ET.
Interestingly, the Saints three losses - all on the road, saw two defeats come upon natural grass surfaces. Which ironically Candlestick Park just so happens to be…
Meanwhile, I’m almost certain a never ending Tebo-mania crescendo will hover above Gillette Stadium, as Master Timothy attempts practicing his Hocus-Pocus upon Tom Brady’s rested Patriots. Thus look for ‘Dem TV ratings to be Mile-high when the Denver Broncos face off against New England in Fox borough at 8PM ET on CBS…
Sunday, Jan 15
Can the Texans Arian Foster run roughshod over Ray Lewis and the mighty Baltimore Defense? And how will rookie QB T.J. Yates fair against the fourth-year Pro Joe Flacco? Tune-in Sunday at 1PM ET on CBS when Houston travels to Baltimore to find out.
And the road to Superbowl XL VI will potentially make New York shiver, as Eli and his ‘G-Men travel to a notoriously frigid Lambeau Field to play some good ‘Ol Smash-mouth Football against the high flying Packers and Aaron Rogers. As the Giants will be playing in front of a mass of Cheeseheads in another sold out game which you can catch on FOX at 4:30PM ET.
Haven’t checked the Odds makers yet - and hence, I’ll go out on a limb here by picking a clean sweep of Home teams, albeit I suppose that there may be an upset or two? As I’m guessing that’s why they play ‘em, right?
You Make The Call!