A Day In The Life Of A Football Addict

As quite a few of you are aware I am obsessed with Sundays. Not just with the day but with my particular routine during football season. This being Thanksgiving weekend (and since there aren’t as many games on today as normal, which should make it easier to multi-task) I thought I’d share a little bit of my day with you all.

6 am - Meet The Press is on. Today Brokaw is interviewing First Lady Laura Bush and the Ambassador to Afghanistan Said Jawad. It’s a lot of gibber gabber on the state of women’s relations in that region. I’d much rather hear them talk about the foibles of her husband. Maybe even ask her some questions about the book she’s going to be releasing in a few months. When the MTP guests are half way decent I’ll stick this out until 7 but this is sort of lame so its time to switch to…

6:30 am - The Sports Reporters. It’s a decent program on ESPN where a panel of sports journalists get together and discuss some of the current sports issues. I can’t wait for them to get to the Plaxico Burress story. This time of year they are usually stuck arguing over the current BCS system and whether or not there should be a playoff (there should be) in Division 1 college football. As expected their perspective on the Burress situation is spot on.
As a happy foot note, it turns out that Charlie Weiss has a worse winning percentage at Notre Dame than Tye Willingham did. Happy, happy, joy, joy.

7 am - Time to switch over to NFL Gameday Morning. LOL, they just referred to Burress as the “Barney Fife of Hip Hop”. They also say that NY has some of the toughest gun laws in the country which could mean up to 5 years in jail for Capt. Mus-Tard. What an idiot! All that money and you just can’t figure it out. If you need a gun to go to a night club it just might be that the night club isn’t the place to be.
Even Warren Sapp thinks Burress is a moron. This kid is officially out on an island.

7:20 am - There’s a tornado watch in Tampa. This could really affect the guys playing in this game. I make a mental note to check some of the other rosters in the FFL league to see who this might affect. It also looks like it’s going to be snowing in Green Bay today. It’d be nice to see that game be a low scoring affair. I’m now considering starting the Packer’s Defense (if I get them in today’s waiver process).

7:30 am - More bad weather across the league. They’ve got sleet in Foxboro where the Patriots play. It looks as if it’s sunny in San Diego (big shock). Somehow Norv Turner still has a job. According to Warren Sapp, during his two years being coached by Turner they never once practiced the 2 minute offense. I’m shocked. Marshall Faulk is shocked. Somewhere in San Diego a man is throwing his remote at his TV.

8:10 am - Showered and dressed, I’m now toggling back and forth between the NFL Network and ESPN. All of the talking heads agree on the stupidity of Plexico Burress. Someone else brings up the irony of this event happening almost a year to the day of Sean Taylor being shot last year in his home during a robbery. As fate would have it Burress’ team is playing against Taylor’s.

8:15 am - Brandon Jacobs, RB for the NY Giants will officially play today. Somewhere in Minnesota Orb takes a sigh of relief.

8:25 am - The news update ticker says it’s snowing in Buffalo. This doesn’t bode well for me as I’m playing against the Buffalo starting RB (Marshaun Lynch) and snow means lots of running.

8:27 am - They’re showing highlights from Thanksgiving. This means I have to endure watching the Seahawks lose again. Fortunately it’s a short highlight clip.

8:30 am - They’re back to Lambough field to talk about the Packers and more specifically Aaron Rodgers. I’m not interested in that at all. What I am curious about is that it is still not snowing there.

8:37 am - There’s a wasp outside of my living room window. This has absolutely nothing to do with football but considering the fact that we’re a day away from December I find it odd.

9:00 am - Time to check the waiver transactions. Did I get who I wanted. What moves did the other guys make. Oh the drama.

9:17 am - Off to The Winchester (a.k.a. Sluggers in Kingsgate). Breakfast and 6 big screen HD TV’s (34 TV’s in all) await.

9:32 am - Welcome to The Winchester. On the way here I decided to break my “no line-up changes on Sunaday” rule. I’ll make the change to the Packer Defense shortly. Gas is at $1.91 which is as low as it’s been in about 2 years. The only thing that has changed, supply and demand has not, is the crappy economy.

10:00 am - Kickoff Time! Feelin’ kind ‘a Sunday!!!!

10:21 am - So far the Defense switch has paid off. The Packers have 1 turnover and the Panthers #2 WR appears to be injured.

10:27 am - Green Bay gives up their first TD and simultaneously Reggie Wayne let’s a TD pass slip through his fingers. Not a good omen.

10:53 am - Buffalo makes it to the 4 yard line but Lynch is unable to punch it in. Bullet dodged.

10:57 am - Carolina scores TD number 2. My defensive scoring is now regulated to turnovers and sacks.

11:01 am The Redskins score a TD on an end around. Liz goes nuts. Hopefully it’ll take her mind off of Portis’ injury.

11:07 am - Peyton Manning scores on a QB sneak. The call is subsequently reversed on an apparent fumble. Grrrr.

11:35 am - Susham misses a 42 yard field gola for the Redskins. Lize get’s closer to suicide watch.

11: 46 am - Tampa scores a TD to take the lead against the Saints.

11:56 am - Tampa scores another TD (Garcia to Bryant). Meanwhile, Lynch (Buffalo) runs for a 50 plus yarder. Ouch!

12:03 pm - Peyton Manning has played 3 quarters without scoring a touchdown. This is not good Mav!

12:04 pm - The Giants score another TD to go up by 13 points. Liz begins to pace. She also appears to be doing something with her hair and the bridge of her nose that looks completely uncomfortable.

12:06 pm - Clayton for the Baltimore Ravens makes a spectacular one handed catch to score a 70 yard touchdown. The entire bar takes notice.

12:15 pm - The Colts defense scores a touchdown. Peyton Manning is still putting up a donut. Seriously!?!?

12:36 pm - The Redskins fail to covert on 4th and 1. This unofficially ends the game. Liz won’t admit it out loud but her body language tells the story. In fact she makes her way to the restroom. Considering she hasn’t had any fluids I don’t think it’s to pee. I feel for her.

12:47 pm - Peyton Manning is done for the day. When I needed it the most his final line was 125 yards passing and zero touchdowns. As I like to say that’s as many TD’s as I had and I sat around drinking beer all day.

1:01 pm - in a flurry of events Green Bay scores a Field Goal to take a 3 point lead with minutes left and then gives up a touchdown in 2 plays to find themselves down by 4 points.

1:09 pm - Aaron Rogers, QB for Green Bay, throws an interception to end the game after watching his team give it away the lead. Carolina gets away with one.

1:11 pm - In a nice surprise George Bullo shows up for the first time in months.

1:56 pm - I’m dead smack in the middle of the hi’s and low’s of Sunday. I’m currently convinced that I’m going to lose my FFL match and miss the playoffs. Please pass the Prozac.

2:13 pm - Thomas Jones just scored his 2nd touchdown on the day. I’m am Jacks Apathy.

2:20 pm - Roddy White walks off the field unaided with a slight injury. A fool continues to hope. Meanwhile the Pittsburgh/Patriot game is getting interesting.

2:53 pm - At the half of the Jets/Bronco game Jay Cutler, the opposing QB in my FFL game has 230 yards and 1 touchdown. I am Jacks Complete Discouragement.

3:28 pm - Cassel, the QB for New England, just turned it over for the 2nd time in 90 seconds. Pittsburgh is starting to take control of this game. There is a strong contingent of Steeler fans here at the Winchester today and they are making their presence felt.

3:36 pm - Wes Welker, WR for New England, just got obliterated by a huge hit over the middle of the field. To his credit he got back up again but that had to hurt.

3:39 pm - 3 plays later, Cassel fumbles the ball. Where’s Tom Brady when you need him? Meanwhile, Atlanta manages to score a touchdown without the help of Roddy White.

3:44 pm - I’m down by roughly 24 points with two players remaining tomorrow night. I’ve been in much worse spots but if I were to give a prognostication I’d say its over.

3:53 pm - Cassel’s Tight End neglects to catch a pass that is subsequently intercepted. The Stealer fans continue to grate on my nerves.

3:57 pm - The San Diego Chargers are on the verge of losing another close game. Norv Turner has had two opportunities to see his team run the 2 minute drill. It’s becoming evident that Warren Sapp was right.

4:05 pm - Norv Turner is officially the worst coach in NFL history. At least for today.

4:38 pm - There will be no Brett Favre magic today. Denver has shut them down once again. Another stalled drive. Meanwhile the Steelers have demolished the Patriots.

4:54 pm - Time to head home. I'm officially losing by close to 35 points. Not insurmountable but I'd much rather be in the lead. I am convinced that I will lose this week and miss the playoffs for the first time in a dozen years.