Having 75 people at our hose did not provide the optimal playoff viewing experience but we lucked out that the first game (which was on during the party) turned out to be boring but the second game was very exciting (even if I feel very bad for Tony Romo).
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My son turns four next week so we elected to schedule his birthday party for this weekend. Just a little advice for you: don’t try to watch football when you have 75 people at your house (yes, I said 75 and, trust me, our house was not designed to accommodate seven people, much less 75). The football gods smiled on us though (and I know that I am being completely fooled by randomness when I say things like that) because (a) there was no morning game which I would not have been able to watch because I was busy setting up, (b) the first game, Kansas City at Indianapolis which was a 1:30 p.m. start here on the west coast, was the least interesting game for me and thankfully ended up being pretty boring. (One other note: make sure your TV is working before the party starts if you are planning to have it on during the party–I learned that lesson the hard way today spending 15 minutes digging through manuals to try to figure out why I wasn’t getting a picture while 35 kids jumped around in a jumper and run through the house.)
Kansas City at Indianapolis. Two stories here. Could Peyton Manning overcome a career of MVP-quality regular season play with a terrible post-season record? Apparently, yes. Although both teams seems to struggle early on, trading field goals for the first half, Indy finally started rolling in the second half. The second story was the Indianapolis worst-in-the-league run defense going up against Larry Johnson, one of the league’s best running backs. I think the stats ended up being something like 30-40 yards on 13 carries for Johnson. Indy obviously spent the week figuring out how to stop the run. Now, would it be possible for Indy to lend the Bears their defensive coordinator or at least their defensive line coach for a week or so? The Bears could stand some better run defense.
Dallas at Seattle. Wow, what a bummer for Tony Romo. I really feel bad for that guy. After cleaning up from the party and taking some Advil for what will be a long night of back pain and fixing my TV (it turns out it was the stupid DirecTV DVR that had frozen and needed to be rebooted–DirecTV is on my list of companies that I can’t stand and I promise a blog post on that sometime soon). Anyway, this game provided a really exciting finish and also showcased why I really love watching the NFL. As the fourth quarter ticked away, the strategy possibilities seemed to changed with each play, several of which were unusual and/or crazy plays. Dallas, though, had the game won with less than two minutes left, down by one and in field goal position at extra point range. Then Tony Romo, the out-of-nowhere quarterback sensation from Dallas just flat out fumbles the placement of the snap (it was a clean snap and Romo caught it fine but it just slipped out of his hands). I mean, that just never happens and certainly not in games like this. I guess this would be a classic black swan event…so rare as to be almost impossible yet it still happens. As Chris Berman from ESPN says “That’s why they play the games.” I was just watching the post-game press conference and Romo had to fight back tears on a couple of occasions. What a bummer for him. I wonder if Bill Parcells is done?
The first game was lame and the second very exciting. The games tomorrow are more interesting to me. I like Philly over the Giants and I like New England over the Jets.
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