Football sucks for two reasons
I love football. We get up every Sunday morning, make breakfast (or go to Subway for a yummy breakfast sandwich), and then watch football from NFL Countdown until the tragedy that is Football Night in America starts. We stopped watching that piece of junk weeks ago, and I’ve even written on why the show has completely ruined the Sunday afternoon NFL recap time we used to cherish.
But I digress.
Why does football suck right now? Two reasons:
The Arizona Cardinals and Bryant Gumbel.
/gets on soapbox
I am a Cardinals fan through and through. Why? Cause I’m an Arizona native and that’s my team. They moved here, I adopted them and now I can’t get rid of that feeling of belonging.
But they sure have tested that bond over the years. Over and over. And then this week, an utter ridiculous loss to the pathetic 49ers who suddenly looked like a GOOD team because of our pathetic excuse for execution.
We have QB’s who fumble in the end zone, we lead the league in penalties and our kicker can’t make a 32-yard field goal? We could and SHOULD have been 6-5, have a winning record and be on Seattle’s butt for the big matchup in two weeks.
Ugh, kill me. It’s sad to think that Cleveland is coming to town next week at 7-4 and the Cards will likely lose to them. I don’t know how much more I can take of this losing.
But I’m sure I’ll stick around to find out.
And why does Bryant Gumbel suck? Well, let’s look at this.
If you like football, you love to see great matchups. A few weeks ago, it was the Colts and Patriots going at it in a very good football game. Sadly, the Pats won, which just ruined the season for me. I can’t stand them.
This week? The 10-1 Green Bay Packers face off against the 10-1 Dallas Cowboys. I of course hate the Cowgirls and love Brett Favre, so I’ll be pulling for the Pack.
It’s going to be awesome. It would be great to see Dallas suddenly not crowned the best team in the NFC by an old QB from Cheesehead Nation who isn’t quite ready to retire from football just yet.
So what’s the problem?
The game is on Thursday night, on the NFL network. And your commentators?
Bryant Gumbel and the joke that is Cris Collinsworth.
I can’t stand listening to the high pitched goof that comes from Gumbel during these games. I’ve heard from NO ONE I know that anyone finds him interesting to have describe a game. He’s horrific. The complaints have been many, yet he’s back for another season.
My wife says he sounds like Kermit the Frog. Nice one babe. Can you imagine listening to Kermit for a whole game? Might get old pretty quick.
And Collinsworth is just sad. He’s a pencil-necked weasel.
Yet those two knuckleheads get to host the biggest game this week and the biggest NFC matchup of the season.
I would try to find a radio broadcast of it, but I doubt it would be in sync with my satellite signal, so forget it.
The best method would be to let the game start, Tivo it and then begin watching about an hour or so into it. You can skip all the commentary and just watch the game.
I just may have to do this.
/gets off soapbox
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