Great Day of Football!
The conference championships are over and the players for the big game are set. The Bears were surprisingly successful against a New Orlean team that should have outclassed them, winning 39-14. What was especially memorable was the late game snowfall at Soldier Field. Football the way it ought to be. As for the AFC contender, the game between the Colts and Pats ended in a barn-burner. Final score 38-34. Interestingly, for the first time, two black coaches will face each other in the Superbowl in the persons of Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy. Base10 will be rooting for Indy. Tony Dungy deserves a Superbowl after being displaced by Jon Gruden in Tampa (with Gruden going on to win the big game that year with basically Dungy's team).

The best day of football, but alas, one of the last. The Superbowl is often a big disappointment as far as the quality of the game--the conference championships are the two games involving the four best teams. Two weeks has the Superbowl, then another for the Pro Bowl and that's it. The long night begins. Sure there's the Draft in April, but football will be only a memory. Soon it's off too watch hockey and NCAA basketball until April and opening day in baseball. Oh the humanity!

In other football news, Bill Parcells has announced his retirement from football (this is only like the fifth time). Football has lost a legend--assuming he stays retired.
- posted by Base10 @ 2:07 PM