This is it; last game of the season. A dark day for aficionados of the game or what passes off as the game nowadays. But that’s a different subject for another time. Maybe we can get Roger to come in for a little Q & A to allay our fears later on this year.
On paper this promises to be a good game. No. 1 Defense vs. No. 1 Offense, Old vs. Young. The contrasts couldn’t be starker.
Peyton Manning, who from now on will be referred to as Frankie, as in Frankenstein …
really, look at him 
… has had a phenomenal year, even if the offences in today’s NFL have carte blanche, per the “rules”, to go up and down the field at whim. 55 TD passes and 5,477 yards with a 68.3% completion rate this season.
Phew!
Just the facts, mam, just the facts. A definite first ballot HOF’er, whether he wins tomorrow or not. But …
you knew one was coming … but can he do it again? He didn’t play well when the Colts won their last championship and his first. The Colts defense bailed him out. Check it out. He does have a history of coming up short, from his college days till last year’s loss at home to the Ravens, in big games. And that 5-10 record against Tom Terrific & Mr. Happy in between doesn’t exactly speak well for him.
And then we have the
Barbarians at the Gate, the Seahawks D. Are we going to witness a brutal mugging of an old man or a perplexed young ogre being paper cut, over and over again, by Frankie, like his performances during the regular season? Will their relative youth at a critical position …
yes, I'm talking to you Mr. Wilson … paralyze him like a first time singer in a high school talent show? After all the distractions leading up to the game, will they be overwhelmed once the ref blows his whistle at the start of the game? Will the screech of that whistle induce a form of vertigo or will the callowness of their youth actually inure them to the enormity of it all? The answers to all these questions will be answered at 6:30 tomorrow night.
But I come here to not bury Frankie but to praise him. Denver is favored by 2.5 points, and Vegas is usually spot on in these matters. I’ve made a habit of choosing the underdog over the years but I’ll be singing a different tune for this game. Frankie finally, not only silences his critics …
me included … but does it in memorable fashion. Denver 31-17.
One more thing. The weather and the howling from the press.
Shut your noise, you!!! After all these years of a company paid vacation to warm weather climes, the press is worried about the “fairness” of it all.
Really??? Black liars, one and all. Football is and was meant to be played outdoors, weather be dammed. Do I care that some corporate honcho and his minions are inconvenienced? No. Do I care that we don’t optimal conditions for the game to be played? No. What? During the season it’s OK but now because it’s the Super Bowl, we make the game as sterile as a test tube? Isn't that half-time show enough torture? Football is a game of attrition. Just ask Green Bay Packers fans whether they were happy losing Aaron Rodgers in the middle of the season, just when they started to go on a tear. So stop whining and enjoy the game …
and pray for snow.
Tell me that the Eagles vs. Lions game this year wasn’t one of the most enjoyable games you saw all season. Please, stop the whining.
So, who ‘ya got?
