SportsGirl

This year, I’ve got a lot to be thankful about, in terms of sports. The BCS title of #1 seems to be a curse more than a blessing, the way it’s been passed from team to team to team. The Patriots are 11-0 on the season and I believe locked up the AFC East division with Buffalo losing today. The Peyton Manning “Priceless Pep Talk” commercials from Master Card continue to make me laugh. And the Cowboys have not-so-quietly achieved their best start in franchise history at this point in the season. I say not-so-quitely as a jab at all the sports talking heads that like to say things like “Seattle has quietly taken the lead in their division”, like that’s some sort of indication that Seattle is actually good this year. Really that’s more of an indication that they’re in a crappy division because, for goodness sake, a team like Seattle is tops!

But Seattle is not the point today. Today, the Boys are the point. I’d love to discuss the Thanksgiving day game between the Jets and the Cowboys, but that would take up all of about 2 words–Boys win. That’s all you need to know. It was a one-sided contest, as it should have been, where Terrance Newman returned an interception for a touchdown and Romo had a decent game. I know most would say he didn’t have a great game, but to say that would almost be to forget that last year, Jerry Jones was mad that Romo was getting playing time ahead of Drew Bledsoe. So I won’t go that far…

And that’s really the story on the Jets game. And I, like most, am already setting my DVR to record what should be an excellent match-up on Thursday night between the Packers and the Cowboys. I’m guessing that there will be clip after quote after sound-bite of Tony Romo confessing how much he admires Brett Favre and how he grew up loving the Packers. This will likely get spun into the “Past vs. Future” game between the quarterbacks. The gunslinger veteran vs. the gritty newbie. I just think it will be good football. The two offenses are ranked #1 and #2 in the NFC, with the edge going to the Cowboys. The Boys have a better defense, but the Packers aren’t too far down there. And I think this will be the NFC version of the Patriots-Colts game with similar stakes. Homefield advantage, mental advantage, etc.

So the fact that I have this game to look forward to is what I’m thankful for. This, and the fact that TO was actually quoted as having said that it’s ok that he didn’t continue his recent 100-yard receiving streak because the most important thing is that the team won. What?! Seriously? And I thought Bill Belichick was the only coach in the league known for taming the savage beast. Wade Phillips may have given me a new reason to like him. Or really maybe the credit goes to Tony Romo and the Cowboys overall record. Maybe I’m still ok with my quiet dislike/distrust for Wade.