A lot has happened recently, from Michael Phelps auditioning for Half-Baked to those UNBELIEVABLE Steelers being crowned Super Bowl Champions. The Bruins have maintained their level of success over the long run despite the injuries, and now they've got just about everyone back. Oh, and I wish we had some sort of metrosexual/fashion guru on this site so they could go in-depth on how DREADFUL those Montreal Canadiens jerseys were on Sunday. Each one of those Habs looked like a giant gay piece of Fruit Stripe Gum (Yeahhh you remember, the one with the zebra on the front. Yeah it was great, but it lost its flavor after 25 seconds and before you knew it all the gum in the pack was gone. The same could be said about the Canadiens since their 7 Game Series win over the Bruins in which the Bruins wore them down for the Flyers to stomp all over, but that's another topic for another day. Oh yeah, Burn points for me).
The difference between Fruit Stripe and the Canadiens: Better Taste, Ballinnnnnn'A Few Thoughts...
Dan Shaughnessy can never get enough can he? First it was the Curse of the Bambino, where he made up some ridiculous case of voodoo cast upon the Red Sox. Verdict: False. Anyway, there has been a huge media uproar over recent pictures of Tom Brady being hand-fed by Gisele Bundchen on the beach. Dan Shaughnessy, unable to find another story to write about beacuse the Patriots aren't in the playoffs and he'd rather die then right about the great success story of the year (the Bruins), decides he'd better put his 2 cents in about this latest fiasco before he gets a new hair cut. To my dismay, Dan the Man calls out Brady for the whole thing. Saying he needs to start acting like a QB, saying he needs to get tougher and more focused, the whole things really outrageous. I guarantee you Peyton Manning has intimate moments with his wife, and I'm sure Eli does too (especially when his wife fastens his bib for him at dinner, those are the moments they truly cherish). The point is, LEAVE TOM ALONE!!! It's not his fault the paparazzi is following his every move. And I think it shows how comfortable he is in being himself. He's doing this despite the fact he knows it's probably going to be photographed. At the end of the day, he's a 3-time Super Bowl Champ, 2-time Super Bowl MVP, AP MVP Award Winner, and having consensual sex with one of the top 5 hottest women in the world. Would you rather a QB with confidence in who he is, or would you rather him worry about every move he makes because he's worried about what other people are going to think? Just some food for thought...
...Ben Roethlisberger is not that good. I'm sorry. He had a great game-winning drive and had a good game. But overall, he is very VERY over-rated. I was watching some pre-game analysis on NBC which, to my delight, featured some hands on expertise from Rodney Harrison (I thorougly enjoyed Rodney doing 1 on 1 coverage with Chris Collinsworth. With a few elbows to the ribs and a few pushes in the chest later, I was a pretty happy guy and I'm sure I speak for all Patriots fans when saying that). I can't recall the two hosts who were sitting with Rodney, but I do recall Jerome Bettis sitting opposite of Harrison. When asked by one of the hosts what makes Big Ben so good, I look at my dad and say, "Man I hope Rodney says that Big Ben sucks." Without hesitation, Rodney responded, "I don't think Jerome's going to agree with me on this one, but Ben Roethlisberger isn't that good." I couldn't believe he said it. I was half-joking with my dad when I mentioned my hopes to him. But that's who Rodney is, a straight shooter with great expertise who would fit in great with any football show (I'd love to see him back in the Pats uniform next year, but the second place I'd like to see him is in Shannon Sharpe's chair on CBS. That way Shannon can have time alone to cry about his TE records being broken while mowing down Hot Wings. Sheehan you know exactly what I'm talking about). The point is, Big Ben is an average, maybe even above average quarterback. And I've heard people say they'd take him over anyone (Mike Wilbon). But the reality is, he's a game manager. He won't turn the ball over, he'll make a pass when needed, and he'll keep the defense on the field.
Up until the final drive, Big Ben hadn't done much. He threw a costly interception that was deflected and then caught. There's no arguing what Big Ben did on the final drive was legendary, because it was. But to say he is a great quarterback is pretty much saying that some people have been sippin on the wrong kind of kool-aid.
Just to wrap things up, The Steelers are NOT a dynasty. They've won 2 in 4 years...Pretty impressive stuff. A dynasty comes in 3's, as in 3 Super Bowls. The Patriots did that in 4 years, so they're the true dynasty. It'll be interesting to see which team comes out on top this year, because some people see this year as the year to define the team of the decade. Good stuff...until next time.
