Football Friday
January 20th, 2006 at 3:15 pm by Preston Taylor HolmesWell, I missed Football Friday last week. But if I hadn’t forgotten, I would have picked the Seahawks, Panthers, Steelers and Broncos. Undoubtedly. I mean, I saw those games coming from a mile away. As usual. But I didn’t, so you’ll just have to trust me on that.
The only favorite that pulled it out last week was Seattle. Which is a shame, since they’re one of the reasons I hate Seattle, that filthy, wretched, patchouli-stink, coffee-house hippie town.
I was certain that Golden Boy Peyton Manning was going to choke – I just didn’t think he’d choke so soon. After Manning called out his offensive line for their poor blocking and was reamed by Terry Bradshaw, the Mannings have circled the wagons.
Bradshaw saw that as a thinly veiled shot at the Colts’ offensive line, a comment not befitting a leader. Archie Manning saw Bradshaw’s comment as “a cheap shot.”
“I know Terry well, and this isn’t the first time,” said Manning, who was in New York to promote a credit card. “He’s taken shots at me, he takes a lot of shots — he seems to like to take shots at Peyton. He wore me out two years ago on Eli’s deal [forcing a draft-day trade to the Giants]. He wore me out.
“[Bradshaw] is not a bad guy. He’s in a high-profile spot there. Maybe that’s what he’s supposed to do up there, get after people. I don’t know. You just move on.”
Maybe next year, Peyton, maybe next year. Naaah. Not next year either.
This week’s prognostifications:
Seattle 27 Carolina 24 – Should be a good game. Carolina will put up a fight, but the Seahawks will wear them down and be on their way to their first-ever Super Bowl appearance.
Steelers 31 Broncos 21 – The battle of the beards. I still have no idea how the Broncos got past the Pats last week. Some fluke turnovers and that was about it. The Steelers, on the other hand, did it with punishing defense and smashed the Colts in the mouth repeatedly. This is why I’m taking Pittsburgh. On a side note, I’ve been a Broncos fan since I was a kid – but something about that filthy hippie quarterback Jake Plummer makes me want to root against them. And that hurts me inside.
Stay tuned as I’m seriously considering live-blogging the Super Bowl in two weeks. Won’t that be fun?
UPDATE: Since Smantix says he’s in, we’re definitely live-blogging the Super Bowl. Two weeks from Sunday night. If you’ve got nothing better to do, join us. Or we’ll come find you. And you don’t want that.
January 20th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
I did my football picks today and picked exactly opposite. But I think it could easily go either way.
January 20th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Carolina likes being the underdog. There is a great deal of parity between both teams so I wouldn’t prognostificate any big blowouts either. Having said that, defense wins championships and I’ve got to go with the Panthers on that one.
I grew up a Steelers baby. Mean Joe Green tossing me a Coke and some skidmarked BVDs was just a dream. However, mrs. smantix is a lifelong Denver fan. I told her at the start of the season that Jake Plummer is a good QB and all of her relatives laughed at me. Well who’s laughing now fuckers?!? Besides the fact that the Titans have been paying strippers’ college funds since their worst season since moving to Nashville ended last month.
Plummer should have gone to Denver straight out of ASU but there was no way the Broncs could have managed the salary cap and a 1st round draft pick on a QB when Plummer came out. If the Steel Curtain drapes Mile High like it cloaked Peyton Manning, I don’t see who is going to beat them.
I’ll get drunk and join in the liveblogging too.
January 20th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Preston, you told me to remind you to never live-blog anything again. Not that I think it’s a bad idea. I just have been trained to do everything you tell me to do. Mmmm.
January 20th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Hmmmm…. Follow the live blog or help empty a keg of Heineken and watch the game on the 52″ plasma screen at mom and dad’s house???
Decisions… Decisions…
January 21st, 2006 at 1:06 am
Heineken? Heh.
I’ll stop by during live blogging…..but you have to promise to keep it SAME. My 10 yr old nephew is a Seahawks fan, his dad Dallas. When i suggested a Super Bowl party at my brothers house he freaked……must be a dad thing. So, the party will be at my house, me, my kids and my nephew. Screw the brother. And being a dye hard PA fan, I will bite my tounge for my nephews sake and say………..GO SEAHAWKS!
January 21st, 2006 at 1:48 am
This old Browns fan would rather walk through neck high boiling oil before I could cheer for that team from Colorado.
The two words I thought I would never say: Go Steelers.
January 21st, 2006 at 8:01 am
That’s just the Ghost of Ernest Byner talking.
January 21st, 2006 at 12:57 pm
Smantix, thanks for the memories.
I will now burn John Elway in effigy.