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I'm rooting for a tie

I'm watching the New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts game right now, wondering if there will be any point to the rest of the season. Both teams are undefeated, and most feel that today's winner (whoever that is) will go on to win the Super Bowl.

I don't disagree. Since the Patriots are on the road, I think they become pretty clear Super Bowl favorites if they win today. (Perhaps they already should be, considering their college football-like margins of victory). If Indianapolis wins by, say, 10, I think you'd have to consider them the overwhelming championship favorites.

I believe some other teams have a shot this year, but I still don't know which teams those are. I'd be happy for Brett Favre if Green Bay can keep up its miracle season. It'd be good to see the Cowboys make the Super Bowl, if only to see their fans emerge from the woodwork, and then disappear just as quickly after the inevitable title game defeat. (At least, that's how every Cowboys fan I've ever met would handle it.) And I'd be thrilled if the Broncos could put up more than one score against the Lions.

Having said all that, there's nothing in the NFL more boring than a team that dominates all season long. I would hate to see either team go undefeated and roll through the playoffs. Where's the excitement in that?

The solution? A tie today. I want to see this game go down to the absolute wire-preferably, with a goal-line stand at the end. Maybe even with some controversy, like a bad call or one of those replays where it looks like the guy scored but isn't called in. You know, where one fanbase says "he was obviously in" and the other side says he wasn't even really that close. Something like that, something that can add spice to the eventual Colts-Patriots playoff showdown.

All I'm saying is: look, the Broncos are awful. Don't make me give up on the whole NFL season today.

Comments

blaine said…
I hate the Patriots, and all the other Boston sports teams, but they look like a lock to win the superbowl again this year. It seems the Colts certainly had the refs on their side, but still couldn't get it done so I think it will be very difficult to win in Foxboro in the playoffs. Meanwhile the 49ers look as terrible as ever. What a crappy football season.
9:09 AM
John said…
The Colts couldn't get it done, Blaine, because they are softer than tissue paper, which you have to be to blow a 10 point 4th quarter lead in your own house (a dome, no less) against your biggest rival.

Now that the Pats have won, I hope they do run the table just so I can stop hearing about the '72 Dolphins for the rest of my life.
11:43 AM
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