I used to like night NFL football. It used to be a fun reason to be groggy at work… or miss class in college. Now, with Hayes, it just sucks.
I’m exhausted. It’s 11:45 with 12 minutes left. Sure, all fine and good in the Pacific Time Zone. And fantastic in Hawaii. But totally penalizing the guy with the kid who gets up at 6am, a job and a wife with job. Oh well. At least it’s football season again.
Ahhh… football.
BTW, does anyone else notice that Randy Moss seems totally indifferent to whether his team wins or loses? Just asking.
Dan in MN says:
September 9th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
Ha! Rannnndy Mosssss!
Have fun. Talented lad? Sure.
Difficult lad? U huh! Just wait till he screws up off the field and then reacts badly to the media attention. He’ll give the people in CA something to talk about.
Oh, and football isn’t that great to watch anyway.
Minneapolis median priced home? Something like 220 or 240k. Many nice ones to be had for 250-300K. Plus we have a nice winter, which keeps the riff raff out. Just sayin’
BIYF says:
September 9th, 2005 at 1:39 pm
Who is this commenting freak that says football isn’t that great to watch!?!?! I kept watching, hoping for a big defensive play. Like a touchdown. NE-D got me whole 3 points! Woo Hoo! Way to start the fantasy season!
Eric Sagalyn says:
September 9th, 2005 at 1:43 pm
I had Adam V. Got me 6 points. Time to find yourself a new D…
Mark says:
September 9th, 2005 at 1:44 pm
This is why I love living out west. Especially on Saturdays — I’ll be able to get up with the kid at 7ish, turn on football…and not have to have a pigskin-free moment until 10 PM, which is still early enough that I’m not paying for it the rest of the weekend.
Eric Sagalyn says:
September 9th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Totally jealous. Almost makes me want to move out there.
Matthew says:
September 10th, 2005 at 12:54 am
I have to say, that is one of the best things about living on the west coast. Football’s over by 4:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. if you watch the ESPN game). It’s perfectly situated to waste an entire day.
We don’t get out much now that we have the twins. I’m going to use that as an excuse to watch as much football as possible this year.
BTW, I got Deion Branch late in my draft. How Ya Like Me Now!?
CroutonBoy says:
September 12th, 2005 at 12:18 pm
Oh man, do I feel your pain. I’d had three hours sleep the night before the opener, and although I made it through the game (with healthy doses of wings, Yuengling, and Corey Dillon), but lost an hour of my life getting home. Thank god for NY public transportation.
And thank god for football. I feel whole again. I’d be more worried about Kerry Collins than about Randy Moss, BTW…that sort of decision may work if you’re the head of FEMA, but not in the NFL. Next thing you know they’ll be trying out Jeff George again.
shannon says:
September 14th, 2005 at 12:49 pm
I think I heart Randy Moss. I saw a profile of him on HBO’s Real Sports and he is just a guy–an honest, doesn’t give a f guy. Plus he does a lot of kid charity stuff he refuses to try to get media attention from it. I like people that are brutally honest, especially if they don’t spout those same three lines about team giving it their all, 128000% and all that. But I’m also the kind of sports fan who prefers the weepy parts of the Olympics to the actual events themselves, so there’s that.