So we're pretty slammed at work right now. In just about an hour, the Texans will take on the Ravens on Monday Night Football. I freaking love Monday Night Football. It's the only game in town, (unless this happens) and an entire nation of football fans usually give a crap about the game, no matter who's playing. People in Houston kind of give a crap. The reason for that is because Houston is kind of a crap sports town. I grew up here, so I didn't really realize it back then, but having been back here in the Bayou City for a year and a few months as an adult, I can clearly see that this city has a good amount of really crappy fans. That may be because they have a good amount of crappy teams, but I was raised to be a fan of whatever team you root for through thick and thin, not just when the teams are winning. The cynicism in this city is unbelievable! I mean, that is just out of control...an entire website dedicated to convincing fans, who have ZERO control of anything, that their Head Coach should be fired. Anyhow, this town does have some good, non-fairweather fans, but sometimes it seems that the douchers outweigh the good ones.
Other big NFL news tonight, the venerable Brett Lorenzo Favre (I could have gone so much dirtier on that link, but that's not how I roll) will sit out of tonight's week 14 game against the Giants. Brett got crushed last week against the Bills and even after the aforementioned Metrodome roof collapse paved the way for the game to be pushed back a day, Favre couldn't get healthy enough to play tonight. With him sitting out, his streak of 297 consecutive games started comes to a close. This is an INSANE streak. 297 straight games in a league full of men who are out for blood every week is something I think we might not see again. Eli Manning will be making his 100th straight start tonight. Eli would have to start every game of the season until the year of our lord 2022 to match Brett Lorenzo's streak. This may sound strange and nonfactual, but playoff games aren't counted in the streak, making Brett's 321 game streak (including the postseason) that much more impressive.
Another NFL note; yesterday this happened in the Jets Dolphins game. What a stupid/unsportsmanlike/childish thing to do. This guy Sal Alosi happens to be the Jets strength and conditioning coach. He strengthened his douchebaggery with that move. Just now we heard that the Jets suspended him for the rest of the season and fined him $25K. Good. He deserves it. With this happening, my news director brought this gem from the 1954 Cotton Bowl between Alabama and Rice to my attention. This blew my mind! The absolute best part is how Tommy Lewis runs back to the bench and tries to hide, like he didn't just go on a freaking leg breaking mission. Thankfully, Dicky Maegle wasn't hurt, just had the wind knocked out of him.
So I guess that's about all I have to say today. I feel like it's kind of my niche to leave you with an amazingly hilarious video, so I give you this...
Oh, and I'll throw a Texans prediction in...Ravens 31 Texans 28.
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