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Super Sunday

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More like shitty as far as the Super Bowl went. I didn’t see the National Anthem, but I heard it from the other room and I swear my ears started to bleed. The refs continued their string of horrible calls in the 2006 playoffs by screwing Seattle out of a touchdown that anyone could see was not offensive pass interference. The game itself was rather boring I thought except for the WR to WR TD pass. The Rolling Stones have made some good music in their time, but there also comes a time when you have to hang ’em up. Watching 60+ year-old men dancing around on stage is not my idea of entertainment. It’s a miracle one of them didn’t break a hip.

We had a few people over to our new place and it was a good time. Little Caesar’s $3.33 medium pepperoni pizzas were the choice food and a few beers were killed to go along with it.

A Sporting Thanksgiving

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As posted previously, I attended a few professional sports events over the Thanksgiving holiday. Last Wednesday (Nov. 23) my parents left Rogers City bright and early. I’m not sure why they came down so early, but I wasn’t too happy that they interrupted my Xbox 360 time since I had just hooked it up the night before. Luckily they went off to do a little shopping and I had a little more time by myself. We met up with my brother and ate lunch at the mall.

Warning! This post might be a novel since it’s been weeks since my last “real” update.

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Football Replay Systems

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Each weekend, millions of people tune in to watch college and NFL football. The game of football is played at a fast pace with referees making crucial decisions about penalties, ball spots, turnovers, and scores. There isn’t a human being in the world who can make these split-second decisions without making a mistake now and then. In come the replay systems.

The NFL first debuted a replay system in 1986, but in 1992 is was voted out. In 1999, a new system was started and is still being used today. Last year, the Big Ten football conference experimented with a replay system for the college game. It was so successful that 8 more conferences, as well as Notre Dame, are some type of replay system for 2005. All of the 28 bowl games at the end of the season will also use a replay system.

As a Detroit Lions and University of Michigan Wolverines fan, I’ve seen my share of both replay systems in use. The Big Ten gets most aspects right where the NFL’s system has some major flaws. There is also one area where both system fail.

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Making Moves

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The Detroit Lions have been busy working the free agent market. Yesterday they signed Jeff Garcia to a one-year deal yesterday and earlier in the week they signed Marcus Pollard and Kenoy Kennedy to contracts. This is definitely going to be a playoff year.

Super Bowl Weekend

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My Super Bowl weekend couldn’t have started out any worse. On the ride up to Rogers City I hit a porcupine and it cracked up my front bumper. I’m going to try to get it fixed without replacing it. I talked to one of the body shops back home and they said they would be able to take off the bumper, grind it down, and glue it. Roughly $300-$400 to have that done. He also said probably over $600 to just replace it. Our deductible is $500, so I really like the $300 range a lot more. If it was my car, I just rig it up with some brackets underneath or something, but I have to turn in the lease in less than two months. Great timing!

My Dad got me all excited about the new vehicle again. He told me that the dealer who is looking for my ride found one exactly like I wanted, but it was $1000 more than I wanted to pay. He said there is a lot of time and if he gets one with a little more mileage it shouldn’t be a problem (this one had 24,000). You’re probably wondering what I’m getting right? It’s going to be a 2003 GMC Envoy SLT 4×4 with carbon metallic as the color. Carbon metallic is a really dark gray and looks sweet on these vehicles. It’s really going to be a nice ride. I can’t wait!

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