If you were questioning whether we were living in sports hell here in the Philadelphia area, then the 24 hours between 8 pm Sat and 8 pm Sunday removed any and all doubt whatsoever. By the end of this time period, any hope for any consequential sporting success in the foreseeable future was removed.
Lets recount the horrors:
Saturday, 7:45 to 10:45 - My Rutgers Scarlet Knights fail to show up and get absolutely pounded by Cincinnati killing their Impossible Dream Season, and ruining my chances of hooking up with my buddy Matt, a HUGE Ohio State fan, for some debauchery at the National Championship Game.
10:30 - 1 am - The Flyers get crushed yet again, this time by the San Jose Sharks, 6-1. At this point, the Flyers have become the town ho and everyone is getting their turn. As a huge Flyers phan, this is very upsetting to me. I'm going to have to get the Center Ice package. I can't go the winter without interesting hockey to watch.
10:30 - 1 am - The Sixers blow a lead and lose in OT to the Clippers in L.A. (They've come back to earth in a hurry, huh?) I could care less about the Sixers, but this is just more mounting evidence of how bad a day this was.
Sunday, 1 am - 1 pm - Thankfully, nothing bad happens in Philly sports, but who knows....I'm sure some Philly athlete got arrested, started a bar brawl or impregnated some chick. I wouldn't be shocked if some one of the Big 5 hoops teams had a raging kegger that ended in violence. It's only a matter of time until something comes out in the news.
1 pm - Birds start slow...Titans stuff the ball down our throats, take a 7-0 lead and then D Mac throws a horrible interception in the end zone.
2 pm - The Birds' first series of the 2nd quarter results in no points, but one torn ACL to our most indispensable player. Thanks for coming out folks, but the season is over! Don't forget your parting gift of Jeff Garcia and A.J. Feeley for the next 6 games! Eagles Football...Feel the Excitement!
4:30 pm - Finally, the Titans put the Birds out of their misery as they lose 31-13 in a pathetic, horrible, disgusting, boring display of football.
5 pm - We learn that the Phils' main target in free agency, Alfonso Soriano, spurns us to sign with the Cubs for an amount slightly lower than the GDP of most Third World Countries. (As a result, get ready for Ryan Howard to see about 17 pitches to hit all next year.)
7:30 pm - The Cowboys knock off the previously unbeaten Colts. To make matters worse, me and Johnny Gold are at our buddy Mister Nascar's place, who also happens to be a huge Cowboys fan. We have the distinct pleasure of watching him jump around with the glee of one of those spoiled teenagers on MTV's "Super Sweet Sixteen". We then leave his house with our tail between our legs cursing him under our breath. What a fitting end to these 24 hours.
All in all, I think these 24 hours we all suffered through rivals anything Jack Bauer has experienced in the last 5 five years.
Lets recount the horrors:
Saturday, 7:45 to 10:45 - My Rutgers Scarlet Knights fail to show up and get absolutely pounded by Cincinnati killing their Impossible Dream Season, and ruining my chances of hooking up with my buddy Matt, a HUGE Ohio State fan, for some debauchery at the National Championship Game.
10:30 - 1 am - The Flyers get crushed yet again, this time by the San Jose Sharks, 6-1. At this point, the Flyers have become the town ho and everyone is getting their turn. As a huge Flyers phan, this is very upsetting to me. I'm going to have to get the Center Ice package. I can't go the winter without interesting hockey to watch.
10:30 - 1 am - The Sixers blow a lead and lose in OT to the Clippers in L.A. (They've come back to earth in a hurry, huh?) I could care less about the Sixers, but this is just more mounting evidence of how bad a day this was.
Sunday, 1 am - 1 pm - Thankfully, nothing bad happens in Philly sports, but who knows....I'm sure some Philly athlete got arrested, started a bar brawl or impregnated some chick. I wouldn't be shocked if some one of the Big 5 hoops teams had a raging kegger that ended in violence. It's only a matter of time until something comes out in the news.
1 pm - Birds start slow...Titans stuff the ball down our throats, take a 7-0 lead and then D Mac throws a horrible interception in the end zone.
2 pm - The Birds' first series of the 2nd quarter results in no points, but one torn ACL to our most indispensable player. Thanks for coming out folks, but the season is over! Don't forget your parting gift of Jeff Garcia and A.J. Feeley for the next 6 games! Eagles Football...Feel the Excitement!
4:30 pm - Finally, the Titans put the Birds out of their misery as they lose 31-13 in a pathetic, horrible, disgusting, boring display of football.
5 pm - We learn that the Phils' main target in free agency, Alfonso Soriano, spurns us to sign with the Cubs for an amount slightly lower than the GDP of most Third World Countries. (As a result, get ready for Ryan Howard to see about 17 pitches to hit all next year.)
7:30 pm - The Cowboys knock off the previously unbeaten Colts. To make matters worse, me and Johnny Gold are at our buddy Mister Nascar's place, who also happens to be a huge Cowboys fan. We have the distinct pleasure of watching him jump around with the glee of one of those spoiled teenagers on MTV's "Super Sweet Sixteen". We then leave his house with our tail between our legs cursing him under our breath. What a fitting end to these 24 hours.
All in all, I think these 24 hours we all suffered through rivals anything Jack Bauer has experienced in the last 5 five years.
2 comments:
St. Joe's won on Sunday.
So did Greg Biffle in the Cup race.
And Matt Kenseth won the Saturday night Busch race, although the #70 Rutgers Chevrolet failed to qualify for that race.
While the St. Joe's win is nice, the nascar stuff didn't effect me
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