Obviously this is prompted by the Steelers losing the Super Bowl to the Packers. I won’t necessarily say that the Steelers lost it, nor will I say that the Packers won it. Two of the turnovers probably were unavoidable, but lucky. But in general, most of the key players (Polamalu, for example) were not a factor in the game. I’m not too upset, I don’t care THAT much about football. My throat is a little sore from all the yelling, and my stomach is a little upset from ALL THE FOOD BY GOD that Tenzil and GreenLion and guests brought/made/etc.
In other sporting news, the Penguins are doing pretty well. But that won’t last. Sidney Crosby (you know, franchise player #1) has been out for 12 or 13 games with a concussion suffered Jan 1. Probably a few more games. And I hope he doesn’t get Lindrossed (as in, concussion-prone to the point of being forced out of the game – see also Mark Savard). Evgeni Malkin is almost definitely out for the rest of the season with torn MCL and ACL from what looked like a fairly minor hit. He must have caught his skate blade on the ice when someone hit him. He wasn’t really contributing anyway. I think he bought into his own hype and can’t live up to it. We have some minor (relative to Malkin and Crosby) players out, too. I’m predicting they get into the playoffs, but don’t make it out of the 2nd round. They may not make it out of the first round.
The Pirates…well, who gives a flying fuck about them, they’re a minor league team anyway.
Until next year!