Those of you who know me (I’m making the assumption that people actually read this), know that I’m a pretty big sports fan. I’ll watch just about any sporting event, and most of the teams I root for hail from Maryland, where I grew up. Orioles, Terrapins, you name it. But the team I’m the most emotionally attached to is the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL, or “National Football League,” as Ron Jaworski would say.
My room is littered with Ravens paraphernalia: hats, shirts, even these tissues I got for Christmas. I’ve been to 3 games, and I’m proud to say they’re undefeated in those games. If someone from the Ravens organization is reading and can hook me up with season tickets, I’m positive we can go 19-0 next season; the numbers don’t lie.
The thing that spawned this post was a win over the Dallas Cowboys yesterday. Although the teams have identical records, countless “experts” had the Cowboys as favorites. Why? I don’t know why, but the media seems to be enamored by the Cowboys for whatever reason. I guess because they were good 15 years ago. “America’s Team” hasn’t won a playoff game since 1996, but they win 2 in a row and all of a sudden they are Super Bowl bound.
Anyway, I think sports are a good way from people to forget about the stress of their lives for a few hours, root for something they have no impact on, and pour Gatorade on themselves in the middle of winter.
Merry Christmas everyone. Oh, and check out the stiff arm at [4:35]. See you in the playoffs.
Tags: 1996, baltimore, cowboys, dallas, football, jaws, nfl, ravens, ron jaworski, sports
A few comments:
1. “Just about any sporting event”….I take it to mean everything but hockey. I can imagine you wrote that sentence thinking about how much you hate hockey. Hater.
2. Just let it be known that our dear, sweet Lupka yelled at a soldier on TV who was giving a holiday message while serving in Iraq. The man is sacrificing everything and because he called the Cowboys “America’s Team,” he is no longer worthy of respect. Ha ha. I just found that funny. I do agree with your media observations.
3. “Forget about the stress of their lives”…Lupka, what in the world do you have to be stressed about?
Rebuttal:
1. I’ve watched hockey plenty of times, its just not my favorite. Things I meant to exclude were probably tennis, gymnastics, and any swimming or track outside of the olympics.
2. I still respect said soldier. He just needed to be quiet. I’m an American and the Cowboys are definitely not my team.
3. There are plenty of things I could stress about, I just choose not to.