A Day of Football

Sunday is a very important day around my house. Football is taken very seriously. I am a Denver Broncos fan and have been since John Elway graduated from Stanford and ended up with Denver. He was so fun to watch...and most importantly, he was a good sport when he lost.

But Denver aside I love watching most of the games throughout the season and have my favorites. Peyton Manning of course tops the list. How can you not love Peyton Manning? He is the ultimate good sportsman. He and his entire family...and of course Eli. Just a good all American family in my opinion. I like Tom Brady but not when he wins all the time if that makes sense. He gets all stuck up when he always wins and besides, it's no fun when one team blows away everybody else. It makes for a boring season.

So we look at the NFL schedule and pick our games...me and my daughter, Jennifer. Basically, Jennifer will only watch the Colts play, being a newcomer to football. She has her limits sitting in front of the TV watching. But if Denver plays and it gets really exciting she gets into it. Or the Vikings. I love watchin Brett Favre.

So today I'm watching the Colts game and the Vikings game (flipping back and forth) and Jennifer is in the living room on the computer (where the big 32" TV is that is hooked up to the stereo). Since the Colts are beating the Rams 21 to 3 I figure okay, I'll switch over and watch the Vikings and Pittsburg because it's 10 to 7 and a closer game...and I hate Pittsburg. Jennifer walks all the way back into my room and says "Why aren't you watching the Colts?" I explain to her the reason..(I'm always on the computer working...even during football). So she switches the channel, watches about 3 minutes then shuffles back down the hall to the living room. Again, I change it to the Vikings. Three minutes later she shuffles back down the hall..."Do the Colts still have the ball?"....click....watches 3 minutes then shuffles back down the hall.

So I yell down the hall..."Why don't you turn the Colts game on in there?"
"That's too much trouble"....She answers.

Three minutes later here she comes again =) This time she laid down in the bed, though so that must mean she's serious this time. Hopefully, Brett Favre will keep up the good fight without me.

No Denver today...they are on their Bye week. A 6-0 season so far...which is incredible. Tonight it's the Giants....

UPDATE: Oh, well...Favre lost but the Colts blew away the Rams. The Patriots won in Europe...which...I think I think it's odd and stupid that we are playing in Europe. They could care less about American football. They keep trying to make us soccer fans...and it hasn't worked (thank God! Everything else they try to influence us with gets thru much to my distress)...but that's a different blog. I'm sure the Giants will beat Arizona tonight but you never know.