Time for football talk.

For quite a few years of my life I have been a fan of football. American football, just to clarify and not "futball", that sport so adored by those uppity Europeans. Granted, in the last five years I feel that the owners are turning it into a wussy sport, really I guess this has been the case since the onset of the non-leather helmet and shin guards but in the last five years they have really banned a lot of the more violent options one has to do bodily damage to another player. That saddens me because it shows that the investment that has been put into some players, especially quarterbacks, is starting to outweigh the purity of the game. Also, taking Monday Night Football off of ABC and putting it on a cable network, that is just low. There are some people in this world that could only watch football on Monday nights. My dad lived in an area where cable television was not an option and FOX didn't have a high enough broadcast power so the only time he could watch football was on Monday nights. There are so many people living in rural areas that get no football at all anymore and it all comes down to corporate greed. The worst part is a lot of the old timers who where there in the golden age of the game don't even get to watch. Don't get me wrong, I love cable and satellite TV, I am a Green Bay fan living in California and am more than happy to be able to watch the games but it is kinda sad that the old aerial antenna days have past us by.
On another football note I am happy to see that superstition has not left the game. Last weeks Dallas, Philly game in with the 'Boys lost and Dallas QB, Tony Romo injured his thumb didn't come down to the players saying,"we just had an off day", or "The Eagles just wanted it more". No, instead many players and fans are blaming the loss on Jessica Simpson. The Breasty songstress and star of poorly conceived movies, as well as those ProActive commercials, is now dating Romo. Last Sundays game was Romo's worst performance since last December when Carrie Underwood, his girlfriend at the time, was in the stands. Terrell Owens, the man who could probably take the title "Mouth of the South", from former WWF manager Jimmy Hart, was quoted as saying, "Right now, Jessica Simpson is not a fan favorite - in this locker room or in Texas Stadium,". So it was Jessica's fault then, huh guys? The loss had nothing to do with the fact that Dallas only attempted fourteen running plays against a team with a mediocre run defense. How about T.O. slipping in the third quarter and letting the ball go right to the safety behind him? I suppose that was Jessica's fault too. I am sure the loss had nothing to do with the fact that it was a divisional rivalry game and the fact that the Eagles were trying to stay alive in the playoffs. Well, whatever the reason I will say this, if Jessica is to blame for Romo's poor throwing I hope she shows up in something skimpy and distracting if The Packers have to go back to Dallas in the playoffs. Also I would appreciate it quite a bit if, while going up to deflect a pass, Charles woodson would accidentally rip T.O.'s tongue right out of his mouth. This should not effect his play long term but it will make football more pleasant for everyone.