NHL (No Hockey Love)

I am going to use this to rant a bit, because I was very upset this weekend. Hockey has always been one of my favorite sports to watch, it's fast, physical, and is probably one of the hardest sports to play. The reason why I am so upset is because last night (sunday January 30) the sports on TV included, the Lakers v Celtics (on 2 different Channels), the X-Games (lost of fun to watch), College basketball, Gymnastics, and figure skating. What missing?...the NHL all star game. I had been waiting all week to watch this game, because the NHL by far has the best all start weekend. They have done such a good job making it fan-oriented. I have to believe that more people would have been more interested in watching the all start game than figure skating...

NFL Lockout.

I cant be the only one who is very scared about the, what seems to be unavoidable, lockout. The thought of having to face 20 long weeks in the middle of winter, without having the joy of looking forward to the weekend for football, is not a pleasant one. Not even to mention the fact that their won't be any Fantasy Football...

I have to feel like this would actually legitimately hurt the economy, not only because of all the money that is made at football games, but also because of all the related advertising and games. I'm pretty sure that half of yahoo.com's online activity is because of their fantasy football.

The worst part is, that the main reason for the fight doesn't even make sense. The main issue is that the league wants to make it an 18 game season (instead of 16). But because of this they are instead going to get a 0 game season...much better...

The year of the Quarter Back

After all the talk about the dominance of QB in the NFL this semester it seems almost ironic that the last 4 quarter backs left in the playoffs where Mark Sanchez, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rogers and Jay Cutler. In no way am I saying that Aaron Rogers and Ben Roethlisberger and not top 10 NFL QB's, (although I would freely and openly say that about Cutler and Sanchez) I am simply saying that the real key to winning this season may have in fact come from the exact opposite side of the field. I honestly feel that the reason for the success of teams this season has come from the Defensive Backs. The final 4 teams left in the season are made up of 2 of probably the most physical and intimidating defenses as a whole in the Jets and the Steelers, a team with possibly the fastest set of DB's in the league with Green Bay, and then the Bears, who even with an off season defensively still have big names like Tillman and Manningham swarming around in the secondary.
To further prove my point, think about the biggest plays that happened in this weekends games, the first thing that comes to mind for me is the game ending interception by Sheild's of the Green Bay Packer's. Another was Urlacher's pick and run back, where he was finally pulled down by Rogers. And I don't think there is any football fan in the nation who would decline that teams have to change their game plans when they are faced with Polumalu, Antonio Cromartie or Revis.
As disappointed as I was to see Chicago lose, I am definitely looking forward to watching the Super Bowl. Both teams should show up big defensively and it should lead to a tight close game.