Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Wednesday Night Hate



After several years of opening its season on the Thursday before the second Sunday in September, the National Football League schedule begins on a Wednesday for the first time tonight.

At least that I can remember without bothering to look it up. So, close enough. Apparently, some guy is giving a speech of some sort on Thursday that the network types believe is more important than football.

Regular-season games have been played on previous Wednesdays, but not since the days when games were broadcast via Morse Code and the losing team's mascot was sacrificed in an ornate post-game ritual.

As a special treat for Bills fans, the inaugural real game of 2012 features the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants, the Joker and Penguin of Buffalo football nemeses.

Unfortunately, one team almost has to win. And since the Cowboys have demonstrated a remarkable ability to lose close games in prime time on NBC, where they are zero for their last seven, that will probably be the Giants.

Let’s say 34-31, when trying to run out the clock with a four-point lead, Tony Romo gets stripped of the ball, picks it up, gets spun around and runs the wrong way to his own 1-yard line, where he fumbles again, this time directly into the hands of Osi Umenyiora, who runs him over to score the winning touchdown.

In the interest of encouraging envious loathing, here are a couple of examples of why you hate the Cowboys and Giants. Or, conversely, why you love them. If you are some kind of pervert.





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