Dear Sporting Gods,
I am sorry for whatever I did. I know I have wronged you in some way because no normal person should have to endure what you gave me this weekend.
It all started on Thursday evening in Los Angeles. My beloved Cardinals are one pitch away from evening the series with the Dodgers, when Matt Holiday decides to play a fly ball off his family jewels and extend the game. Within 5 minutes, the Dodgers score two runs and the series is all but over. This caused the first throw of the remote control in a long time. The Cardinals, with the best player in the game and two of the top pitchers were finished before they ever really got started.
Then Saturday happened. I decided to not make the trip to Raleigh and enjoy the game from my couch. Who knew the disaster that would unfold at Carter-Finley. As much as it pains me to say this, State was whipped in every single phase of the game against Duke. This is the same Duke that had won not a conference game in 20 tries. The same Duke that had not beaten the Wolfpack in Raleigh in 25 years. You know it is rough when Newcastle is not strong enough, and a switch has to be made to Wild Turkey. My wife, the Duke fan, was certainly pleased with the game's outcome, but after having to deal with me and a lot of "Turkey" the rest of the evening, admitted that she wished State had won.
Next up, the pride of my life, the Carolina Panthers. Upon waking up Sunday to a quality breakfast of multiple Excedrin and 2 Vitamin Waters, I realized that it was time for some 0-3 Panther Pride. You know you have no faith in your team when you convince yourself that if they are getting beat bad that you are leaving at halftime. Well, with in the first minute of the game, Carolina had fumbled and allowed Jason Campbell to throw a touchdown. They then found themselves down by what appeared to be a baseball score of 17-2. Somehow, the Panthers came back and won. You would think that I would be happy, but then I realized that it took a 15 point 2nd half comeback to defeat and awful Redskin team at home.
So please Sporting Gods, know that I am sorry for whatever I did. Although I do believe no crime should be punished by having your team embarrassed by Duke.
Apologetically,
Philip Thompson
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Thaddeus Young and Cutcliffe (QB guru) carved up the Pack's weakest link, the secondary. Wilson had a game to forget, and the Pack should have relied on the run game that was successful early (6.2 ypc).
ReplyDeleteI know the books says you use the pass to comeback from behind, but what about the common sense decision to go with what works?
Seeing as 1- I'm a huge Dodgers fan, 2- I didn't think anything could erase the disaster of UNC losing to UVA at home til that spanking at Carter Finley last weekend, and 3 - the GD Panthers do it to me again, not covering by half a point and costing me YET ANOTHER 250 bucks this year, it was slightly better than a wash for me.
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