In the waning moments of Super Bowl XLI it started to sink in that the Colts were about to be crowned Super Bowl Champions. As Peyton Manning and the Colts celebrated and the monkey was forever thrown from his back, I started to wonder just what kind of world we were living in. Manning, the guy who had never won a game that really mattered (0-4 vs Florida in college- people forget Tennessee won the National Title AFTER he left!- and he'd never won an AFC Championship game, let alone won a Super Bowl), in a span of 3 weeks had knocked off Tom Brady and the Patriots and then beat a good Bears team in sloppy conditions in Miami on the world's biggest stage. 3 weeks ago if he wasn't so nice and people weren't so in love with him (or if he played in a bigger market), we'd have called him a choker. Now? We can put him in the conversation as one of the greatest of all-time. I couldn't have been more wrong about him. The guy who I thought not only wouldn't ever win a Super Bowl but COULDN'T ever win a Super Bowl just did. As Ricky Bobby would say "THAT just happened!" I mean, what's next? World peace? Dave Matthews makes listenable music again? Alex Rodriguez wins a World Series? Thankfully the last one will only happen if hell freezes over, and since I don't think we're quite there yet, I can still safely say A-Rod will never win a World Series.
But the world has definitely been turned upside down. Black is white, up is down, left is right, tall is short, back is front, or as Dr. Peter Venkman said "cats and dogs living together- mass hysteria!" Yes there's so many things that I've just assumed won't happen, but now because of the Colts win I've had to re-evaluate. Besides the Vikings, Mariners, Canucks, UDub Huskies, Gophers (football and hoops), Wolves and Wild winning a championship, could these impossibilites be possible?
* Jer posts on this website more than once every 6 months
* Kevin McHale makes a good trade- and receives a 1st round pick without giving one up!
* The Vikings have a good offense and good defense- in the SAME season
* Gophers fire Glen Mason because he's a mediocre football coach (I know I know but I STILL can't believe that actually happened)
* Blades of Glory somehow DOESN'T win an Oscar for Best Movie Ever Made!
* The Minnesota Twins trade for a cleanup hitter- and pay to keep him
* David Beckham actually makes Americans care about soccer
* Sidney Crosby actually makes Americans care about hockey
* College football installs a playoff system
* We discover that Paris Hilton has talent in something (well besides that)
* Barry Bonds becomes likable
* Red Sox fans realize they've become just like Yankees fans
* The national media in Toronto realizes there actually are people living in Canada west of Ontario. No really, there are
* Americans realize there are actually people living north of them- and south of them, and on other continents too. No really, there are
* NBA refs treat Dwyane Wade the same as everybody else
* Steve Nash wins a 3rd straight MVP award
* Terrell Owens shuts the hell up
* I start watching NASCAR
* Our tens of readers start posting comments
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2 comments:
jeff i hope all your dreams come true. all of them.
except becoming a NASCAR fan, then i would fly out to vancity, rip your eyes out and shove them down your pants so you can watch me kick the crap out of you.
then i'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat.
-- thanks to moe sizlack for that gem.
but seriously, i will do all of those things if you start liking nascar.
.... mmmmm
nascar...
don't do it!!!
Chad i agree about the mediocrity in minnesota sports. Tough times right now, but hopefully improvements are on the way.
Joel if me liking NASCAR is what it takes to get you out here, then done and done! Ok I will never ever like NASCAR which is why I put it on there. But with Manning winning a Super Bowl, I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
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