Do You Believe God Uses Football Games to Send Messages to People?

There are some people who believe their mere presence on this earth justifies the existence of God.  This seems rather egocentric to me.  My anecdotal evidence is not compelling.  I’m not so sure it would take a supreme being to create some of the people I know; more likely a mischievous demi-god with a truly eccentric sense of humor.  Anyway, I heard some chatter on WEEI, the local sports radio station.  Apparently, there are people who believe that Jesus is fixing NFL games in order to place Tim Tebow center stage at the Super Bowl to testify because (apparently) Jesus needs the pub.  Seriously?  Jesus needs to leverage the Super Bowl’s ratings to maximize the marketing opportunity for his brand in Tim Tebow?  Really?  Whatever happened to the badass dude who would just smite something every now and then?  Pillars of fire, floods, frogs, all the first born of Egypt – that guy didn’t need a football game to make his point.

What Just Happened?

The NFL’s new overtime rules seem a lot like the old overtime rules.

That Just Happened

Learning never stops.  Unless you’re an idiot.

Breakfast with Glenn and Steve - Three Years or Fifteen Minutes

After parking my car, I hustled through the early morning cold and into The Wooden Spoon.  Glenn and Steve were already seated at a table in the back.  I made my way through the queue of people waiting to be seated and sat down.  The waitress came and took my coffee order and headed back to the kitchen.

That's Right, I'm Talking About the Playoffs, Jim

I miss Don Cheadle.

Norvwhere Man

Okay, there is no way I understand what Chargers fans are going through right now.  I’m a Patriots fan.  I root for a team that consistently finds a way to win.  They root for a team that consistently finds a way to lose.  The closest I can come is to think back to 1999 and try to imagine a world in which the Patriots did not fire Pete Carroll and did not hire Bill Belichick.  But that pain for me is hypothetical, abstract, easily partitioned; the pain that Chargers fans are feeling right now is real, visceral, blinding agony.  

Norv Turner will be coaching the San Diego Chargers in 2012.

Stay strong, San Diego.

Reboot

Some teams are starting over for reals.  Some started early by firing their head coaches during the season but the Rams went a step further by firing both their head coach and general manager, Steve Spagnuolo and Billy Devaney.  It’s unclear if Spagnuolo’s 10-38-0 record in St. Louis satisfies the fine print in his deal with the Devil (that wasn’t the hand of God pinning that football to David Tyree’s helmet) so future employers should beware.  This move puts St. Louis in the chase for Jeff Fisher, his awesome mustache and his hit man sunglasses.  Fisher’s sunglasses have been tied to Indianapolis, Miami and Tampa Bay.  Jacksonville?  Not so much.