Friday, February 1, 2013

How to decide where to watch the SB, Moss and of course the SB winner pick

The Greatest
Randy Moss recently said that he felt he was the greatest receiver ever, he would be wrong, but he isn't as far off as the numbers suggest. Sure Jerry Rice numbers are otherwordly, but no one had better Quarterbacks than Rice. Joe Montana, Steve Young and Rich Gannon, remember he also played with a decent but not great Jeff Garcia and the 49ers thought that Rice was washed up and let him go to Oakland, sound familiar? Remember when the Raiders let Moss go to the Patriots cause they deemed him washed up, but he wasn't was he? The next year all he had was the greatest season ever for a wide receiver. Aquality Quarterback is quintessential for consistent success from a wide receiver if you don't believe me ask Larry Fitzgerald. So no I don't agree with you Randy but I see where you're coming from.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
The Super Bowl is just 2 days away and maybe you're going thru your list of invitations of where you're gonna watch it. Well here's a rule of thumb sort of approach I've come up with to decide where you should watch the game:

If you have no real vested interest on the teams playing, or any money down on the game, then pick and choose where you want to go, maybe a SB party with some friends and then at halftime you go to a local bar. Basically you're just sharing your last moments of the football season with loved ones. It's like having a get together before you send your kid off to college, you know you'll see them again in a few months but you're still a little sad

If you want to buy football squares or do some friendly wagering then definitely go to a SB party, but make sure it's quality food; ask what's on the menu. If you're hearing things like tuna casserole or olive loaf sandwiches stay the fuck away. Listen out for pizza, wings/ribs, cookies and hard liquor. Those things are essential to get you thru the stupid questions that someone's wife will ask during the game. "Why do they only get 4 downs?" "How much is a field goal worth?' "Isn't it weird that both coaches have the same last name?' and you're like 'um, is there another tv'

You really want the team to lose and/or you have moderate money on the game. This should be watched with a few close friends that have the same vested interest in you. Find a home with the biggest TV, order some pizza's and judge the commercials to take the edge off the game

Your favorite team is in the SB or you have large sums of money wagered on the game, including proposition bets, like who will win the coin toss, how many 1st downs the Ravens will have, etc. Basically these are things that require your full attention, so I highly suggest that you watch this game alone or with someone that won't say much and preferably can take a punch.

The Game
The San Franciso 49ers match up very well with the Baltimore Ravens. I think the Niners are the most physical team in football. They are great at stopping the run and great at running the ball. Colin Kaepernick is the new prototype QB of the NFL. They have play making wide receivers and arguably the best to ever play the game (read the 1st paragraph mofo's) but I'm still picking the Ravens for 2 reasons. One I don't trust the Niners kicker David Akers. This game will have a lot of stalled drives and making field goals will be paramount in deciding who wins this game and no ifs, ands or buts about it, Akers has been shaky at best. Secondly, the big brother rule. This is both the Harbaugh's 1st ever SB, no way does the big brother lose to the little brother in this situation. Big brother's just always has the confidence that they can beat their younger sibling even if the youngest is the brightest or more talented. John is the oldest by a little more than a year so once you convert that into the margin of victory table, that should equate into a 3 point Raven victory after a David Akers missed field goal. Then we all will get to watch Ray Lewis ride off on a deer into the sunset.

Ravens 23- Niners 20

Dueces!!!






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