Eagles-Pats

I've been an Eagles fan for awhile now. Lately I've experienced the "thrill" of the team going to the Super Bowl, the whole T.O. - Donovan thing after that, and then the slow decline of a once great team.

Going into last night, pretty much everyone expected to be blown out by the Pats...including me.

However, once I jumped into the game (after the first quarter), it was the kind of exciting experience I'd compare to the great Notre Dame - USC games....especially the one ND would have won, if not for the whole Reggie Bush push in the back thing.

You knew "your" team was under-manned, you were facing an opponent who had seemingly all the advantages....however, you watched, on the edge of your seat, knowing that one interception here, or one kick return there (Zibby against USC) and it was a brand new game.

For those who want to complain about everything, there were moments in last night's game that could be complained about.

However, there was enough big moments to enjoy. Andy Reid calling for an on-side kick (a-la the big Dallas games in the past) and converting it. Aggressive passing by Feeley, an aggressive pass rush and non-traditional scheme (going with 3 pass rushers?), all making a seemingly once invincible team (Patriots) look beatable.

Like the big ND games, the final outcome wasn't a win, but the in-game ride sure was enjoyable.

Going Green

This past week, NBC has made a big deal about going "green". For example, they turned off their in-game studio lights, right before kickoff, and "somehow" found a way to do the half-time show from the light of their 3-billion in-studio monitors.

I'm all for going green, as the picture below should indictate:

DOWN GOES THE SWEATER VEST!!!

In a day with very little sports joy, it was nice to see sweater-vest get taken care of by the Illini.

What If

Life

Okay, so there's this new TV show on NBC called "LIFE". I had saw it once on a Saturday night, and thought it was pretty good. However, since I couldn't find it on during the week, I assumed it got bumped / i.e. cancelled.

As it turns out, it is on at 10:00 on Wednesday nights. It features a quirky detective who was put in jail under false pretenses, let's say he was framed, and he tries to solve the "case of the evening", while grabbing pieces of his life/case, and trying to tie those threads together.

Now that i've missed a few weeks, it might be hard to get in the swing of things, but if anyone has seen it, and can comment on it, feel free.