Apathy. Patton & Schwarzkopf. DST Update.
My Super Bowl memories go way back – think Jerry Kramer’s block allowing Bart Starr to sneak into the end zone with thirteen seconds left in Super Bowl Two. This was, and is to this day called the ‘Ice Bowl’ as it was 13 degrees below zero during most of the game. My recall is even better with the Miami Dolphins and their back-to-back Super Bowl wins – especially the 1972 undefeated season. Now skip forward to the Atlanta Falcons – a loss in Miami in the 1999 Super Bowl after their starting safety, with his family in the team hotel, was arrested at midnight before the game soliciting a prostitute. Then, of course, last year’s Super Bowl where the Falcons forgot that it was a 60-minute game. Later today, the 52nd Super Bowl kicks off and I have never experienced so much apathy towards the Super Bowl. Is it the teams, is it their coaches and players, or did the behavior of many NFL players disenfranchise the core audience? I will be watching the game, and the commercials, hoping that the Eagles can pull off an upset of Tom Brady and his Patriots. As for the ratings, who really knows as the commercials and JT’s halftime show my trump the actual game. No pun intended.
Three of my favorite leadership and courage quotes: “No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.” “Sure, we all want to go home. We want to get this war over with. But you can’t win a war lying down. The quickest way to get it over with is to get the bastards who started it. We want to get the hell over there and clean the goddamn thing up, and then get at those purple-pissing Japs. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. So keep moving. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper-hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler”. “It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”
The Daylight Savings Time countdown: 5 weeks!
Adios and have a “Super” Sunday Funday.
Its all about respect. I will not be watching the Super Bowl today. Its not political….its about respect. You can protest many ways in this great free country we live in. You can speak freely. You can voice your opinion. You can protest peacefully. But remember….if you voice your opinion in words or actions….those words or actions are subject to a response….whether you are an average citizen, a pro athlete, a rock star, or an actor/actress. Then you come to the point of crossing the line of opinion vs respect. When it comes to respect….its something my parents taught me at a young age. Respect one another. Respect our country. By respecting our country….respect our flag! Enough said! So protest all you want……but respect our country, respect our flag, and the people that protect us so we have the free right to protest! God Bless America!
Well said – but you did miss a great Super Bowl!!
Glad to see you back on line. Missed your return last week. You brought back some memories from past Super Bowls! It was a a great game this year.
Thanks Marty. Great game – Foles proved once again that he is a legit NFL QB.
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