Having finished up thing fairly early yesterday, I got a chance to sit down and catch some football for awhile. The Patriot game was the only interesting one available and it looked to me like vintage Patriot football where they slowly strangle the other team as the game goes on. Even though theoretically the Dolphins were in the game, it never really felt like they had a chance. If the team continues like this, I won’t be surprised to see them in the Super Bowl again.
I watched about two thirds of the Cowboy/ Eagles game last night as well. When I turned it off, I was pretty sure that the Eagles were going to pull away. I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I saw that the Cowboys had not only won, but they’d managed the win in a way they’ve been unable to since Romo has been QB. He had a tough game last night but still managed to get the job done.
Of course, these were just the eighth games of the season, so there’s still plenty of football to play. For the Cowboys, December still looms. Unless they can actually win games then, they won’t be doing anything. For the Patriots, I wouldn’t expect them to have mental problems, but physically they’re an older team. The latter haf of the season will show how much those guys still have in the tank.
As a sort of one-off, kind of a bummer that Penn St lost to Ohio St this weekend. I thought they’d been looking pretty good this year- but they pulled a real stinker in that one. About time that Iowa lost. I was getting sick of hearing about them. Looks like the SEC championship will be the National title game as well. Sorry BCS, that’s just the way the ball rolls.