I have to confess that I am pretty cranked out of shape today. I came home from a long trip to our parish in Nashville, Indiana with every intention of watching my beloved Chicago Bears play the New Orleans Saints. All I could find was SOCCER.
First of all, I so no live in England (where both these teams were from), I live in INDIANA. DO I like soccer? Sure, I was an actual college letter man in soccer my freshman year, despite never playing a lick of it till the summer prior. But I just wanted to watch the Bears. I just wanted to relax. And the Fox channel carrying it, blamed it first upon the NFL (because there was a Colt’s home game on ANOTHER CHANNEL at the same time) and then also upon CBS. As I figure it though, Fox chose to not show it, not CBS.
And although the Bears (AND the Colts) lost the their game, it really was the principle. All I wanted to do was watch a game. And although I am certainly happy for all the English nationals who were able to watch their game here in central Indiana today, if the truth be known, I do not think it would be fair to expect me to fly to England to watch the Bears.
Excuses, excuses, excuses……I am not buying them. I just wanted to relax and enjoy the afternoon. Time will tell, but we play the Packers next Sunday. I hope I am able to see the game. I just do not think I will be able to stomach the Liverpool Leeches playing the Manchester Munchies next week in a vital cricket match for the All-England Cup. What I really want is to see Brian Urlacher sack that ridiculous Aaron (we call him Erin here) Rodgers…
Goodnight my friends and God Bless!
Tommy+