Observations from the Couch 1
The New Notre Dame?
This is a new type of blast I'll post from time to time. Not my
usually well thought out rant or techie geektaculars, just a spot
about something I observed.
Just got done watching the NBC telecast of the Colts versus
the.. Um, the.. Er, the.. Oh yeah, the Saints! Here are some
observations as NBC crowns the next Notre Dame:
- I think I saw all of the assistant coaches for
the Colts, and nary more than Sean Payton for the Saints (usually
after something sh!tty happened to the Saints). They even shared
with us about that dumb a$$ that dislocated his finger putting his
shoes on, right after telling us about the dork that got his
fingers broke by an errant punt.
- Once the outcome of the game was decided (at 24-10), Al and
John decided to spend the remainder of the game talking about the
Colts, their weak next six games, the klutziness of their coaches
(see point above), attempts to end Jason David's career by
reminding us that he was getting lit up on all the passing TDs and
otherwise hailing the Champs.
- The fact that Payton Manning was Manning d@mn near all the
commercials that sponsored the game, this might explain the point
above. And thanks to giving MythTV 30GB of space and a 60 minute headstart, I
didn't even watch that many fzing
commercials!
I just hope that for national games that the commentary be a little
more even-handed, even if the game isn't. I would add that they can
talk (positively) about the Giants as much as they want on Sunday.
By the way, the Notre Dame remark is eluding the years of
exclusive fanboy-ish coverage of Notre Dame sports on NBC, aka the
Notredame Broadcasting Channel. Until the next time my observations
move me from the couch to the keyboard, I bid ye a good night!
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