Super Bowl Prediction: Upset in the Cards?

I don’t think so. It could definitely happen if the Steelers aren’t ready to get in Warner’s face & not allow him to use Fitzgerald at will. The Steelers defense doesn’t rely on blitzing this year, they don’t need to. They can get pressure with just sending their 3 down linemen & one linebacker, some would say: “That’s a blitz!!!”, but it’s not. It’s called a “red dog”..

I think the Steelers’ D will be ready for the Cards’ powerful O. Will the Steelers run away with it? No.. The Steelers offense isn’t good enough for them to blow the Cardinals out. But, they will put up enough to win, in my opinion.

FINAL SCORE

Pittsburgh: 20
Arizona: 14

Don’t let that score fool you though, this is going to be a great game, not at-all boring.. I see the Cardinals jumping out to an early lead 7-0 in the first quarter. Then in the 2nd quarter the Steelers D will dominate them & kick a field goal. 7-3 at the half. To start off the 3rd quarter the Steelers will get a huge run back on the kickoff for a TD.. 7-10 Steelers. Arizona will go on a long drive, resulting in a pickoff or fumble, Steelers recovering. Steelers will get a field goal out of it. 7-13 Steelers. 4th quarter, Roethlisberger will start to faulter.. He will throw a pick, Cardinals will storm down to the field only to get stopped & miss a field goal. 3 & out for the Steelers after that. Cardinals will once again drive down into Steelers’ territory only to finally be shut down & have to punt.. Steelers will use a trick play for a TD & then it’ll be revenge time for the Cardinals, using a trick play to their advantage, eventually getting a TD themselves. Then, the Steelers will drain the clock & get the win.

20-14 Steelers.

PS: Coming in my next blog, I do a special on… The Oscars. YES.. The Oscars.

Ready for some NFL!!!

Oh yes, the NFL season is just about 6 days away.. So, naturally, I’m here to give you my thoughts on what you can expect to see this year. I’m going to talk about everything from teams, to players, to division races, to the playoffs to… Yes.. THE SUPER BOWL!!!

I’ll start off by saying this: The Patriots WILL NOT make the Super Bowl this year! The division is now tougher, the Colts are still right there with them in the AFC & the Jagz are still a comin’..

Nextly, Shawne Merriman is going to wish he hadn’t rolled the dice & the Chargers are going to bomb when something happens to him! Why would anyone do anything that could affect his team in such a way! It wouldn’t hurt them NEARLY as bad if they start off without him, rather than starting with him & then losing him! But, nobody ever accused Merriman of being the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Now I’d like to talk about a team to watch out for that NOBODY is talking about: That would be the Carolina Panthers.. It’s like people have forgotten that they exist.. Well, they exist & people will realize that once/if they make the playoffs & I believe that they will! They still have Jake Delhomme who is no slouch at QB & he has a great target to throw to in Steve Smith, they’ve now added Jonathan Stewart to accompany DeAngelo Williams (what a running game)! But, that’s not even the best of their situation… The division is SOOOO patheticly weak! It just might happen that the other teams in the playoffs, if the Panthers are around, may just assume that, in turn, the Panthers are also weak & boy, may they be surprised! If that happens, just maybe…. I won’t jinx it.. But…. maybe! It’s the NFC!

Ok, Super Bowl prediction! It’s obviously going to be the Atlanta Falcons vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.. No brainer! (that was a good one, if I do say so myself) Ok… all jokes aside, it will be the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers.. Cowboys will win by a score of 27-17, book it. Really, please don’t!!! I don’t want to be held responsible if you lose all your money!!!

Last, but certainly not lea – Ok, yes, least of the topics that I wanted to discuss…. Brett Favre.. NOT the magical cure the Jets are looking for, sorry.. I know he’s gave alot of Jets’ fans something to be excited about, but please, don’t get too over-the-top excited here.. You MIGHT get to the playoffs, but that’s where it stops. Then you’ll have to deal with him not knowing whether or not he wants to play anymore, because, didn’t you know, the WHOLE NFL revolves around him & what HE wants to do!!!

End of rant.

Professional Wrestling: Should Be Taken Seriously As A Sport!

I admit it. Yes, I am a WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) or Professional Wrestling lover. I’m 22 years old & I have been a fan since I was just 4 years old. I remember watching my very first match & it absolutely thrilling me & since then I’ve never turned back. I remember the original reason I liked it too, as you can guess, since I was only 4, it was because I was seeing two guys beat each other up! Yeah, alot of little boys get fascinated by that sort of thing.

So, that sets this up for you. Now, as you can imagine, after a while I learned that it was fake. It took nothing away from the enjoyment I got out of it, even as I was still a youngster. I was still as enthralled by it as ever. The passion never wavered, it didn’t stop me for a second from being so happy anytime it were to come on TV & not hardly be able to wait for the next time it would. People would say to me “but, it’s fake, how can you like that?”

That’s what I’m going to explain here & it also happens to be the reason why Professional Wrestling should be taken seriously as a sport, not as something that’s beneath being a sport, not as the redheaded stepchild of a sport, but as a true sport in & of itself. 

Professional Wrestling is indeed fake.. But, not completely. That’s what many people who are constantly talking about that they can’t like something that’s fake like that cannot seem to grasp. The physical interaction between the wrestlers in the ring is fake to a degree (more on that later), but, the athleticism it takes to do those moves, the skill & talent, training & effort it takes to become a Professional Wrestler is NOT fake at-all. Some of the things these athletes do are amazing, all the while making sure that the athlete they are working with does not truly get seriously hurt. Imagine soaring off the top rope while back-flipping in mid-air & trying to land on-top of someone just perfectly so that you do not seriously hurt them.

Which leads me to the next element involved here. While these athletes are doing these moves with care & they are trained professionals as to how to do these moves to where the athlete they are doing them to does not get injured, to a certain degree, it is real.. There is pain involved, their bodies do get worn out, they are human beings putting on a show, yes, but, it does come at a cost, just as it does with an NFL player, MLB player, Boxer or any other physical sport you care to think of. It is taxing on their bodies, they do get burned out sometimes, it does wear on them mentally as well.

There are many of men who think they wish to become a Professional Wrestler, but when they start to truly train for it, they cannot take it. Take that for what it’s worth, but honestly, what does that say to you in your heart of hearts?

I know this has been long & I appologize, so, I’m going to wrap this up very shortly. I just hope that I can get through to some of you who look down on Professional Wrestling or feel that it somehow does not qualify as a sport. I want to share my passion with you, I want to open up a whole new world to you or perhaps just let you see just a small beam of the brightness that Professional Wrestling is to my life.

I understand that it being fake has nothing to do with why some do not like wrestling or maybe even it not being considered a sport in your eyes. Some of you disagree with some of the soap opera type things that goes on during, say, a WWE event. That’s understandable, but don’t let that overshadow what the athletes in the ring do. Don’t let that one thing blind your eyes to what can be a very beautiful thing if you let it.

The soap opera like things that go on is the entertainment aspect of it.. After all, it is labeled “sports entertainment”.. What sport doesn’t entertain you though? Every sport has it’s characters; There’s Manny Ramirez in baseball, there’s Terrell Owens in the NFL, there’s many in the NBA. Every sport has those characters that aren’t playing a role though, that’s real life, that’s their real selves, yet, some of you may not let that effect whether or not you watch those things. So, why not give the WWE or TNA (Total Nonstop Action) a chance? Why does Professional Wrestling always have to have this big bad dark cloud hung over it?

In closing, I just want to let you know that if you’re reading this at this point, I thank you ever so much. I thank you because it proves that you’re thinking about this at least & that’s great. If this only makes one person see Professional Wrestling in a different light, then it was worth the time & effort here. I hope somebody who didn’t before now realizes that Professional Wrestling can be seen as I see it now, an art, a thing of beauty, great athleticism, some entertainment thrown in & most importantly – A sport!

Thanks SOOO much again for reading!