I can remember being a little kid (yup), and trying to figure out football...on TV. I watched, mainly when the adults were not changing channels on me. I did not understand it...but i liked it.
I got the football bug...i guess...when i was about 11 or so. Living in Thunder bay, the closest NFL team was the Vikings....so...yes...i was a fan. Ahmad Rashad and Tommy Kramer...my favs. I watched alot of games....and it really never did matter who i watched....a good game was a good game.
Then came the Bears. Walter payton is my all time favorite player...in any sport. More heart and determination than any player in the game today.
So....i was a Bears fan...for awhile...till Payton retired.
I had always watched some college ball (NCAA) but did not get too interested until the mid 80s. Ohio St had always been my fav. Coach Hayes....and the absolutely evil ,Jack Tatum....(read...."They Call Me Assassin"). College ball seems to always have more life and passion...than any other football games i have seen.
Shortly before i moved to Southern Ontario...i began following the Buffalo Bills...and was tourtured through 4 consecutive years of going to the super bowl....and not winning......but i am...and will always be...a Bills fan.
Last night.... i watched New England at Baltimore. Monday night games are infamous for being horrible games....take the one last week...Miami at Pittsburg.
Last nights game was great. Baltimore had lost the last 5...and had nothing to lose....out of the playoffs. New England is undefeated.
Baltimore took it to New England....hammering them the whole game. there was no time in the game, that anyone could have predicted the outcome.
New England won....with Baltimore coming up 2 yards short...in the last seconds of the game....to win...with a touchdown...would have took them into the lead...and slayed the giant of this season.
I watched the game...not as a N E fan...or Balt fan....but of a fan of the game. It was great from the word go....action and suspense ...just like a movie. I was not cheering of any team last night....just for the game. I found myself cheering....in the last quarter.....because of ....my love of the game.
The reason i love football....the way i do....is because of games like last nights...and that will never change.
Go Bills
