Super Sunday

Sunday, February 5, 2006 - Super Bowl XL...which means Spring Training is right around the corner! Football is a good bridge between the end of one baseball season and the start of another. Thankfully, the Giants had a surprisingly good season (and a thoroughly bad post-season). That, combined with fairly mild weather, did not make the need for baseball more urgent. With football ending and the Olympics about to shutdown the NHL and the Rangers great season for a couple of weeks, baseball is starting to very much being on the mind. Time to start getting the rotisserie league stuff ready for '06 - yes, baseball is not far away.

For the record, the prediction here is Steelers 27 Seahawks 17 with Big Ben winning the MVP award. Seattle just does not impress me all that much. I think a healthier Panthers team could have really been a challenge to them. They certainly weren't impressive in their win against the Giants, which of course should have been a loss if Jay Feely's radar hadn't gone haywire. It would be nice to the The Bus get a ring too.


Finally, congratulations to the great Harry Carson on his election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Harry suffered through some of the worst Giants teams of my teens and early 20s before helping to lead the Giants to their first Super Bowl championship in 1986. He was a class act and the team leader. Even more than congratulations for getting into the Hall, here's good wishes for the healthy recovery of both his children.