My
longsuffering wife, Arlynda, was not necessarily a football fan before we were
married. Oh, she would be glad to hear
of the [Cabool Bulldogs] and/or the [Missouri Tigers] winning, but she had little
desire to actually watch a game. Hence,
one of the reasons why the efforts that she has made the past several years to
watch the [Super Bowl] with me are so special.
No,
the parties that she puts on are nothing spectacular—certainly not in
comparison to some. For she will usually
just fix [nachos] and a few other things like that, but it is amazing just how
good it all tastes while watching her become so involved in the game.
It
could be argued that she had an added vested interest in the game that was
played yesterday evening. For [The Blind Side] is one of her all-time favorite movies, and [Michael Oher] is a starting
offensive lineman for the [Baltimore Ravens].
Oh
my, there was something for just about everyone to Super Bowl XLVII—with not
the least of these involving the head coaches for both teams. For [John Harbaugh] is the head coach of the
Baltimore Ravens, and his younger brother, [Jim], is the head coach of the [San Francisco 49ers].
To
be quite honest about it, I do not like Jim Harbaugh much at all. For he appears to be a jerk in a number of
ways, and putting icing on that cake is the fact that he appears to not care a
thing about what others think of him.
In
all fairness, Jim has done an amazing job of molding the 49ers into a truly
great team—with [Vernon Davis] serving as a prime example of that. For he caught a lot of passes for a lot of
yards yesterday evening, and it was just five years ago when he was in danger
of being [released] by the team for a number of reasons.
Speaking
of stories of redemption, [Ray Lewis], of the Baltimore Ravens, was facing
[murder charges] after two men were stabbed to death at a Super Bowl XXXIV
party in Atlanta, Georgia in 2000. Since
then, he has become one of the most highly respected (beloved?) players in the
game, and the announcement of his retirement after this season was completed
surely had much to do with the Baltimore Ravens winning it all—much to the
delight of my beloved wife.
Regardless
of who wins or loses, I always win when Arlynda throws a Super Bowl party for
us. Of course, that will most definitely
not be the case if my beloved [Cowboys] find themselves on the losing end
someday, but since they have been doing everything they can to snatch defeat
from the jaws of victory lately, it is not looking like I have any reason to be
concerned about them even making it that far for several years to come.
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