Things Of Relative Importance

1. Colts won this weekend! The Indianapolis Colts defeated the NY Jets for the opportunity to go to Miami and compete in Superbowl #44.  Their opponents will be the New Orleans Saints quarterbacked by none other that Purdue alum Drew Brees.  It should be less clear who I will be rooting for.  However, there is no doubt that I will be donning the blue and white and cheering for my Colts.  I wish Brees and the Saints the best, but I hope they lose.

2. Today Apple released the "game changing" iPad.  It seems to me that it is just a ipod touch that is too big to fit in your pocket.  For all the hype this product has got it seems pretty lackluster.  Don't get me wrong.  It looks cool and I wouldn't complain if somebody gave me one.  However I will not be running out to buy one when they go on sale.  I am looking forward to see what they do with the iPhone this year.  Maybe they will finally get me to drink the cool-aid and pony up the cash.

Colts !!!!

Last night the Colts came to play, and their defense looked good.  As expected the offense got out to a slow start, but they scored enough to get the job done.  The defense completely shut down the Raven offense for most of the game.  I had my reservations, but the Colts seemed to have successfully rested up and came ready to play.  For the time being, it looks like the coaching staff made the correct decision to rest the starters at the end of the regular season.

In other good news, the Jets just beat the Chargers for the chance to take on the Colts in the AFC championship game.  Indy always seems to have trouble with San Diego, so I guess it is a good thing that they have been eliminated.  However, the Colts will be favored and have higher expectations with the Jets coming into town, and they have been red hot lately.  It seems like the Colts might be once again set up for failure, but hopefully they can rise to the occasion for the second straight week.  This entire season the Colts looked so impressive, but for some reason I never thought they would actually make it to the Superbowl.  For the first time this year I think they will not only get there, but they have a pretty good chance of winning it all.  Now that I have said that, I have surely jinxed them.

-deric

Colts????

Later today the Colts will play the Baltimore Ravens in the second round of the 2009-2010 NFL playoffs.  The Colts started out this season with 14 straight wins.  Having locked up home field throughout the playoffs they decided to rest their started for the last two games.  They lost them both.  The coach opted to prepare for the playoffs rather than go for a perfect season.  Today we find out if that was a good decision or not.  Last week Baltimore beat the Patriots in convincing fashion with a solid running game and strong defense.  The Colts had the first round bye, so they took the week off.  Considering they took the last 2 weeks off of the regular season, tonight will be their first real game for a month.  If they get off to a slow start Baltimore could take early control of the game, then use their running game to control the clock.  Baltimore has a very good chance of winning tonight.  If the Colts do indeed lose, fans are going to be pissed.  They will have given up their chances at making history only to be sent home after one playoff game.  It will not sit well with me, or any Colt fan for that matter.  Here's hoping they made the right decision, and get the win tonight.  I don't mean to sound negative.  However, the Colts have put themselves under a lot of pressure to preform.  I am nervous about the game tonight, but that is what makes watching sports so much fun.  I am glad that I can care this much about a professional football game.  It is a sure sign that life is good.

-deric

Sleeping through the New Year

For the first time in my memory I didn't stay awake to ring in the new year.  This year we opted to stay home rather than attend some lame party.  However, staying home on new years is pretty lame in itself.  We made some dinner, watched some tv, then headed to bed by 10.  I was sleeping when 2010 arrived, and it seems like I have been tired ever since it got here.  Last weekend we got some snow and the temperatures dropped down into the single digits this week.  The house always seems to be freezing cold.  When my alarm goes off in the morning it is dark, and the last thing I want to do it get out of my warm bed.  This entire week I sat bleary eyed at my desk sipping coffee, trying to wake up and get motivated.  It didn't really work.  By Tuesday I was just waiting for the weekend to get here.  Now the weekend is here, and it isn't all I was hoping it would be.  Our Friday night was pretty lame, and Saturday isn't looking good either.  The wife is gone.  I am going to watch a movie and go to bed.  Tomorrow I will probably sit around and watch football and complain about having to go to work on Monday.  Most likely I will oversleep Monday morning and have to rush in to work.  I will undoubtedly be tired.  By Tuesday I will be looking forward to another uneventful weekend. Thus the monotony continues.  Happy 2010.

-deric