What Football Needs

I'm sitting here eating my salt and vinegar potato chips watching the final Stanley Cup game. And something dawned on me.

The camera zooms in during the break between periods to, what else... the Zamboni. I don't know what everyone's fascination is with these beasts but people love that thing. It made me think of baseball, and the grounds crews taht come running out between innings, smooth out the dirt and dance to YMCA.

And football? Hmmmmm.... Okay, i guess we got... marching bands? Okay, i guess it's not quite the same but it's a start. Okay, maybe football doesn't have a zamboni because there's enough on the feeling that football doesn't NEED a zamboni. There's tradition. There's cheerleaders. There's goofy mascots that just don't have the same affect in other sports. There's people wearing corn on their head or painted funny colors. And did i mention tradition?

Edmonton just scored to come within one. I remember in college i hated Edmonton because of one person in our dorm, a loud obnoxious Canadian. I didn't care at all about hockey and had no idea who was who but i hated Edmonton. But now i find myself rooting for those guys for one very simple reason... There's just somethign wrong about hockey in Carolina.

Then again, tehre's somethign wrong with the West Coast Offense being played in Nebraska. But i'll cheer for em anyway.

Anyway, i gotta get back to my salt and vinegar chips (scary how these things are growing on me) and enjoying the first hockey game i've watched in 3 years.