tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post3999352039832858869..comments2024-02-17T04:00:25.925-06:00Comments on The Platoon Advantage: Common Sportsman: NFC PreviewThe Common Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994070642805307798noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-15204953068269857052008-09-14T15:33:00.000-05:002008-09-14T15:33:00.000-05:00Valuable resource of minnesota vikings news summar...Valuable resource of minnesota vikings news summaries: http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=minnesota-vikingsng2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/14287326444923169630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-40842384958376412008-08-27T17:41:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:41:00.000-05:00Right, yeah...guess I kind of skimmed the last cou...Right, yeah...guess I kind of skimmed the last couple lines. :)Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840958382433052735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-75419479448468913592008-08-27T17:08:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:08:00.000-05:00Well, by the end of the season, The Common Man wil...Well, by the end of the season, The Common Man will have Jackson's name down. What he needs is an awesome nickname. Maybe The Great Purple Hope? That would simplify matters significantly.<BR/><BR/>You're right, though, The Common Man loves that, when he watches football, he gets to turn off the part of his brain that needs information and "logic." Instead, he can enjoy the action and violence and talk about abstract, unseen forces like "chemistry" and "momentum" as if they're real and quantifiable things.<BR/><BR/>However, The Common Man points out that he has violated no rules of homerism. If you notice, he stopped short of the Super Bowl pick. He'll get to that tomorrow. So there.The Common Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994070642805307798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064547517730087223.post-22007145948820348142008-08-27T16:17:00.000-05:002008-08-27T16:17:00.000-05:00Every enlightened baseball fan should also be an N...Every enlightened baseball fan should also be an NFL fan, if only because you can get away with saying phrases like "everyone is going to be gunning for them," "battle-tested," and "chemistry problems" and "apathetic fan base" unironically. I mean, we don't KNOW those things don't matter in football.<BR/><BR/>You can never, however, get away with saying "Wherefore art though," or misspelling your hometown QB's name. "Tavaris Jackson" will not be an important name at all in the NFL this year. "Tarvaris Jackson," though? Debatable.<BR/><BR/>I kid, I kid. Excellent preview. But the rules of homerism say you're supposed to pick your hometown team to LOSE the Super Bowl. You might have jinxed us now.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840958382433052735noreply@blogger.com