Hoping For History

Well, it's that time of year again. The Grey Cup has just passed, and the NFL regular season gets good.

As far as the Grey Cup goes, let me give you this one piece of advice dear reader (and I mean this for all of the ones of readers out there. That's right, I have a friend or two that happens to look at this occasionally, if they are busy washing their hair or have a headache.). If you ever get a chance to go to Canada's Superbowl, the Grey Cup...do not hesitate to jump at the chance and trample anyone who tries to get in your way. I had the opportunity to go this year, and yes, there were problems, like long lines for beer and lack of roving beer guys in the stand, at least in the upper deck, but I still had a blast. And I had no rooting interest, except for a grudge against the eventual winner Saskatchewan. I can't stand a name stealer. But that is a story for another time.

In the NFL there are two intriguing stories out there, which if you have glanced at a sports page or website in the last few weeks, I'm sure you have heard about. The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins are both 'pursuing' history. The Pats to go undefeated, and the 'Fins to go perfectly defeated. Okay Miami's not trying, but they do really freaking suck. New England meantime is trying, and so far at 12-0 finding ways to get it done.

Now, I am not a fan of either team, so normally I couldn't care less. But for some reason this time the 'perfect season' has caught my interest. Maybe it's because I have loved watching Randy Moss since he debuted with my Vikings, but I am pulled in by this possibility. I'd love to see the perfect season from the Pats. It certainly seems that I won't see something like this again in my lifetime, the last time it happened was in '72, the year I was born. I'd like to see and remember this one.

As far as the Dolphins go, that '72 team has been gloating over the last undefeated team going down every year since. Well, popping champagne to celebrate your own greatness and someone else's defeat, over and over again for 35 years seems a bit much, and I dare say probably bad karma. I am hoping the current incarnation does go winless and tieless. Screw it, they celebrate everyone else's failure for that long, let their former team be the biggest failure in the history of the league. Sounds fair to me.

So let's see 19-0 for the Pats, you know we probably won't see it again. And Let's replace the 76 Bucs (0-14) with the 07 Dolphins as the worst team ever fielded.

Make some history for us boys!

Until next time, see you in the funny pages.