Being a coastal carolinian, I sometimes find my taste in sports to be a little dissimilar with my inland brothers and sisters. While I used to live for college basketball(schoolwork having curtailed my freetime for it), football was only exciting if it was NC State, Ga. Tech, or Maryland playing, and NASCAR just looks like rush hour on a closed circuit(I mean really! I used to drive like that daily! Why would anyone pay money to see someone else do it for hours, and not get anywhere! I digress, that's another blog entry). As for pro football, I really don't care for any of the southern teams.
I became interested in pro football when I was introduced to it properly by a Jason Mosby. He is a fan's fan of Pro football. You name any player in the league and he could tell you the position he played and how well he's been doing the past couple of years. He had solid theories on teams that I wasn't hearing on sportscenter and he could tell you the strengths and weaknesses of every team out there. He also introduced me to the patriots back in 1999, before they won a superbowl.
I mainly became interested in them because they were a team that were greater than the sum of their players. You didn't have any one person like Vick of the Falcons whose talent dominated the team, nor did you have any particular team(defense, offense, or special) that dominated in its talents more than the other. It was a well-rounded program that actually played, won, and lost as a team. This kind of setup and mentality struck a chord with me and caused me to keep track of them. Since then, they have gone on to win the Superbowl numerous times and set a league record for most consecutive wins(21).
I can't say that I've watched every game of theirs, but that doesn't make me any less excited for Feb. 6. I'm hoping for an exciting game.
Posted by Jeffrey at January 23, 2005 11:03 PM