A Few Super Bowl Gripe Shots

As we near Super Bowl Sunday, I have to just get a few things off my chest. I have to slam down a few Gripe Shots to clear my head and to make me feel better about the big game coming up.

1. ESPN Shows True Colors - Black and Yellow: On Saturday, The Gripe went on the road to the Phoenixville Area to attend a soccer game. By the way, congrats to Lower Valley FC for their 2 wins over teams ranked much higher than them. Anyway, I was in the hotel room watching Sports Center on ESPN and had to run to the porcelain throne to blow my dinner. I sold the Buick a few times. All they kept talking about was the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ben Rapistberger. It was story after story until I turned it off because I couldn't take it anymore. The only time they mentioned the Packers was to refer to them as the team playing Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl. Why? I'll tell you why, because they always pick a side and then ride that team like a rented mule to market. They are showing their true colors of Black and Yellow. The yellow being for yellow bellied.

2. Clear A Few Things Up - I have been told over the past week or so that I have been too hard on Big Ben and his cohorts in Pittsburgh. Maybe so. As much as I don't like the Steelers, I will say that they are a top notch franchise with a great owner and a will to win. Frankly being a fan of the Packers, this game scares the hell out of me. Pittsburgh always seems to find a way to steal a game away just when it seems to be over. Whether its by sheer will or a bad call, very often things go their way. Enough, I am making myself sick. I had to stop the Steeler Fans from their whining somehow!

3. Strippers Wanted - Jim Litke of The Associated Press wrote in his column today that nightclub owners in the Dallas area have the call out for an additional 10,000 strippers. I thought traffic was heavy getting out of the valley over the weekend. Oh boy, what kind of trouble will this stir up over the next few days? I think Ben will be staying in Houston for the next few days!

4. The Pro Bowl - Finally, I watched about 7 plays of the Pro Bowl last night and confirmed it is one of the worst football games to ever be played. I actually may have watched 10 or 12 but dozed off after 7. I watched receivers jogging through their routes, defensive lineman lallygagging to the QB and running backs hitting the holes with about as much intensity as a ball of cotton hitting the ground. The game just plain stinks! Why on earth would anyone watch this? Reruns of Buffy The Vampire Slayer are better!

Now that all of those things are off my chest, I can move forward with my Super Bowl game predictions which you can get here on Saturday Morning.