Football Saturday

Okay, so I was wrong about Ohio State-Florida. It's not like I started a land war in Asia. Anyway, I have a new plan for this weekend. Indy and Baltimore - offense vs. defense, advertising wonderboy Peyton Manning vs. double-murderer Ray Lewis, the Colts that left Baltimore in the dead of night with their insane owners who deny their Jewish heritage (the Irsays, nee Israel) and the Ravens who were partially founded by Art Modell, who left Cleveland in the lurch. Lots of bad blood, lots of history. And all I keep reading about is how the Colts stopped Larry Johnson and the Chiefs last week after not stopping the run all year. Well, the Chiefs made the playoffs after an extraordinary set of circumstances on the last day (Broncos lose at home, as did the Bengals) and their coach insistd on playig Trent Green the entire gaame when he simplyh sucked and yes, the Colts stopped Larry Johnson but that's once all season. The Ravens were #1 on defense in almost every stat that matters and why should that stop now? They will not allow Peyton to outscore them, they will score on defense, and they will win. And they will cover the 4, 5 point spread.
Philly at New Orleans should be interesting as well. But consider this - the Giants, the Giants for god's sake, gave the Eagles everything last week and should have won had they scored earlier in the game with the ball in great field position. Leto Sheppard is out for the Eagles, tough cover corner. And yes, they play with emotion, BUT that will be nothing compared to the emotion the Saints and the crowd and the city of NOLA bring to this one. Plus, if there is an X factor in all these games this weekend, it is Reggie Bush. Get him 20 touches - carries, catches, returns - and he will break something. Maybe not all the way but certainly field position. And emotion. Saints win. Saints win.
As for the other news of the week, the man who is still not my President made his Gulf of Tonkin speech on Wednesday and it is only a matter of time before the self-fulfilling prophecy of larger Middle Eastern conflict comes to fruition. Thank you, Republican cowards. Lincoln is spinning in his grave.