No hockey makes Cousy <something something>
Oh, I am so bored with the sports world.
Yes, I am counting down the days until the NHL season
is officially cancelled --hell, I’m even waiting
to hear that next season has been cancelled. So as my
poor pathetic soul looks for an outlet to satisfy my sports
urges, I can only find myself working on our newly-bought
house. Why? The sports world seems a bit dull to me right.
The morning sports pages are empty of anything of substance
for me. Here is what it usually consists of:
1) No hockey. Well, NHL hockey. I should be spending about every other day
watching my Blue Jackets take to the ice. But all I get
is a weekly ‘classic’ game while the players
and owners work hard on not resolving this damn lockout.
On the flip side, the Ohio State men’s hockey team is doing
very well. With the Frozen Four being held in Columbus
this year, here is hoping to see the Buckeyes make a deep
run in the tourney. Then maybe I will pay those outrageous
scalper prices for tickets.
2) NFL. I must say that entering the NFL
playoffs, things looked promising, at least in the AFC. The Colts
were riding high, and it seemed as if nothing could stop
the train that is Peyton Manning. Enter the Patriots.
Wow, what a display of defensive schemes and ball hogging.
With the Colts eliminated, I just didn’t care. Over in
the NFC, I really had no desire to watch any of the contending teams. I guess this is why on Conference Championship
Sunday, I painted the living room. And the Super Bowl?
The Eagles-Patriots match-up doesn’t even interest
me enough to tune in for the commercials.
3) NBA. I haven’t watched the
NBA since I was a kid. I just don’t seem to connect
with the "gang star" type hoops anymore. And really, all
you need to do is watch the last two minutes of a game,
as that is the only time anyone is even playing for something.
I must admit that I do check the box scores to see if
the Cavaliers win, as the whole LeBron phenomena has grabbed
me, but I haven’t really watched a whole game whatsoever.
4) College Hoops. I used to be a big-time college hoops fan -- I could tell you everything
about any school. When March hit, I needed to develop
a sickness so I could stay home and watch basketball all
day long. This year just hasn’t been the same. Maybe
it’s the fact that the Ohio State men are on probation,
and are not allowed to participate in any post season play.
Though, they have fallen apart of late, I will say that
the Ohio State women’s team -- currently number three in the
nation -- perks my interest. I have watched more of their
games than the men's team, and I think they have a good shot
of doing well in this years NC2A tourney
5) Baseball has hit an off-season snag.
Most of the high profile free agents have signed their
gazillion dollar contracts, so there is nothing left to
do but count down the days until pitchers and catchers
report for Spring Training.
And sure, there are other things that don’t
interest me at all like NASCAR, the start of the PGA season
(which only consists of Tiger talk), and high school sports. But it
does leave plenty of time to paint the house, shop for
furniture and work on my bar. Woo-Hoo. Please, NHL, I
can’t go through another winter like this!
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We're eventually going to have to put Cousy into some kind of "hockey rehab" to try and help his withdrawal pains.
