Welcome to Couch Sports Weekly! This blog is dedicated to all things sports...well all things sports that I see fit to write about anyway. I'll focus most of attention and time to baseball and football. I watch/follow very little basketball and even less hockey. You may find some college sports on here, and during the summer months, I'll cover the Tour de France. Finally, there will most likely be some rants and raves here, along with some drops of knowledge. If you have any burning questions about anything sports related, send me an email with your question, and I'll answer it as soon as I can. Feel free to leave topic suggestions you'd like me to cover.

I spend my free time playing rec softball, golfing, and cycling for an awesome non-profit cycling team, Uphill Into the Wind. I enjoy coaching baseball and football, and look forward to getting my daughter involved in league sports this spring.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Rough Night

Alright, so it's been awhile since I've shared my random thoughts to whomever might be reading. But whatever, here goes another thought.  

Holy crap what a great game the SuperBowl was tonight!  Yes of course I'm disappointed the Cardinals didn't come away victorious, but wow, talk about defeating every OTHER odd that was placed against them.  I have been a Cardinals fan since I moved out here in the early 90's, back when we cheered for the Phoenix Cardinals.  I've seen players join the Cardinals team, suck it up royally, then go on to other teams and be fantastic players (Michael Pittman anybody?).  But I think that tonight, Big Red made a statement.  No longer will they be be the doormat of the NFL.  I think no matter what, that title now belongs firmly on the doorway in Detroit.

The Cardinals achieved something truly phenomenal tonight.  I know they'll be the team who Pittsburgh goes into the books as getting their record 6th championship title against, but more than that even, they showed that even through all of the (cliche word alert) adversity, they still went to the SUPERBOWL!!!  Not the Patriots, or the Giants, or Eagles, or even the Ravens.  Yes the Arizona Cardinals stood tall in Tampa when 28 other teams couldn't.  

And for that, I am a Cardinals fan.  I was when they went 4-12; I was there when Denny Green blurted out "We are who we thought they were!"  I was there when nobody said they should be playing past Week 17, and I still am tonight.  Now I really can't wait until next fall when they strap up again and take the field.  Hopefully again led by the big three: Warner, Fitz, and Q.  

So Arizona sports fans rejoice!  No Lombardi Trophy in the case at Cardinals Stadium, no ring on the fingers, and no cheerful plane rides back to Sky Harbor Airport, but definitely smiles on our faces, joy in our hearts, and a fresh look forward to next year.  Go Cardinals!
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