Just a real quick thought on a saturday night…

Oregon-Arizona St. notwithstanding, there were two huge football games scheduled to be played this weekend. (and congrats to Jordan and all you Duck fans out there on the impressive win.)

Patriots-Colts, of course, is being played on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. Everyone and their mom will be watching that game tomorrow.

But a few thousand miles away this morning (or afternoon, depending on where you were), another huge football game was being contested. Arsenal and Manchester United, the top two soccer teams in the English Premier League, went at it this afternoon and in the end, came to a 2-2 tie.

Now I’m not here to knock soccer and try to convince you how boring it is. Despite the fact that I don’t follow soccer even a little bit, I’ve still been sucked in to a good match a time or two before. (and from what i read of today’s game, it sounded like an exciting one.) I see the appeal and I appreciate it, even though i rarely experience it.

The only point I wanted to make was, can you imagine if the Colts-Pats game ends in a tie tomorrow? Granted, there’s a better chance of Joel Osteen performing “I’m Too Sexy” during halftime of the game than there is of it getting through a 15-minute overtime period without either of these teams scoring, but can you imagine if it was a tie?

Everyone is so ready to crown the winner of this game with the tiara of “Super Bowl Favorite” and “Possible Undefeated Season”, what would happen if there was no winner? I think Tony Dungy would be at peace with it. I think Bill Belicheck would punch himself in the face for an hour. I think ESPN would implode upon itself up in Bristol, Connecticut.

Thankfully, less than 24 hours from now we will have a winner, and that’s reason #421 why i like our football better than theirs. What can i say? I’m a dumb American I guess. I don’t like my books or movies to end in ties, why would i want my football to be any different?

Come Sunday afternoon, my mantra will be, May the Best Team Win, As long As One Team Wins. Enjoy the game everyone…