What the heck are we supposed to talk about now (O yeah, basketball and baseball and all of those other friends, but c’mon nothing tops football (american football that is).

SCOTT JACOBS

The Super Bowl is amazing and horrible at the same time.  It’s amazing because well, it’s the freaking Super Bowl, but it’s horrible because it culminates the end of the season, and means we’re getting closer to (gulp) the dead sports season. Now don’t get me wrong, baseball is a great sport and has plenty of its own splendor, but no matter how good the sport is, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s on its own island for a good three months, with no alternatives.

And every year, when the NFL crowns a new champion, you feel that pit in your stomach.  It’s that, “o crap” it’s over feeling.  Nothing satisfies the body like a six month platter of NFL football.  It’s the most popular sport in this country, and it’s not a fluke that the Super Bowl continues to appear practically recession proof.  People love football.  From sea to shining sea. And when it ends, there is a giant void left.  A void bigger than Kansas City’s Super Bowl odds for 2009 (100-1), a gap wider than Michael Strahan’s front teeth, and a confusion greater than the 1939 Alien scare on the radio (please people, let’s not jump off any buildings).

After another fantastic season, I have no doubt in my mind that the NFL is the best league in sports, as well as the most entertaining.  College football would probably be second.  Because there is such parity, and so much importance on each game, and so few games, that every tilt means something. It really is that simple.

And when football goes, so does that adrenaline rush. I don’t know about you, but it’s a worse feeling than watching Balls of Fury six times in a row (for the record I would never try something so horrible). We love football so much in this country.  How much?  Well, the odds are already out for 2009, and already people are fighting each other over who should be favored.  Football takes no rests.  I used to not believe it, but think about it: this weekend is the Pro Bowl (yawn, is that still a real football game?), but then all eyes turn to the draft and free agency.  The draft (however ludicrously over-hyped as it is) is still a huge event in this country.  Why?  Because we love football.  We soak it in.  We can’t get enough of it.

Mini camps are a big deal.  Training camps are even bigger.  And once you get to exhibition season, football fever is in full force.

So we’re counting down.  Already.  And by our count, the first exhibition game is in about six months.  Which in our opinion is six months too long.

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