“Do you believe in now?” Guest post by Mike
This is a guest post written by my husband, Mike:
Maybe you have witnessed the Lions commercials that ask “Do you believe in now?”. I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker. I believed in the Lions. I thought they had a chance to finish above .500. I thought they had a chance to make the playoffs. Who knows, maybe this was the year they would win their second playoff game in my lifetime (I’m 31 years old).
After watching parts of todays game (the parts in between my two naps) I realize I have been duped again. Every year I say “I think the Lions have a shot at doing something this year”. Well, I said it again this year. What an idiot I am.
I’m kind of torn on what to do with Luke. I don’t want to raise him to be a fair weather fan (also known as a typical Michigan fan), but I also don’t want to subject him to the yearly heartache of being a Lions fan. One of my great, great uncles played for the Packers. Maybe that gives me a valid excuse to teach Luke to root for another team. Could teaching Luke to be a Lions fan be considered child abuse?
Oh well, at least I still have Call of Duty 4.
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September 7th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Like you, I slept and nodded through today’s Lions debacle. To think logically, there are what, 26 teams in the NFL? By sheer odds, we should have a ‘turn’ at a good team. Don’t they have a pity season available in the NFL for teams that just can’t make it work? I’d take pity at this point. Let all their opponents play half-speed for the Lions, so our backs know what it is like to go more than 3 yards, and our receivers can catch passes and keep on running to the right endzone.
This is proof that God is not involved in the NFL. Weeping and gnashing of teeth seem to have no visible result.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Yeah….highlight of the game was when the Falcons tackled their own teammate. Commenter said “does that count as a tackle?”…
I laughed.