The game started off great. Even though the Patriots had the lead at half, they couldn’t do anything offensively. They were unmotivated and playing with no passion. The Giants defensive line was doing exactly what everyone said they had to do, get Brady dirty. They were dominating the line battle and not making any big mistakes offensively. It was all falling into place to be a great night.

I’m not going to re-cap the game because 96 million people watched it and saw what happened. All I can say is that it was a great thing. It was a great thing to see Brady walking off the field with that poo poo face. It was great to see Bill Belicheat leaving the field early. It was great thinking back to Randy Moss’ excitement after catching the go ahead touchdown and how he thought the game was over. It was all just unbelievable. Finally a great game on a the biggest stage. It was just a great night for all the people who root against perfection and arrogance. Thank you Giants, thank you for saving the sports year for me. Now we just need the Celtics to take a dive.

Oscar was born without fibulas in both legs and when he was eleven he had both of his legs amputated.  Since then he has had prosthetic legs.  He started playing rugby in South Africa.  Four years ago he began running competitively to treat an injury he received while playing rugby.  Since then he hasn’t looked back.  He set world records at the paralympic games for the 100, 200, and 400 yards dashes.  In 2007 Oscar began running in able body races.  After finishing second in the South African national track meet in the 400 the Olympic games weren’t that far fetched, that is until the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had their say.

The IAAF stated that Oscar’s “Cheetah” blades he runs on are an unfair advantage.  After rigorous testing they determined that his curved prosthetic metal legs were unfair.  They came to this conclusion based upon stamina.  With these cheetah legs Oscar is unable to become tired or fatigued in the regions that matter most in a 400 yard sprint, his legs.

I do understand this ruling but it does strike up a great conversation and controversy.  Be careful how far you go once you get past adversity, because once you’ve gone too far it’s unfair to the rest of us able body folks.  God speed Oscar.

I’m excited about his move.  I’ve always thought that Bay was a great player.  Getting him now would fit right in to Towers buy low sell high scheme.  Bay is coming off of his worst year with only 21 homers and 84 RBI’s.  I think he would be an amazing addition, especially because we only have one true starting outfielder and he is coming off of microfracture surgery.  Do it Padres, make the move!

Patriots 13-0

Thanks world, you’ve really outdone yourself this time.

Once you begin to learn about this kind of sport and gambling arena I think the true magnitude of what kind of people can do this becomes evident, and Mike Vick is someone who could do this.  He was able to watch, fund, plan, organize, house, and fully participate in all aspects of this gruesome activity.  On December 10th he was given 23 months in prison for his actions.  The biggest question that comes from all of this is do you agree with the actions the court, the media, and us as a general society have taken.

The first big question being asked is “why does this seem to a be a much bigger deal that he killed dogs than if someone were to kill a human being? “  I think that is explainable.  Most importantly the general society in America looks at dogs almost like little kids.  They don’t have a reason to be killed.  They aren’t “thugs”, they have no defense.  They are looked at as innocent beings with no intention of hurting us, which is far from people’s view on a regular human being.  Millions of homes have dogs, how many homes have the type of people who are usually gunned down in unsavory activities dwelling within?  The regular person just can’t relate to the average type of person who is killed in a homicide, but everyone knows at least one dog that they have had a personable relationship with.  As odd as that may sound, it’s true, people feel more sorry for dogs than people.

The media has also dealt with this issue in a way that has been very swift and intense.  Mike Vick is gone from the face of the NFL, and was so in a matter of minutes.  He lost every dollar of marketing money he had before he could blink his eyes.  His contract was gone, his signing bonus in jeopardy, everything that had his name on it was thrown into the fire.  I can totally understand this in this situation, but it’s funny how we react to things of this nature and not accordingly in others.  When Leonard Little killed a woman in an accident while drunk he was still playing.  Again I’m not saying that the response to Vick is wrong, cause Lord knows if I had anything to do with any of his endorsements he would be canned faster than soup at Campbells, I’m just saying that we react differently to different things and Little’s case was the oddest of them.

Overall I think everything that has come to Vick is fair.  Sadly what out-trumps my disgust of what he did to those dogs is how frustrated I am towards his decisions.  How can you think that fighting dogs is worth 130 million dollars in potential salary?  It blows my mind.  How can he not have one trustworthy person around him to simply stop him and say “Hey Mike, you really think this is that great of an idea?  Do you think this is worth it?  You do know that if you get caught doing this that this luxurious lifestyle is all over, right?  You do know that this all goes away as soon as anyone finds out?  Oh, and wearing a hat that represents your dog fighting kennel is probably the stupidest idea I’ve personally ever heard of in my entire life!”.  It’s sad that he lived a life with no one there to help him do what’s best for him, his family, and even those unbelievably dumb friends of his.