Are You Ready for some FOOTBALL?

Are you watching the game this Sunday? Do you know who is playing?  Usually my team, the New York Jets, is not eligible for the playoffs; I begin to find a peripheral team to like.  This year it was the Washington Redskins; who lost their chance at the playoffs.   Now it is the San Francisco 49ers. 

Both my daughters live in Virginia and they are Redskins fans.  They met RG III in December and my grandson had his picture taken with him.  He is a very nice man; he interrupted his meal to stand next to my 4-year-old grandson and get yet another picture taken. That is a classy young man; I wish him a speedy and full recovery.  HAIL!

The man that inspired the story Blind Side, Michael Oher, is playing for the Ravens.  The 49ers have a linebacker with parallel life as Oher, Patrick Willis.  The drive to overcome their early circumstances is inspirational.  It is also heart wrenching to realize there are children reliving their story all over the world.  

The stories of the players and league interest me more than the actual 2013 Super Bowl game.

• The game is brother against brother, the Raven’s coach, John is older than brother 49ers coach, Jim.
• Is this the last of Ravens’ Ray Lewis and Ed Reed?  
• Randy Moss and Michael Crabtree from the 49ers bring their own set of “bad boy” behavior and drama, not to mention Ray Lewis' reputation.
• There are opposites in the quarterback area too: do you prefer the clean cut Joe Flacco or the “sleeves” of Colin Kaepernick?  In addition, Kaepernick is in his second year, a Super Bowl ring would be a nice prize for a sophomore. 
• Will Dave Akers shank a game winning field goal or will he redeem his abysmal season? 
• Off the field, Ravens’ linebacker Bendon Ayanbadejo is a proponent of Gay marriage, kicker Justin Tucker is an opera singer and 49ers tight end Vernon Davis owns an art gallery. 
•  Of course, Commissioner Goodell is not a welcome visitor to the Big Easy after sanctioning the Saints. 
•  Lastly, is football worth so many of its players developing ALS due to head injuries sustained from concussions?  

Super Bowl: four quarters, an hour of play and so much more than the score.  I did not even talk about the commercials and half time!