Dave’s Football Blog

Some random thoughts from the past weekend’s football action:

- About a year ago, I offered up this defense of Tom Coughlin after New York Giants fans, bloggers and columnists were calling for his head following an ugly 8-8 season. Right now, I’m guessing most of those folks are glad they didn’t get what they wanted a year ago.

- Say what you will about the San Diego Chargers, but their defense kept them in it against New England. The problem, though, is that you simply can’t beat the Patriots by kicking field goals. You have to get in the end zone, because so will they.

- Y’know, had I known that Pats-Giants game in Week 17 was going to be a Super Bowl preview, I might have paid a little more attention to the second half.

- I’m going to get into this later on FanHouse, but does it seem like this Aston Villa v. Liverpool game this afternoon could determine the future of Liverpool as a football club? If they lose that game, will Royal Bank of Scotland reject the loan deal that Tom Hicks and George Gillett are trying to secure for fear of creating another Leeds United?

- Titus, Titus, Titus. How do you manage to keep a job in the top flight?

- Interesting read over at With Malice: “How Rugby Saved My Life and My Sanity.” I wonder how many similar stories are out there for soccer and Aussie rules.

- CFL fans, beware. That NFL game in Toronto looks like it’s going to happen, and all the Lenny Kravitz halftime shows in the world aren’t going to stop it.

- There’s a part of me that wishes that Mike Carey becoming the first black man to referee the Super Bowl wasn’t so big a story. The bottom line is that he’s one of the best refs in the game right now, and that’s why he’s getting the gig.

- The Hawthorn Hawks are promising us a bigger, badder Buddy Franklin in 2008. Be afraid, footy fans. Be very, very afraid.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go bug some friends of mine about this year’s Super Bowl party…

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