Things I Thought About this Weekend

In no particular order...

- Scott I really didn't understand the Harry Potter thing, but before I go on bashing it, I want to say that I literally just finished reading "Eldest", the second of a four part fantasy series by Christopher Paolini. (Remember the first one Kevin, "Eragon" in Landor's class Sr. year?) So while I didn't get the Lord Voldemort comments, I also have a soft spot for that stuff.

- Without having done very much research, and only being vaguely interested in the Bears at this point in their dismal season, Zackary Bowman needs to get some credit. He somehow made the roster, (oh yeah its because Nathan vasher is God-awful), and has been somewhat of a consistent surprise I think..

But he is from Alaska, not exactly the hotbed of football. And he is an African-American named Zackary. Rarely do you see the name spelled that way anymore (I hope Zack Morris' name was spelled as such), and that particular spelling is weird for an athlete regardless. He has played ok though, and I like him.

- Aaron Rodgers is like Kyle Orton was on the Bears, but A LOT better. He avoids mistakes the way Orton did/does, and he is really good on his feet and out of the pocket. Going to be good for a very long time. And he's cool. Probably can't gulp whiskey the way Orton does, but that might be a good thing...

- Realizing that a lot of NFL teams employ 2-back systems, I was wondering how many backs averaged close to 25+ carries a game. Turns out that only 5 guys barely average over 20 carries per game. I guess its not that important of a stat, just interesting that your (arguably) best player doesn't get too many carries...

- Speaking of good running backs, the list of the top five leading rushers in the NFL this season is the most generic list of names ever: Johnson, Jackson, Jones, Jones-(Drew) and Peterson. What the hell.

- The Panthers/Vikings game was weird as hell. AP didn't do anything, Favre looked like he always does in December, and Matt Moore was...good? To borrow a line that the Chicago Tribune used to use every Sunday morning, "Matt Moore, you're table is ready...."

- The Steelers/Packers game may be the best one I have seen in a long time. At the beginning of the 4th quarter I voluntarily chose to watch that over the Bears, for obvious reasons, and it turned out so good. I'm proud of myself. I have no idea though, no idea whatsoever why the Packers rushed 3 on the final play. Granted, they got a little pressure, but I cannot understand why they didn't go after Roesthlisberger. He had already thrown "forever", and bringing one more guy, possibly Clay Matthews, who has been so good rushing off the edge (and isn't that great in coverage), wouldn't have been a bad idea. Whatever.

- World's Most Amazing Videos on Spike TV is pure entertainment. Better than all the other shows similar to it.

- How are we going to refer to years in the next decade? In the year 2029, when we are referring to the year 2017, for example, are we going to say the whole thing or just "I remember back in '17..."