Aaaaaah. It's like a warm blanket. That smells like bourbon. Ever since Madden spent five minutes of airtime comparing Andy Reid to Ben Franklin, I've paid closer attention to the HoF game. I'm not looking forward to hearing the hand-wringing over Peyton's knee, but...it's football. Kinda. (Also, with Sorgi in at QB1, there is a legitimate chance of seeing Jared Lorenzen play. It's like the football equivalent of watching Crocodile 2: Death Swamp*, which I am absolutely not watching right now to kill time until the pregame show. Not at all.)
*This statement should not be taken as an indictment of Sorgi, whom I adore, to such a degree that I once coerced a certain well-known sports blogger into banning a commenter who mocked him in a conversation completely unrelated to the Colts. It's just that watching Jared Lorenzen play professional football is like watching a circus bear ride a tricycle around in a sawdust pit, and that, friends and neighbors, is Good Television.
I'd rather be watching "Crocodile 2." Instead, I'm watching Noggin and Leap Frog videos with a 4-year-old. S'all good, though, because as of 8 p.m. tonight, I don't have to pretend to care about my family on the weekend again until after Super Bowl Sunday.
Posted by: Harris at August 3, 2008 03:15 PMI was not familiar with Mr Lorenzen before this evening. He looks rather like he was on a bench eating a fried turkey leg when they told him it was time to go in. As an afficionado of fried foods myself, I think I have a new favorite NFL QB.
Posted by: DC Trojan at August 3, 2008 08:39 PMYeah, as a Giants fan I have been deeply disappointed to see him move on, especially because the current backups are Anthony (Yaaawwnn) Wright and David (Watch Me Take A Sack) Carr.
Posted by: Devin McCullen at August 3, 2008 08:48 PMDC--Lorenzen played for Kentucky, and pulled off an alarming number of successful yards with that frame. Truly a specimen.
Devin, give Carr a chance. I really think he's more talented than he looks, and he got royally fucked by the Houston front office.
Posted by: Holly at August 3, 2008 09:26 PM