Unbearable winter break saved by the "pig skin"
YEAH, YOU DON'T KNOW
Kate Sgroi
Issue date: 1/31/07 Section: Opinion
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First of all, I would like to welcome you all back from break. I spent most of my break working and eating too much. The only thing that got me through the pain of living at home with my parents was postseason football.
As some of you may know, I am a Dallas Cowboys fan. But all of my hopes and dreams were shattered in a matter of seconds. And it wasn't even by the kicker, it was the holder!
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, whose bobbling of the snap on a crucial fourth quarter field goal which ended the season for the Cowboys, took full responsibility by admitting he should not have been eating a bucket of grease covered fried chicken while play was in progress.
"I keep running through it in my mind. Gramatica lines up the kick, I kneel and put down my bucket of chicken with my left hand, I transfer the chicken leg in my right hand to my mouth to hold it there, I signal for the snap, and the ball slips right off my fingers," Romo told reporters while cleaning out his locker at the Cowboy's practice facility.
"It could easily have been the chicken grease, which sickens me. This was a play we'd run a hundred times in practice. But this time I let the chicken get in the way." So as much as it hurts to have Romo drop the ball on a key play, I don't really blame him; I blame KFC.
As a result of this, Bill Parcells is quitting football. His reasons may not be excluded to this one specific incident, but in my mind it has everything to do with it. He says, "I never really liked football, and I am tired of coaching some arrogant drug addicts. I rather spend my time lying on the beach exposing my glorious man-boobs."
Parcells is expected to make an announcement in the next few days concerning either his retirement, his future as general manager of the New York Giants, or most probably, his return to coach his much despised Dallas Cowboys for next season.
As far as the Super Bowl goes, my predictions are as good as yours. But who even saw the Colts getting a spot in the first place?
As some of you may know, I am a Dallas Cowboys fan. But all of my hopes and dreams were shattered in a matter of seconds. And it wasn't even by the kicker, it was the holder!
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, whose bobbling of the snap on a crucial fourth quarter field goal which ended the season for the Cowboys, took full responsibility by admitting he should not have been eating a bucket of grease covered fried chicken while play was in progress.
"I keep running through it in my mind. Gramatica lines up the kick, I kneel and put down my bucket of chicken with my left hand, I transfer the chicken leg in my right hand to my mouth to hold it there, I signal for the snap, and the ball slips right off my fingers," Romo told reporters while cleaning out his locker at the Cowboy's practice facility.
"It could easily have been the chicken grease, which sickens me. This was a play we'd run a hundred times in practice. But this time I let the chicken get in the way." So as much as it hurts to have Romo drop the ball on a key play, I don't really blame him; I blame KFC.
As a result of this, Bill Parcells is quitting football. His reasons may not be excluded to this one specific incident, but in my mind it has everything to do with it. He says, "I never really liked football, and I am tired of coaching some arrogant drug addicts. I rather spend my time lying on the beach exposing my glorious man-boobs."
Parcells is expected to make an announcement in the next few days concerning either his retirement, his future as general manager of the New York Giants, or most probably, his return to coach his much despised Dallas Cowboys for next season.
As far as the Super Bowl goes, my predictions are as good as yours. But who even saw the Colts getting a spot in the first place?
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