Meaningless football commentary and predictions

Welp, the first NFL football Sunday is over, and I'm as happy as a clam. I was able to watch all of the Eagles game and some of the Dallas game from the comfort of my couch with a ready supply of delicious boneless wings by my side. I mean, what more can a girl ask for? A Big W from the Detroit Lydowns? Nah, I gotta have some consistency in this ever-changing life of mine.

Although I kept an eye on the top right corner of the screen to watch the depressingly familiar Lions game updates, my focus was on the Eagles game this Sunday. And there are several highlights worth mentioning here, like McNabb's 90 year TD pass to Baskett (tying a club record), Jackson's overall stellar rookie performance (and his ballsy back tracking during the punt returns that seemed to be heading for disaster but were resolved quite nicely), almost witnessing Andy Reid's first shutout game, but not quite, etc. etc. However, there was a somewhat odd and unconventional highlight for myself, that perhaps speaks to my somewhat odd and unconventional mind. If any of you were watching between the plays (maybe your wings were also within arms reach, like mine were, negating the need to move from the couch at all), you may have noticed some up close and personal footage of this really awesome pigeon.

Yes, thats right, you heard correctly, a pigeon. And before I get a bunch of crap about being the girl who says shes a football fan, yet posts "football posts" that rave about random birds (no pun intended) on the field, let me defend myself briefly. I did watch the game, and could perhaps make a few semi-intelligent comments about it, however, I am no expert on Eagles football, and right now my knowledge in pro football is generally lacking due to a reduction in my football-watching last season. So yes, I'm about to rave about this pigeon, because it made me laugh, so back off.

So about this pigeon. I am the only one who notices the random bird footage that appears semi-often during sports broadcasts? I'm not sure why they do it, maybe the camera-person wants to make sure people watching don't go into sensory-overload always looking at crazy Eagles fans like the ones pictured here, but regardless, it always cracks me up. Even after the game was over, my thoughts kept coming back to this random pigeon. It was just hangin' out, pecking its way around the field, and it brought a smile to my face. You see, I was thinking that maybe me and this pigeon have more in common than you might think. We are both just chillin', pecking around in Philly, checkin' stuff out, and just enjoying life. Also, we are both Eagles fans, so we'd have that to talk about.

So yeah, this pigeon seemed to really encompass my thoughts on the football weekend. Random, I know, but like I said, my Eagles knowledge is sub-par and my Lions ranting can be saved for another day (since its always the same week to week). That being said, I'm looking forward to changing that a bit this season and maybe in future weeks I'll have a greater intellectual contribution to make. Or perhaps it will be about some other super-important topic like the beer selection at the games... I guess only time will tell.

Either way, I (and the famous pigeon) are pumped about this year's football season, both college and pro. And I know the anticipation has been mounting, so here are my expert predictions: I will consume a lot of beer, a lot of garlic boneless wings, and thoroughly enjoy all aspects of the football games this season including (hopefully) triumphs and (inevitable) turmoil alongside some fanatic Spartans, some die hard Eagle fans, and other random friends that just like beer and wings. And unlike some so-called expert predictions for the season, I can say with a great deal of confidence that these ones will be played out appropriately... just you wait...