I don't have a television any more. And I'm not really a big sports fan. But I was curious about just how it was going. And damn, but it was hard to find anywhere that listed the current score, let alone any detail.

I guess the NFL is trying to clamp down on that kind of thing. But on their own site, there's a page which has a pretty nifty flash app that receives data regularly from their server and graphically shows the state of the game.

Most predictions I've seen say that the Saints are gonna get whopped, but as of half time it looks like they're hanging in pretty well. Behind, but not all that far behind.

While I'm talking about sports, another weird thing: Asashoryu won the January tournament, his 25th win. Then he seems to have gotten in a fight in a Tokyo bar. Now he's announced his retirement.

He wasn't very popular with the fans, and he has kind of dominated the sport for the last five years or so. I gather that ratings and tournament attendance has been off during his years as a yokozuna. I wonder if it'll pick up now that he's out of the sport?

That leaves Hakuho the only yokozuna. He, too, is from Mongolia but I don't think he's as controversial as Asashoryu was.

Kind of a pity that Asashoryu couldn't control himself. It's obvious that he is still in winning form. And his 25 victories is third on the all time list. If he'd stayed out of trouble for another couple of years he might have set a new record.

UPDATE: And now the Saints are in the lead. Good for them!

UPDATE: What's with the Colts not doing any huddles?

UPDATE: You know, it's really pretty neat watching the game this way. I don't have to put up with all the advertising, or listening to moronic "analysis". I've got a player window open and I'm watching Nanoha A's, and whenever anything happens on the browser window I can pause it and take a look.

Somebody named Porter just earned himself an MVP, I think. I bet he's on cloud 9 right now.

Why in hell would New Orleans want to take a timeout when they've got a 14 point lead? (They have an extra man on the field or something?)

UPDATE: For a team that was supposed to get whomped, New Orleans is playing a pretty good game.

UPDATE: Congratulations to New Orleans for a hard-fought win. And congratulations to someone named Porter, for putting the game away.

Unfortunately, the Superbowl is usually a mismatch. Doesn't seem like it was this year, though; both teams did well. (Except for one interception pass tossed by Manning, and I bet he wants that one back.)

UPDATE: Naah, Porter didn't get the MVP. They gave it to New Orleans' quarterback. Boring!!!

Any interception is a good interception. But an interception that you run back for a touch down, in the Super Bowl, is as good as it gets for a defensive back. I think Porter is probably a pretty happy man tonight.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Weird World at 05:09 PM | Comments (14) | Add Comment
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