Hawaii - Gorgeous

Miami – At least there’s water..kind of.

Hell yes. I’ll even show up early to “practice”.

This wasn’t the case. Instead, the Pro Bowl got moved up early and was relocated to Dolphins Stadium..I mean, Landshark Stadium.  Actually, I’m not even sure what it’s called anymore. Either way, it just wasn’t an even exchange.

Miami is fun and all but I feel like that they host way too many big games. I feel like the Super Bowl was JUST there like 4 years ago. Now the Pro Bowl? What about the Buccaneers stadium? They have a boat in the endzone! Come on.  How many teams can even get away with having a vehicle on their field?

So here’s the real point of this, why exactly did I watch the Pro Bowl? Especially since the Grammys and Rudy was playing.  I didn’t watch the Grammys because after U2 won Best Album for 3 years in a row, I was all set.  I watched Rudy because, honestly, that movie gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Here’s my favorite line in the movie because it’s pretty much the story of my life:

You’re 5 foot nothin’, 100 and nothin’, and you have barely a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for 2 years. And you’re gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody but yourself. And after what you’ve gone through, if you haven’t done that by now, it ain’t gonna never happen. Now go on back.

Except for the not having athletic ability part.  And, I’ve never “hung with best college football players in the land” or even stepped foot on Notre Dame’s campus. I am 5 foot nothing and 100 and nothin’ (on good days).  Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!  I want to apologize to all my friends who I barraged with texts on how awesome the movie was (Patrick, Bill and Brian).

Once the movie ended though, I switched to the Pro Bowl and was waiting to get into football mode. It wasn’t happening at all. I think at some point, I was delusional because Aaron Rodgers and Vince Young were acting like quarterbacks.  Oh wait, they were.  Aaron Rodgers actually played pretty well [ 15/19, 197 yards and 2 TD's]  Vince Young was sub par.  The worst part was listening to the commentators make up things to talk about.  Honestly, this game has no importance. It wasn’t like baseball’s All-Star Game where their playing for home field advantage for the World Series, or in the NBA where it’s just pretty freakin’ cool.  The Pro Bowl is kind of just there. Hanging out. It was like just something to do before the real off-season started.  There wasn’t anything that the commentators can really say, they couldn’t talk about playoff implications or the last time these teams played.  It was a game of two-hand touch and Ochocinco’s sideline commentary.  This was my mindset until I saw how well the Houston Texans’ selections were playing.

If you didn’t already know, the Houston Texans are my ultimate underdog team. I cheer for them when it is appropriate, which is usually when they aren’t playing the New England Patriots.  This season was especially awesome because it was the frist time my Texans finished over .500.  On top of that, Matt Shaub, Andre Johnson, DeMeco Ryans, Brian Cushing and Mario Williams all made it to the Pro Bowl. Even bigger surprise? QB Matt Schaub won the Pro Bowl MVP Award for winning AFC team.

So that’s what it is: I watched for the Houston Texans.

H-Town!