When the news first broke that the NFL had plans of moving the Pro Bowl to the week before the Super Bowl, I was less than excited. Actually, more confused than anything. Not that I had a countdown to the Pro Bowl every year, but I just thought that the idea behind moving the event was absurd. Given, that this break between football games sucked, I still think that having an NFL game in Hawaii was pretty awesome. If they were going to move the game up, great…just make sure you keep in Hawaii. If I was a football player and was violently injured during my season and then found out I HAD to play another game and it was in a place like Hawaii?
- 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.
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