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Yeah, I realize that nobody is upset, but there’s still a big part of me that hates letting down a team, even if it’s just rec league softball. Yes work had an emergency, which caused me to miss a game last night, but it still doesn’t make me feel any better.

Sorry guys… I might not have made the difference last night, in fact probably not but I wish I could have been there!

What’s better than watching the video of Buckner over and over again?

Watching an RBI Baseball reenactment of it with the announcers dubbed on it.

It’s early on Friday, but I’m going to go out on a limb and make my picks for the playoff games. Both the Saints and Patriots will win their games. The Saints win, because they have the best offense left in the playoffs and because Rex Grossman doesn’t have two good games in a row.  The Patriots win because they are the Patriots.  I can’t pick against them.  They’ve been there, done that so many times now that they’ll probably be on autopilot.

In other news, softball practices for rec league have started. Yay!

Well, my New York Jets try to get past the New England Patriots today, in the Wildcard round of the NFL Playoffs.  I’ve lost interest in the NFL over the years, since I don’t get very many Jets games in Tallahassee, but the playoff give me the opportunity to watch them, thankfully.  The Jets and Pats split the season series, each team winning on the road.

Some interesting Jets links:

Brian Bassett is offer his motivational clips for Head Coach Eric Mangini to use during the playoff run.

JetsLocker has their preview of today’s matchup.

New York Newsday offers a pretty good preview of the game and why Eric Mangini has the best chance to beat a Belichick team.

And of course, there’s the Post, going out on the limb.

Unlike on ScalpEm, I’m making no predictions for the Jets.  But, I’ll have my jersey on and be firmly planted in front of the TV for the game.

J! E! T! S! Jets! Jets! Jets!

I ended up watching the entire Boise State / Oklahoma game last night. Miraculously, the Broncos won the game with an unusual Hook ‘N’ Ladder to tie the game and a Statue of Liberty play to win it with a 2 point conversion. The Broncos won the Fiesta Bowl 43-42 in overtime. I’ve been a fan of the boys that play on the Smurf Turf for a couple of seasons, so I’m quite pleased. And Fox even taught me a few things last night, like BSU is the first school to win a Junior College National Championship and a Division I-AA Title. Boise State gets to add BCS Bowl win to that list of achievements.

If you happened to miss the ending, I’m sure this game will be playing on ESPN Classic all week. Watch it and enjoy it and ponder how the university presidents can’t act and have an NCAA sanctioned playoff that involves the current bowl system. I just can’t believe that there isn’t the same or money in a scenario like that.

BSU 13-0, with nowhere to go.