What a great game!
Sunday's NFC championship game turned out to be one of the best endings ever, and came out of nowhere! Green Bay was completely dominating the game for the first 55 minutes, and then the Seahawks flipped a switch and took off. The Seahawks quarterback, Russell Wilson had played a terrible game up to that point with four interceptions in the game. Green Bay was a little bit too conservative at the end of the game, giving the Seahawks the opening they needed to have a chance to win. The Seahawks needed to have a little luck come their way and it did! It might sound a little lame, but I feel terrible for the Packers backup tight end who botched the onside kick play which created the ultimate turning point that gave the Seahawks life. I give the Packers offense a lot of credit coming back after they were behind and forced the game into overtime, but it wasn't enough to stop the Seahawks crazy turnaround. The Seahawks will be trying to be the first team in 10 years to win back-to-back Super Bowls. This hasn't been done since the Patriots did it (much to my chagrin as an Eagle fan) back in 2004-2005.
In the AFC title game, the New England Patriots crushed the Indianapolis Colts 42 to 7 and it could have been worse. I just do not understand why people are making such a big deal out of the deflated footballs controversy. This problem would be so easy to fix if the NFL itself would take over supplying the game balls instead of letting the two teams have their own supply. I hope there are more interesting topics to be discussed coming up to the Super Bowl.
In other news, the Washington Nationals signed Max Scherzer, one of the best pitchers in the free agent market this year, and I heard a report he will be paid over the next 14 years. By the end of his contract, he will be 44 years old, and most likely retired. This is absolutely nuts to me, but it's one sure way to make sure he has an income for the next decade and more. What's more important, is to see just how long he can actually pitch to major league hitters.
