Quote of the Day

The moment I touched down at Seattle-Tacoma International, I text messaged two of my friends who I knew with 100 percent certainty to be watching NFL games. The questions were 1) What was the final score for the Chiefs/Vikings game, and 2) What is the score on the Bears/Cowboys game?

Although one of them was actually traveling to New York, both replied promptly. KC 13-10 and Bears 3-0. Certainly, these are good news on a Sunday which I had to spend packing and traveling. I couldn't wait to get to Chinatown to pick up my dinner and some grocery shopping before heading to the hotel so I could watch the Bears game.

By the time I had checked in and visited the Executive Lounge with food ready on my lap, the game was tied 3-3. Okay, not too shabby...

By then, little by little, things started picking up. Excitement was building up like steam in a boiler. The Cowboys picked up a touch down, putting them up 10-3. Then Grossman made a crazy rush that earned him a first down, resulting in a touchdown during that drive that got me to cheer loudly. 10-10. I was definitely on the edge of my seat. Or hotel bed.

I was looking forward to this game, because offensively, the Cowboys is a team that is explosive and great to watch this season, especially with Tony Romo. I think he is the most electrifying quarterback this season. It's not that I don't think there are any other great quarterbacks, but Favre and Manning performing well is something to be expected as the norm. On top of that, the Romo-Owens pair today reminded me of the Montana-Rice pair of the 80's. That goes to show how excited I am of the Cowboys. And there is the Bears defense led by Urlacher on the flipside. With Grossman doing relatively well last week winning over the Chiefs, this was definitely a match-up guaranteed to excite.

Then excitement turned into disappointment. The Cowboys led with 17-10 after a touchdown. Immediately after that, we fumbled, giving the ball right back to the Cowboys. We began looking bad, as Romo did amazing things play after play. This led to John Madden commentating on how good Romo was, dissecting into his talents.

While in the midst of praising Romo, Urlacher sacked Romo. This totally caught the commentators off guard, which made Madden say, "Urlacher's seen enough of Romo's God-given talent."

This was so funny because of the way Madden said it. And of course, this totally ignited a little dash of hope for the Bears. But alas, it was not meant to be. Everything unraveled faster than an easy girl's undergarments on a hot date. We fumbled and threw a couple interceptions. It was so bad that the crowd at home started chanting for Griese.

Well, what started out as a blog about the funny comment that I thought would put us back in the game ended up with a humiliating loss. Sigh...