Super Bowl

Posted at 10:08 am on Monday, February 2, 2009, in Sports, and tagged football.

I watched the Super Bowl yesterday. I’m sure a lot of people did. It was the first game I watched this season. I hadn’t even watched a portion of a game longer than a minute or two. But the game was good, and it was worth it. So was the guacamole.

I do not like it when announcers needlessly criticize players, especially when the player is actually excelling at what he does. Take for example, the Cardinals’ punter in the first quarter (I believe). While the punt was in the air, Al Michaels blurted out, “A bad punt…” He should have used “poor,” but that is not the point. It turned out to be a 43-yard punt. There was a four-yard return, which means a net punt of 39 yards.

I don’t know who Al Michaels thinks he is, but that was a good punt. Not just decent, good. The league leader in net punting this season was Shane Lechler who averaged 41.2 yards. If that is a great punt, what does a net 39-yard punt mean? Certainly not “bad.”

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