Weekend Recap + Football thoughts

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Another good weekend was marred by some horrible football luck, but it's weekends like this that remind me I have to learn to push past those things and not let them affect me. I was able to get in Daddy Hours with both boys, and both went well. We all had a good time at Dillon's birthday party, despite the weather limiting options somewhat. I was stricken by a major headache on Sunday that sent me to bed early and had me thinking I might be finally catching the plague that has affected everyone but after some initial blurriness I was able to move forward this morning.

Daddy Hours

Daniel and I built him a Lego car. It was fun, Daniel enjoyed the car, which was the important part. It wasn't real interactive, but it's hard to find that kind of time right now with all of the kids awake and wanting to do stuff. James and I played some more Magic, he wanted to play Lego's but I told him that the time was better doing something we are both involved in like play a game, and he chose Magic. Which spurred me to look at all of my cards and ponder building some more decks to play with, give us more options. And maybe Santa will gift him with some decks for Xmas. I know I have gotten him several games, and he hasn't played as much with some of them, but I think that is part of the learning process and he might play some of them again as he gets older and more sophisticated in game play.

Football

CU Buffs

I listened to the game on the radio for about 10 minutes and turned it off. This season just wasn't meant to be. The big thing right now is that we have a very young team, and in the cyclical nature of college football the same players may all gel next year and have a big season. You never know, but a season like this does make even the hard core fans like me question if we really have the right coach.

Ole Miss

I actually got to watch some of the game on Saturday. Why oh why did Nutt wait so long to make sure McCluster got touches? He's such an explosive player, and he barely saw the ball in our biggest games of the season. It is surprising for Nutt, because at Arkansas he wasn't exactly shy about molding his game plans around his best players. Odd, but at least the Rebs will get in a bowl game, and hopefully keep stocking the team with quality recruits.

St. Louis Rams

Effort, it's what a season like this is about for bad teams like the Rams, who just don't have a lot of talent. I had hoped for just this type of loss: close, with the Rams really fighting it out to the end. The team can feel bad about the loss, but feel bad while thinking 'hey we could, should have won that game' which is a good feeling for a 1-8 team to have. As opposed to the 'why did we lose? Are we just not that good?' type of loss, which is what the Broncos had.

Denver Broncos

How do you feel about the Broncos now? To quote the Birdcage: "How do you think I feel? Betrayed, bewildered..." That was the type of loss that does make you leave thinking that maybe you just aren't that good. Maybe your early season wins were mostly luck. I just don't know at this point, my confidence from Friday about a winning season is now in doubt. Who would have thought that our hopes for the rest of the season would rest on Orton's health? I can hope that Simms just needed to knock some rust off, but I doubt that is really the case. I am back to hoping we get that good quarterback in the draft next year, who can make all of the throws, not just the short ones or the ones to wide open receivers. We've got to do something to help the offense, otherwise 2 excellent wide receivers are being totally wasted.

So a pretty crappy weekend football wise, I just need to find better ways of handling that when it happens. Because if you take that away I had a good weekend, so it's all in my head. I know I can do it, just have to get focused on it.