8:30 Sadly, I thought that game time was at 8:30 instead of 8 so I missed the first thirty minutes of the game. Those thirty minutes will have to be lost to history. Pats are up 7-0 on the Broncos halfway through the first and are driving again. This does not look good.
8:31 Pats are now in the red zone with a Brady to Gronkowski connection. The Hernandez-Gronkowski tandem are definitely on the cover of Guys That Murder You in the Playoffs.
8:34 A seven yard run by Woodhead puts the Pats inside the ten. That's the annoying thing about the Patriots, each play goes for at least five yards when they're on.
8:38 14-0 Pats on a Gronkowski touchdown. We're starting to move in to blowout range. This seems as good a time as any to mention that I hate the Patriots.
8:42 It looks like Tebow time is just about up. Of course, never bet against God or puppies. Also, if the NFL were to ever fix a game for someone, wouldn't this game be it?
8:45 Broncos pick up a first after a huge break on a near fumble that would hve put the game away for the Pats. I'm pretty sure that would have been called as a fumble if Kyle Orton were the quarterback.
8:48 CBS just ran another ad for Person of Interest (two in the last few minutes). Person of Interest is going to take the place of Blue Bloods as the show that CBS will try to ram down your throat with advertising. Good times!
8:50 Interception!!! The return puts the Broncos inside the Patriot 30 yard line. Perhaps Tebow time isn't quite through....
8:55 Even though I usually don't watch David Letterman, that Ricky Gervais appearance looks pretty interesting...
8:56 TOUCHDOWN DENVER BRONCOS!!! Afterwards, there's a fight and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Broncos' Zane Beadles. I think that he might end up being a tragic figure later in this game. If he is, I can't think of an actor that's ugly enough to play him in the movie. That brings up a good point, why doesn't Hollywood have actors on retainer to play homeless people, desert island survivors, and Zane Beadles? 14-7 Pats.
9:00 Woodhead returns the kick to the 40 as Jim Nantz pronounces Hawaii as Huh-wah-ey. Glad he's here. Nantz, not Woodhead.
9:05 Broncos get the ball at their own five yard line following the commercial break.
9:07 Tebow is starting on his own 5, in single digit temperatures, with the wind going against them. Let's just say I don't like his chances.
9:14 Uh-oh, the Pats are driving and in their unstoppale hurry-up offense. This is not ending well for Denver.
9:16 Touchdown Patriots. Brady to Gronkowski yet again. 21-7 Patriots. If Tebow can actually lead the Broncos back, I'll vote for him when he runs for president in 2036. Of course, a commercial for a Christian organization airs right after that touchdown. That's just brilliant advertising.
9:21 Pats get the ball back at about midfield. The Patriots are obliterating the Broncos in the field position battle. I want the Patriots to lose, but if they have to win, at least Bill Simmons will keep his 11-0 picking streak alive and I can look forward to Friday mailbags for the next decade or so.
9:44 Couldn't update the log for a while, but I'm sitting down to type this right after Brady''s fifth TD. Again, I really hate the Patriots.
9:51 Just looked at the Celtics record and Bill Simmons' running diary of the last game of the MLB season to confirm that, yes, bad things can still happen to teams from Boston.
9:53 I can't even express how awkward/unintentionally funny it is to see Kris Jenkins talk on live TV. He sounds like my friend Ray on the morning bus when he's dead tired and incapable of communication above mumbling stuff.
10:01 Really, it's only my self-commitment to doing a complete diary and loyalty to my five readers that keeps me from clicking off the game and playing Skyrim instead. Actually, that's probably what I'm going to end up doing anyways.
10:04 Just got treated to the same terrible Southwest Airlines commercial with the guy doing touchdown celebrations for the fifth time. Sadly, this has been one of the brighter moments of the game.
10:07 Edelman returns it past midfield to the Denver side of the field. I've been looking at who would be a worse matchup for the Pats in the AFC Champioship game ever since the 9:44 entry. This is disgusting.
10:09 CBS just showed a trailer for Journey 2: Mysterious Island. I've never heard of Journey 1 and its odds for a solid opening weekend has got to be worse than the Broncos coming back. I've now been reduced to commenting on random commercials to try and make this interesting. I think I might have to resort to Skyrim soon.
!0:13 That's touchdown number six for Brady. My finger is moving over the mode button on my controller and I'm getting up to turn on my XBOX...
10:19 I just saw the mini-Herman Edwards beer commercial back to back with a Blue Bloods promo. Our currently most overplayed commercial back to back with our former CBS most overplayed promo champ. This is what I've been reduced to commenting on.
10:24 And it looks like Tebow might be hurt. That's just injury to insult.
10:26 They were just talking about the Patriots' playoff drought and how the Jets beat them in their own stadium last year. Those were the days when the Jets were good and Rex Ryan had the pulse of the team.
10:31 The 32nd,31st,20th, and 29th ranked pass defenses all made it to the divisional round. I'm not going to make the "are we going to start playing flag football next?" joke, but that's just depressing.
10:36 If I had to pick the most demoralizing thing about this game, it's seeing Shawn Ellis playing in a Pats uniform. He was the only player left from my first season as a Jets fan. Now, he's a Patriot. Like I said, it's pretty sad.
10:49 Alright, I'm giving up on this diary before Brady potentially throws his seventh touchdown. I can't think of anything interesting to say about this game anymore and I would much rather go play Skyrim then watch my least favorite team advance to the AFC Conference Championship. I'll be back tomorrow with my running diaries of the two other divisional round games. Good night and good luck everybody (and may I never use Keith Olbermann's closing line again).
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