NFL.... Welcome Back!

While America has been glued to baseball for the past 5 months, football fans have been sulking and waiting for any and every excuse to ignore their nagging girlfriends, fiancees, and wives. Well, wait no longer my dear fans because football season is back and off to a great start. I'm excited to dig into the juicy happenings around the league.

I'll start with Fox NFL Sunday. My boys are back and boy did it feel as if they've never left. With predictions for the season to Terry Bradshaw's "Fired Up" rant about how Big Ben, Ben Roethlisberger, should have been dumped by the Steelers for his "alleged" rape charges vs a 4 game suspension, it seems as if my Sundays are filled up again with the 5 guys who make me smile. Now, on to some action.

Over on CBS, the New England Patriots faced the Cincinnati Bengals and from the jump, New England were on the attack. Tom Brady wanted to show everyone why he's the highest paid football player in the league and with that mission, he succeeded. In the first quarter, NE would take a lead of 10-0. Cincinnati had to shake off the jitters. In the second quarter, NE pounced on the Bengals and took a whopping 24-0 lead. I had to question the marketing and hype surrounding Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens or as I've heard "Ochorell". With some steam after the half, the Bengals found some footing and climbed back. However, NE would go on to win 38-24.

On Fox, the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers christened the new stadium with their match. Now, remember on 12-26-2009 when the Giants were shutout in their own stadium...for the last game of the season...and the last game ever at Giants Stadium? Well NY made sure they brought the heat this time around. With shaky offense finding it's way in the game, the Giants had to really fight to gain some ground. With Kevin Boss getting injured, it looked as if this game was headed for disaster. But, fear not dear fans as Hakeem Nicks stepped up and carried the load. 3 touchdowns for Nicks would do the trick and help the Giants claim victory over the Panthers. North Carolina don't come on and raise up. Don't take your shirt off and twist it round your head, swinging it like a helicopter. Just go home with your 31-18 defeat.

While there are plenty of other games going on, I wanted to focus on these two to get the season underway. Happy Sunday everybody!

XOXO,
Whitney