I heard that they were gonna be having special online coverage for tonight's opening game, so I just had to sneak a peak.  My verdict: great concept, kinda sucky execution.

It's super cool to have 5 different angles on the game, and to be able to see them all at once.  Its also super cool to have the game stats at hand without having to leave the game.  Unfortunately the streams were extremely choppy which made it aggrivating to watch.  If they can straighten out the kinks, this thing could really rock.

One other thing that made me unable to watch it, though is kudos for the service, was the fact that the streams were a few seconds ahead of my cable HD of the show.  How is streaming 5 different angles of the game faster than one single feed through cable?  But I would catch what happened a few seconds earlier from the choppy low def stream, and it kind of diminish my viewing enjoyment of the HD version, so I turned it off. 

 If I was not in front of a TV, this would have been a life saver.  And once they work out the kinks, this will be an awesome thing.  I hope it's a sign of where football coverage is going.

Ahhhhh.... the long bleak period of the year that exists between the end of the end of 4th quarter of the Superbowl and the opening kickoff of opening day has finally passed.

I can't say that I'm thrilled aout the outcome cause I really don't like the Giants, and still can't believe how they Forest Gumped their way to a Superbowl victory last yet.  But it's football, and it's football with Madden.  It's football that affects my fantasy football scores.  It's regular season football, and its awesome!!!

Welcome back my long last friend.

This came across in my email this morning as part of a GameStop ad and I could not help but thinking it was just wrong

And following that up was an email with the NFL's own attempt at cashing in on the Favre soap opera:

Watching football sure makes you do some strange things, and stirs conflicting emotions.

I'm sitting here watching the 49ers vs Steelers game. I know I'm supposed to be rooting for the Steelers in this one because of my love for the Hawks. We don't need the 49ers getting any more wins. The Fox guys this morning were pretty sour on the 49ers, but I'm still scared of them in our division. So I'm happily going to root for the Steelers, right?

Even knowing I need the 49ers to loose I have trouble actually rooting for the Steelers. I used to root for the Steelers when I'd see them on TV, but ever since they were given the win in the Superbowl, I want nothing more than to see them lose, and lose bad, whenever I see them play. I know, I know, I should just get over it but.....

So I will root for the Steelers because I have to, but not becasue I want to.

-Farmer