1. I'm rooting for the New Orleans Saints this year in football. Green Bay looks pretty near unstoppable, but I think the Saints might have a chance to make the playoffs in the NFC and make it tough on them. I'd like to see the Saints win the whole thing again just to prove it wasn't a fluke.
2. I've only been rooting for the Saints since the year they won the Super Bowl (2009-10). I did root for them that whole year, not just after the Super Bowl, so I'm not sure if that makes me a fair weather fan. Growing up, my favorite team was the Lions, and they're actually pretty good this year, but I'm rooting for the Saints anyway. It's funny how things change over time. The Lions have been on TV every Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember, so maybe that's how I picked them as my favorite team. It may also have had something to do with the design on their helmets. I think I grew out of the Lions over years and years of not seeing them and not seeing them do well, so now I'm a Saints fan.
3. I feel bad for Peyton Manning -- he had a shot at a Super Bowl title the year the Saints won, I believe. He is a great quarterback, and it's amazing how his team has fallen apart without him. Still, he only has one Super Bowl ring. I hope his neck injury isn't career ending.
4. Football players have gotten bigger over time -- when I look at the films of the 1970s football players, they all look smaller than the players today. I don't think it's just a trick of the camera, either. I'm not sure, but steroids could play a role, along with better training and higher physical standards in college and high school. I never played organized football. I don't regret it -- it allowed me to get into debate and find other niches in high school. Still, it is the dominant sport in the U.S., and football players still have a status that other sports and activities don't get. I think the NFL has its pick of athletes in the U.S., and they just pick the biggest, strongest, fastest players they can at every position. Football isn't rocket science, so they don't have to be the smartest guys on the planet. That's why they strut and prance on the field, and they act like idiots off the field, generally speaking.
5. I know this is a lot of football talk, so I'll stop here on the football. I listened to Aretha Franklin sing the song Amazing Grace today on iTunes. She stretched it out for 16 minutes, and only got through one verse. Still, that woman can sing. It was almost a revival feel on the album. It was a recording session at a church with a live audience in 1972, so it wasn't a normal church service. Still, I think God was glorified.
6. Speaking of glorifying God, please pray for M's family as they continue to grieve Jason Barfield's death. The memorial service in 29 Palms for Jason is this coming Sunday at M's dad's church, and the family is gathering to support Joyanna and give glory to God, in light of Jason's passing. It's a tough emotional time for the whole family.
7. Apparently there's a book on Aretha's Amazing Grace album. I'll link to the blog where I heard about it here. The book is part of a series on historic and important albums called 33 1/3, put out by Continuum. Interesting idea for a book.
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