Sea-Sick

What a scene it must be have been in Seattle today. Dread-locked liberals slamming $9.00 Vodka-Crans at the Space Needle Observatory Deck, hippies playing the Nirvana Nervermind CD as loud as the stereo can go in their Hyundai Sonata, and then parading around Key Arena single-file draped in Gary Payton replica jerseys shouting "Bring Back our Supersonics". After all, the Seahawks won a road game against a team not named the the St. Louis Rams for the first time since December 2, 2007 (seriously, look it up). Today they can disregard the fact that they lived in a rain-soaked city in Washington state that smells like bad coffee and reheated fish tacos. Unfortunately, this day of Seattleite euphoria comes at the expense of the Chicago Bears and their fans, two of which I saw suffocating their post-game sorrows with a 4,000 calorie burger at Five Guys. But, a silver lining remains--the NFC North has morphed from one of the most competitive divisions in football to a branch of teams whose leader can barely keep their head above water.

Just when we thought Favre and the Vikes were just a few pieces short (no pun intended) of putting together another storybook season, they're back to 2-3 (2 games behind the Bears). When we all thought the Packers were the division's runaway favorite, they have more people hurt than were injured in the production of Murderball, which has given Wisconsinites a reason to complain to no end (hey, if you don't like injuries, I hear that Milwaukee is in the running for a WNBA expansion squad, so there). And just when you were about to count out the 1-5 Lions, they return rejuvenated in 2 weeks cured from the "Staff infection" that has plagued them since the 2nd quarter of week 1. Although the Bears are still in the NFC North driver's seat, they seem to trying to send a mass text while operating the vehicle and if they're not careful could be headed towards a disastrous accident with a stationary object.

Now I'm done. Rack me

Frost