01/16/05

01/15/05--New York Jets vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, CBS

Why aren’t sports considered “reality” television? It’s an alternate reality, has hosts, and it’s filled with pumped up men and enhanced women. Maybe the problem is there isn’t enough humiliation or leech eating.

One of the nice things about watching the playoff games is that the commentary quality improved. Dan Dierdorf and Dick Enberg seemed to talk much less then their lesser yakkers. Nice that they skipped falling back on this being a “hard hitting” game, though they did talk too much about the Steelers offensive line wearing out the Jets. But it, along with “rookie” Roethlisberger comments, were their talking points before the game—and they stuck with them.

Someone should tell the players and the NFL that “win or go home,” is a line that was played out at least a few seasons ago.