By now, everyone has heard what Tiger Woods had to say in his pseudo-press conference this morning. About how sorry he is, about the mistakes he made and that he doesn't know when he's going to return to golf. You know what though? I don't care. Not one bit. His words mean absolutely nothing to me.
Let's start with a little back story. In 1997 I was 14 years old and I had never even dreamed of touching a golf club, until this young guy with a ton of charisma won the Masters. I wanted to do that too! I wanted to play golf for the first time in my life. Luckily, I had a cousin who was a Varsity College golfer and I got to go out and hit the links with him for the first time. I was bad. Really bad. But I knew that I enjoyed the time on the course and wanted to become better so that I could be like Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods was my favorite golfer. Though a very private person, he somehow made his fans feel connected to him.
It wasn't just me either. Golf's popularity has probably quintupled since Woods came on the scene. He and golf were on the rise and it seemed that Woods' greatness would never cease to be. All that came crashing down when it was discovered that Woods had been having an affair with, not one or two, but, 12 women. I guess we shouldn't really be surprised that a Super Star athlete was unfaithful to his wife, but if anyone says that they KNEW that Woods was getting in on the action (pun intended), they would be lying through their teeth. NO ONE saw anything like this coming from the Golden Boy who is threatening one of the game's greatest records.
I started to listen to Woods' press conference and then truly realized that I don't give one good damn about what he had to say. If this were the 127th ranked golfer in the world he'd just fix his marriage or get a divorce and move on with his life. But not Woods. Not the greatest golfer of this generation who could never be rattled. I think one of the parts that made me the most upset was apologizing to his "business partners." That just goes to show us that he doesn't care about golf the same way he used to. Today's golf headlines should be discussing what is taking place at the Accenture Match Play Championship, not what Woods had to say.
Ernie Els was one of the first to speak up about Woods' timing. He thinks it's pretty clear that this statement was made at this time SPECIFICALLY to take away from Accenture's (one of the companies that dropped Woods) match play tournament. How immature can one person be? That's Woods, not Ernie. When you mess up, you're going to pay for it, or in this case, not get paid because of it. Do you really blame a company for not wanting to be associated with someone whose adultered his marriage with multiple women? I am almost ashamed to be a golfer because it means I have something in common with Woods.
In addition to all this, Woods didn't even allow questions to be answered at this "press conference." I don't know why the press are still letting Woods call the shots. This man has opened his life up for all of us to see, kind of an unwritten contract of being famous, but wants privacy. You want privacy? Head out on your yacht. You messed up and many want to know what you're going to do to fix it. That is our right. I wish all major outlets would have boycotted the Woods "press conference." The Golf Writer's Association of America did just that and I applaud their efforts. They feel, and I agree with them, that by not letting the press be a true part of this statement it really makes the event lack credibility. But hey, look at Woods. He's all about lacking credibility. I hope he never gets it back. I used to root for "Tiger" to win. Now I will root for "Woods" to lose.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Super Bowl Wrap-Up
First off, I'd like to welcome you all to my 50th Blog. I have had a ton of fun doing this since I started it last summer. Thank you to all the people who have read it and make sure to tell everyone who loves sports to come back and check it out!
Now, on to the Super Bowl. What a game. Who here thought we were on our way to an Indy blowout when Pierre Garcon caught that touchdown pass to put the Colts up 10-0? I know I did. I thought for sure that Peyton Manning had figured out the holes in the Saints defense and would pick and pick at them until the game was way out of hand.
Instead, the Saints toughened up, held the ball for almost all of the 2nd quarter, went into the locker room down by just four, came out, did their Brass Balls "Ambush" play, went down, took the lead, gave up just one more score to the Colts, took the lead back and got a 2-point conversion. But then, Peyton had the ball in his hands and started matriculating the ball down the field, surely on his way to tie the game and make Super Bowl XLIV the first Super Bowl in history to go to overtime.
Tracy Porter and the images shaved into his head had different ideas. It was 3rd and five or six yards to go and the Colts went to their patented 3rd down play. Reggie Wayne make his way to about three yards past the sticks, cuts in and catches it at the marker, 1st down Colts. Unfortunately for Peyton, the Saints defense knew this was the play that was coming. They had seen it numerous times on film. Tracy Porter jumped the route, got away from Wayne, got a couple good blocks and took the ball all the way to the endzone. 31-17, Saints win the game.
After the game, Peyton was visibly upset. And, though he wouldn't say it out loud, I think a lot of it was directed at Reggie Wayne. Wayne looked old in this game and I have no idea why. His routes were sloppy, his feet were slow and on the interception, he barely attempted to get to Porter as he was streaking down the field. Not only that, but usually Wayne fights on his route to get to the ball before the defender. What happened? Was he suffering from some injury that he didn't tell anyone about? What was going on? I don't know if we'll ever know just what the problem with Wayne was, but he may have cost the Colts the game.
Let's talk about the halftime show for a second. Now, don't get me wrong, I love The Who and I think they are one of the ten best bands of all time, but that was not a strong performance and I think it's time for the NFL to get away from the old guys, get an up and coming performer, put them on a 45 second delay and do it. Roger Daltry's voice is nowhere near what it used to be and Pete Townsend looked exhausted after doing his windmills. It was a decent performance but I really feel that someone like Jay Z could have had a much better performance.
What are your thoughts on the Super Bowl? Let me know!
Now, on to the Super Bowl. What a game. Who here thought we were on our way to an Indy blowout when Pierre Garcon caught that touchdown pass to put the Colts up 10-0? I know I did. I thought for sure that Peyton Manning had figured out the holes in the Saints defense and would pick and pick at them until the game was way out of hand.
Instead, the Saints toughened up, held the ball for almost all of the 2nd quarter, went into the locker room down by just four, came out, did their Brass Balls "Ambush" play, went down, took the lead, gave up just one more score to the Colts, took the lead back and got a 2-point conversion. But then, Peyton had the ball in his hands and started matriculating the ball down the field, surely on his way to tie the game and make Super Bowl XLIV the first Super Bowl in history to go to overtime.
Tracy Porter and the images shaved into his head had different ideas. It was 3rd and five or six yards to go and the Colts went to their patented 3rd down play. Reggie Wayne make his way to about three yards past the sticks, cuts in and catches it at the marker, 1st down Colts. Unfortunately for Peyton, the Saints defense knew this was the play that was coming. They had seen it numerous times on film. Tracy Porter jumped the route, got away from Wayne, got a couple good blocks and took the ball all the way to the endzone. 31-17, Saints win the game.
After the game, Peyton was visibly upset. And, though he wouldn't say it out loud, I think a lot of it was directed at Reggie Wayne. Wayne looked old in this game and I have no idea why. His routes were sloppy, his feet were slow and on the interception, he barely attempted to get to Porter as he was streaking down the field. Not only that, but usually Wayne fights on his route to get to the ball before the defender. What happened? Was he suffering from some injury that he didn't tell anyone about? What was going on? I don't know if we'll ever know just what the problem with Wayne was, but he may have cost the Colts the game.
Let's talk about the halftime show for a second. Now, don't get me wrong, I love The Who and I think they are one of the ten best bands of all time, but that was not a strong performance and I think it's time for the NFL to get away from the old guys, get an up and coming performer, put them on a 45 second delay and do it. Roger Daltry's voice is nowhere near what it used to be and Pete Townsend looked exhausted after doing his windmills. It was a decent performance but I really feel that someone like Jay Z could have had a much better performance.
What are your thoughts on the Super Bowl? Let me know!
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