The 10 Spot

[heftysmokes]

I don't know if this list should go in sports or humour. It would probably fit in both.

This is from The 10 Spot, a daily article on si.com written by Pete McEntegart. Thought it was pretty funny, hope you all do, too.....

1. Pittsburgh will host a parade for the Super Bowl champion Steelers on Tuesday. Overjoyed fans can't wait to thank the event's grand marshal, referee Bill Leavy.

2. Mike Holmgren's wife and daughter spent Super Bowl Sunday as part of a medical mission in Africa. They wanted to be someplace where they would be safe from zebras.

3. An estimated 90.7 million people tuned in for Super Bowl XL, the largest audience for the game in a decade. In fact, at times it seemed that everyone in the nation was watching except the officials.

4. Steelers Jerome Bettis and Hines Ward, the Super Bowl MVP, are going to Disney World. Meanwhile, Seattle's Jerramy Stevens is going into hiding.

5. As usual, Bud Light presented several of the most popular Super Bowl commercials. The beer company also received an unexpected boost when it was revealed that Budweiser played a key role in the referees' pregame preparation.

6. The NFL's production company running the halftime show twice turned down the Rolling Stones' microphone so that Mick Jagger's racy lyrics couldn't be heard by fans. The NFL plans to use the same technology next season on Terrell Owens.

7. A pregnant Steelers fan whose due date was scheduled for Sunday convinced her doctor to induce labor last Wednesday so that the birth wouldn't interfere with the Super Bowl. The NFL quickly signed the infant as the halftime act for Super Bowl XCVIII in 2064.

8. Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw were reportedly missing from the NFL's pregame celebration of past Super Bowl MVPs because they demanded too much appearance money. Evidently the former quarterbacks wanted to be paid as much as the refs were. (Relax, we're only kidding.)

9. One disappointing sports story over the weekend was that 23-year-old PGA rookie J.B. Holmes won the FBR Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. While Holmes was a perfectly deserving winner, the disappointment is that he seemingly has decided not to go by his given name of John Holmes, which he was still using when he finished first at the tour's Q school last December. That prevents pundits from breaking out John Holmes jokes, such as odes to his long game or references to Holmes swinging a big stick. Please, J.B., throw us a bone! Then again, going as John Holmes didn't exactly help Val Kilmer's career, so perhaps the young golfer knows best.

10. Stat of the week: Super Bowl-winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger posted a QB rating (22.6) lower than his age (23).

[SuperChuck]

For all the ranting and raving about the officiating, I didn't think it was that bad.

At least in comparison to the rest of the postseason.

Hehe, speaking of officiating, I "made a sack" in my flag league last night and when my teammates asked if I got there in time, the ref just said, "I dunno, I wasn't looking."