Looks like the Lions are being tamed by the Vikings. 20-0 at the half. Hope they can sort it out in the locker room. It doesn’t look like the Detroit of pre-season or the first two games, but I’m just following the game track, so I don’t really know what’s going on. If I were “addicted to football,” of course (as one person stupidly fantasizes), I would have a sports subscription, or be at a sports bar, so I don’t ever miss a game, and be glued to the teevee, but I’m not, so I don’t.
[Update shortly after the second half begins]
Well, at least Detroit is on the board now. Touchdown.
[Update after the beginning of the fourth quarter]
Roaring back. Only down 20-17.
[Update with five minutes left]
They’re tied at twenty each. I suspect the end of this game is going to be grueling.
[Update with two and a half left]
The Lions have taken the lead finally, 23-20. All up to special teams and defense now. Win or lose, this doesn’t look like your father’s Detroit Lions. Another collapse for Minnesota though.
[Update after overtime win]
3 and 0, baby!
By Matula’s definition I must be addicted to football too — as must my wife. Because we’re interested in a couple of college teams that captured our attention with good seasons in the last year or two.
The fact we have no idea which NFL games are on right now and we have the Weather Channel on while I type blog comments and my wife naps, and that we ignored college football for years before now, would surely have Matula insisting on relative definitions.