The NFL Made Me Hate the Colts

Man, what the fuck happened in his divisional playoff game? Does anybody know how to officiate anymore? Oh wait, I forgot about those two little details known as ratings and money. If it wasn't blatantly obvious that the refs in this Colts-Chargers contest were pulling for a Colts Patriots rematch, then the NFL has officially hypnotized the masses into blind following. At this point, Roger Goodell could go on TV and convince us the Vince Lombardi trophy is God in some sort of new age religion.

As a neutral observer, I really had no rooting interest in this game whatsoever. I mean, I'm not a huge fan of the Colts and the Chargers really don't exist to me because I live in the Eastern time zone. But the referees and their atrocious calls really made it difficult to root for Indianapolis. The Chargers defensive backs, especially Cromartie, got no respect and were called tight the entire second half of the game. It was completely embarrassing to watch how hard the Chargers were getting screwed on defense. Not to mention the "holding" call on the interception return for the Chargers. A Colts player falls over during a clean block and that's a hold? Utter shit.

That's the first reason I couldn't root for the Colts. The second is more of a plus for the Chargers: Philip Rivers is a complete nutbag. This guy should be institutionalized before he kills 3 San Diego hookers in a 'roid rage because they refused to call him MVP during their session with him. Just look at him on the field. He's screaming his head off at every instance. You can see all of his veins in glorious HD pumping blood to his head to support all the insanity that's going on in there. Then he gets injured on a touchdown pass and takes his schizo jawing to the sidelines. Did anyone see him jawing to the fans on the sidelines, even when walking to the locker room to check out his bum knee? Incredible! I can't wait until he beats his wife or makes disparaging remarks about minorities on the New York City subway.

Anyway, here are some other news and notes from divisional weekend:

• The Patriots are unstoppable. The Jaguars actually seemed to play well against them, but still got their asses handed to them. I don't think they have a weakness. And as much as I hate Boston teams and their overbearing bandwagon fans, I can't help but root for the Pats to dethrone the annoyingly ubiquitous '72 Dolphins. Tom Brady is well on his way to shutting up those senile bastards.
• Now that Dallas is out, Green Bay really has a golden road to the SuperBowl. The Giants have to go on the road again, this time to the unpredictable terrain of Lambeau field, and play a team that has seen an offensive resurgence due to a revived running game. The Packers really controlled the game with their running attack and well timed Brett Favre miracle throws.
  
• Philip Rivers is psychotic. I can't wait until he does something that ostracizes him from the rest of civilized society. And did anyone else notice that they beat the Colts with basically their second string offensive attack. By second string I mean without Tomlinson.
  
• Finally, the Giants really proved that their defense is what is going to win them games in this postseason. If they are to be successful against Green Bay, they need to put pressure on Favre and set the tone early. If they let Ryan Grant go Marion Barber III on them, then it's gonna be a long day for the G-Men because Brett Favre is not Tony Romo.
  

Anyway, this episode of Family Guy really sucks (seriously though, this show blows now). But that's a different discussion for never.