The Crystal Ball 2009 Week 13 Thursday Night Special

Woo hoo, it’s our first December game of 2009. The regular season rapidly approaches its zenith as we forge toward the playoff entrant end game.

And what better way to kick off the month of December football than heading north of the border? That’s right, tonight’s game will be held in Canada, with the Toronto, I mean Buffalo, Bills hosting the New York Jets. The star of stars TO will be wowing the hosers as only he can, because after all, the Bills are North America’s team.

You know what I like about Canada? The space. The land mass of Canada is huge, 3,512,524 square miles to be exact. And their population is 33,864,000. I think there’s twice as many people than that in the Lower East Side.

That’s a wicked amount of space per person. And I know what you’re thinking, oh so what, it’s winter up there like half the year. So what? I’m sure there are more than a few people crammed into a sardine box in East LA that would gladly trade a bit of nice weather for some elbow room.

Everyone touts about their health care system, beer, hockey, comedians or generally funny accents, but I love Canada because it’s huge. Break me off a piece, I need a winter home.

On Tap Tonight

New York Jets (5-6) at Buffalo (4-7)

Ok, how about some actual game items then, eh? Buffalo, with an interim coach, has suddenly found an offensive spark with Fitzpatrick and Owens. I love the combination of these two. One is Ivy League, the other Division II yet in the NFL worlds come together. How about that for a Christmas story? On the other hand, the Jets’ defense awoke from a slumber last week and Matt Sanchez, well, he’s still a rookie. There is no home field advantage, and both teams seem schizophrenic when it comes to playing well, and I know I’ll regret this but….

Jets over Bills