The Crystal Ball 2010 The Off Season Begins...

Hello football fans and welcome to the NFL off season. Despite the rumors that The Crystal Ball was huddled in a corner of his sports bunker, rocking back and forth and denying Super Bowl XLV ever happened when no post came on Sunday, I assure you that is not true. I managed to drag myself out of the bunker by mid week.

Yes, there was some heartbreak over the Steeler loss, but it's ok. Green Bay played a heck of a game and as one Pittsburgher once said, sometimes you win sometimes you lose. And life as always goes on, and we have found new and exciting ways to ease the pain.  As an avid Pittsburgh sports fan, I'll be throwing myself into the Penguins. Wait, what do you mean Sidney Crosby is out indefinitely with a concussion and Evgeni Malkin is out for the season? Ok, no worries, the Pirates are starting up soon. Wait, what, they're paying $2 million to a pitcher who went 1-11 last season? Ugh. It's gonna be a long off season. 

But the lack of regularly scheduled lunacy was not due to post traumatic Super Bowl syndrome, unlike the poor unfortunate cats who spent a mint to go to the big game then found their seats were under construction. Last weekend was celebratory here at Riding the Pine, so we took the week off. But fear not, our Super Bowl wrap up, along with the beginnings of the off season fun to be had are on the way. Tune in this Sunday for a game recap, the usual nonsense and a few fun things as well. In the mean time, the countdown begins to Arena Football!