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\u201cPlease join us for the christening of our daughter\u2026\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s how it all began.\u00a0 My niece and her husband were baptizing their baby daughter on Sunday, January 18, at 12:45 PM, with a luncheon to follow.\u00a0 Nice, right?\u00a0 Not with the AFC and the NFC Championship games that day!\u00a0 But I was not worried.\u00a0 I have TIVO.\u00a0 I just needed to strategize the day so that I would be home in time to watch both games and get to bed at a decent hour.<\/p>\n

You may recall that, on Sunday morning, the roads were a sheet of ice.\u00a0 The church was supposed to be twenty minutes away.\u00a0 It was not that morning.\u00a0 We passed a jack-knifed truck on Route 22 and slid our way to the church on treacherous roads once we left the highway.\u00a0 Cars were sliding off the roads we needed to travel, police lights were flashing every 5oo yards, and on one of the back roads, we looked at a cliff to our right that seemed like a 100-foot drop.\u00a0 But, thanks to my SUV, and some expert driving (I must say), we made it to the ceremony on time.<\/p>\n

Next, it was on to the luncheon.\u00a0 It was about 2:00, one hour before the Packers were to meet the Seahawks.\u00a0 No sweat.\u00a0 TIVO was ready to save the day.\u00a0 The meal was nice and the conversation was pleasant.\u00a0 Everything was going well.\u00a0 Then one of the guests pops up from the basement and yells \u2013 \u201cPackers – 3, Seahawks \u2013 0\u201d.\u00a0 No!!\u00a0 I wanted to shout, \u201cDon\u2019t tell me anything about the game.\u00a0 I have TIVO!!\u201d\u00a0 But I held my tongue.\u00a0 My wife warned me not to mention the games during the luncheon.\u00a0 That same guest returned shortly after that to proclaim, \u201cPackers \u2013 6, Seahawks \u2013 0!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo more scores!\u00a0 I have TIVO\u201d, slipped out, rather loudly, I must say.\u00a0 I went on to quietly say that I would appreciate if there would be no more updates.<\/p>\n

Knowing that \u201cGoodbye\u201d takes about 30 minutes to an hour to complete, I suggested around 4:00 that it might be time to leave.\u00a0 Thank goodness, we weren\u2019t the first to start putting on coats or I may have gotten the evil eye.\u00a0 I think we left around 4:45.\u00a0 And, most importantly, I was now sheltered from any further reports on the game.<\/p>\n

Upon arriving at home, I settled into the recliner, offered to put on my headset so my wife didn\u2019t have to listen to the broadcast, and turned on my TIVO (I love my TIVO!).\u00a0 However, as is always the case when I put on my headset, that is the EXACT time my wife wants to talk to me!\u00a0 I either have to listen to her or to Joe Buck.\u00a0 I can\u2019t do both, but I try to do both.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t work too well.\u00a0 Finally, I have acquiesced enough that I can now watch the game in peace.\u00a0 In the middle of the second quarter, my headset batteries die.\u00a0 The headset is no longer an option.\u00a0 I put the sound on, zip through the commercials, and avoid the half-time inanity.\u00a0 The Packers are up 19-7 late in the fourth quarter and then I get a text from my daughter \u2013 \u201cWhat a game!! Brian is probably crying!\u201d\u00a0 Brian is my grandson and a huge Packers fan.\u00a0 Why would he be crying with the Packers up 12?\u00a0 Oh, no.\u00a0 My daughter\u2019s TIVO was ahead of my TIVO!!\u00a0 Next, she texts, \u201cBrian said it was one of his worst experiences ever as a Packers\u2019 fan!\u201d\u00a0 What!!! It was now 19-14 with 2:09 to go.\u00a0 Then the onsides kick, the Seahawks TD, the 2-pt. conversion, the Packers\u2019 field goal and we go to overtime.\u00a0 But it is now apparent that the Packers must lose and they do.\u00a0 Rather anticlimactic after the texts!\u00a0 One of the great comebacks ruined!<\/p>\n

I ask my daughter not to ruin the AFC game for me, but now my wife wants to talk about the game.\u00a0 What\u2019s an onsides kick?\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t the Packers player catch the ball?\u00a0 She likes the way the ref\u2019s pants are tapered, wonders why they play in the rain, and finds the Colts\u2019 quarterback\u2019s name (Luck) rather amusing.\u00a0 Keep all sharp objects away from me!!<\/p>\n

And\u2026 there was no way to ruin the AFC game for me \u2013 the game itself ruined the game \u2013 New England \u2013 45, Indianapolis \u2013 7.\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t someone tell me that score in advance so I wouldn\u2019t have watched it?<\/p>\n

In two weeks, I will hibernate in a room with no windows, no doors, no people, and no cell phone.\u00a0 I will sit and enjoy the Super Bowl with my favorite person \u2013 ME!!!\u00a0 Unless, of course, someone invites us to a First Holy Communion!<\/p>\n

ABOVE THE EARS (SOME MUSINGS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Late Saturday night (thanks again to TIVO) I watched Lafayette\u2019s Ross Scheurman in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. Ross ran for 28 yards on just four carries and had a 51-yard touchdown called back.\u00a0 It was a typical Scheurman run \u2013 he ran away from everybody.\u00a0 This was a game to showcase players for the NFL.\u00a0 I hope some team gives him a chance.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Joe Paterno is the winningest coach in college football history again after the NCAA restored the 112 wins they took from him during the Sandusky scandal. Can the restoration of his statue at Beaver Stadium be far behind?<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Should the Eagles trade up to get either Marcus Mariota of Oregon or Jameis Winston of Florida State to fill the quarterback position? The duo could go one and two in the draft.\u00a0 Or should they pay more attention to the Ohio State defensive scheme?\u00a0 The Buckeyes did pretty well in consecutive games against these two QB\u2019s.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Ryan Howard is one of the more interesting off-season baseball stories.\u00a0 Ryne Sandberg and the front office do not want him; he knows it; and no one can do much about it.\u00a0 If he AND Cole Hamels are still on the squad during spring training, after the Phils tried to get rid of both, the atmosphere could be very interesting<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0I bet the media is REALLY looking forward to all the time they get to spend in the next two weeks with Bill Belichick of the Patriots and Marshawn Lynch of the Seahawks. They are not exactly \u201cMedia Darlings\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Gary's<\/a><\/p>\n

(Last week \u2013 2-0)\u00a0 (179-84-1 overall \u2013 68%)\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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