I love the NFL. I really love the NFL... Did I already say that I love the NFL?! Like, really??? There is never a dull moment, ever! And Week One didn't disappoint. Let's recap what happened during Sunday's games:

-The Ravens almost gave me a damn heart attack yesterday with their 38-24 victory over the Chiefs. While the defense only gave up 188 total yards, 14 points came off of a blocked punt and an INT by Joe Flacco that put the Chiefs on the Ravens' 2 yard line. I almost dialed 911 about 3 times during the second half, but my boys held on. Congrats to my boy, Bobblehead Flacco for his first 300-yard game and the Ravens first ever 500 yard performance.

Next up, them Chargers!

- I refuse to pick Carolina any damn more, unless there is a change at QB. Jake Delhomme continued what we saw in the Divisional playoffs in 2008 with all of those turnovers. I actually picked them to beat Philly since they were at home. I feel like a dummy.


-*side note* The Iggles need to call either Garcia or Feely now that McNabb has broken ribs. Vick can't play until Week 3 and McNabb is doubtful for next week's game. And I'm sorry but Kolb would scare me, remember the last pass he threw during the regular season:


- How come Adrian Peterson has 25 rushes for 180 yards, but I keep hearing about old azz Brett Favre? Sport media PLEASE stop this Favre Madness. AD was the man, give him his respect. Favre's numbers were average, at best. Sitchoazz down, Favre!

-Okay New Orleans is showing why picking them as a Super Bowl team wasn't such a bad idea. Granted, it was the Detroit Lions... but 6 TD from Drew Brees... one word... WOW!!!

-Congrats to Rex Ryan and the New York Jets for their win over Houston. Rex is a good guy and deserved it. But ummm... Houston.. people actually LIKE you to do well... You aren't building a case. Well, at least your cheerleaders showed up and gave a show, right?!


-Poor St Louis... a goose egg during Week 1... How sad :(

-Hail To The Redskins!!! Oh wait... I have to wait another week before I say that. My bad.... Go Gmen! Yeah, that's it....

-I picked San Fran in my pool, so of course I was happy I got ONE upset right when they beat the Cards. It was an exciting game, particularly during final minutes. I love Mike Singletary and I hope the 49ers can feed off of his will and determination.

-*side note* Is Jordin Sparks the official Nat'l Anthem singer? She doesn't have anything else to do, like make an album or go on tour?! Girl BYE!

- Feeling some kind of way about Peyton tying up Johnny U for most "franchise" wins.. but I won't let my pettiness affect me too much. Good game Colts and congrats to Manning.

- Every time Jay Cutler threw an INT, I snickered. It's no secret that I'm not a big fan of him, so I found last night's performance kind of humorous (sorry, Bears fans).

Cutler had a Grossman-esque performance last night. I'm sure he'll get better as the season goes on, he's a good QB. But damn, he stunk it up last night.. tee hee hee...

- Much props to Atlanta, but Miami killed themselves yesterday. Only 13 turnovers total in 2008 but 4 in one game against the Falcons. Not a good way to start the season.

- I'm being quite frank here, Dallas beat the Bucs, did we think anything else was gonna happen? I don't think most folks outside of Tampa thought differently. But at this point, the Bucs look better than the Panthers, particularly at the QB position, so that helps.

- The best part about the Broncos-Bengals game? Gus Johnson. Y'all know I love me some him, so his call during the Broncos TD was priceless. I swear, that game seemed like a snooze until that play. And Johnson's commentating made it seem like it was the Super Bowl. How can you NOT like Gus Johnson?!

So, I think I have a crush on Gus Johnson. Not a real crush. But a media crush. In my opinion, Gus Johnson is one of the best sports announcers out here. Why? Welll...... since you asked....

I like Johnson for a lot of reasons. He went to Howard University (shout out to the HBCUs), and although his major was political science, he's always been sports oriented. He was the QB for his high school football team in Detroit, and also played on the basketball team as well as the baseball team.

After he graduated from HU, he went on to be a play-by-play announcer for such teams like the Detroit Tigers, the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Big East basketball conference. His accomplishments go on and on... because he's awesome!



But my main reason for liking Johnson is because he makes every play sound like the most exciting play you've ever seen... in your entire existence of LIFE. A defender can jump offsides in a football game and he would make the best out of it. I can hear him and his cartoon-ish voice now,
"Whooooo and the linebacker was JUST called offsides!!!! Boy, that 5 yards could possibly hurt them in this game..."

Or imagine LeBron James traveling in a game that's a blowout. Johnson would make the best of it..

"OOOOOOOO.. and LeBRON JUST TRAVELED FOLKS!!! I can't BELIEVE he just did that!!!!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT???!!!"

Johnson takes every sport you watch and liven it up about 100 notches. I know sometimes it's extremely annoying and he makes you want to say, "Okay Gus, we get it...... you're excited". But hell, I wish we had more Gus Johnsons on TV.

This is dedicated to my media crush, Gus Johnson!!!