Go Seahawks!

Well, today is Super Bowl XL!

A lot of people don't know it, but I am a diehard Seahawks fan. When I was a kid in Chicago, I liked the Seahawks more than I did the Chicago Bears. But since moving away from Chicago, I have become more of a Chicago team fan. I'll show you:

Before I moved to Florida:
Football - Seattle Seahawks
Baseball - Toronto Blue Jays
Hockey - Calgary Flames

Now:
Football - Chicago Bears
Baseball - Chicago Cubs
Hockey - Chicago Blackhawks

Though I do follow the Bears and Cubs, I feel that I just do that because I am proud of the city of Chicago. I think it is the greatest city on earth. Yet....the Cubs....need I say more.

But when it comes to the Cubs, I think I didn't really like th Cubs until I moved here. When I tell people I am from Chicago, the automatically say "Sox or Cubs". I just always said Cubs because I am from the north and west burbs. On the other hand, everyone on my mom's mom side of the family are Sox fans. Go figure. My dad is a big Cubs fan, be he has been one all of his life.

Maybe it is time for me to go back to my original teams? Yeah, that really looks good when Seattle is in the Super Bowl.

I guess it comes down to who I would rather see in the championship game.

So, lets examine:
Blue Jays v. Cubs - would go for Cubs, I think, but it would tear me. I think I would only go for the Cubs because of 'The Billy Goat Curse". But if the curse wasn't there, I would go for the Blue Jays in a 'non cursed' competition.

But that was then and this is now. I know the Cubs roster a lot better than I do the Blue Jays. I really don't know the Blue Jays at all. There is no Dave Stieb, Jimmy Key, Tony Fernandez, Jorge Bell, Jesse Barfield, Rance Mulliniks, Garth Iorg. Therefore, I would have to say that I am a Cubs fan now.

Seahawks v. Bears - again, since the Seahawks haven't won a Super Bowl, I would go for them right now. But my favorite players were Jim Zorn, Steve Largent (yuck...to think of him now!), Curt Warner, Dave Kreig. But when I look back at the Bears, hell, even the '85 Bears, I only have one favorite Bear, and that is Gay Fencik. I wasn't a big Singletary, Perry, Dent, or for that fact (I know, shoot me) a Walter Payton fan. I, honestly, liked Curt Warner than Payton.

But, like with the Blue Jays, that was then and this is now. I really don't know the Seahawks. I watched the Bears a lot more now. I didn't really follow the Seahawks since the early 1990s. Therefore, I would have to say that I am more of a Bears fan now.

Blackhawks v. Flames - since the lockout, I really don't care about hockey. I use to watch it all the time. But now, I have no idea who the players. No Gretzkys, Kurris, Messiers, Loobs, Mike Vernons. That was the good old days. And when the Flames played in the Stanley Cup final two years ago, I was going for them more people I didn't want Tampa to win instead of Calgary winning. Therefore, I don't know if I really have a favorite hockey team.

And you ask about basketball. I HATE basketball. When you touch someone, you get a foul! If you stand in the wrong place, a whistle! If you look at someone the wrong way, you might get thrown out of the NBA. To me, it is a pussy sport. Never liked it! Now if they take away those whistles and put some tackling in there, I might watch it. But it is the only sport that has NO protective devices. Hell, even baseball players wear a helmet!

But my new favorite sport is Aussie Rules football! Yeah, they don't wear padding, I know. But they also don't get a 'whistle' for touching someone!

Anyway, I think I am a Bears and Cubs fan. I will still go for the Seahawks because I love the team. But, who knows, I might be a Seahawks fan again :)