The AFC and NFC Championship Games

Hello,

So did you watch the NFC and AFC Championship games yesterday? What did you think? I watched the last half of the Chicago-Green Bay game and the first half of the Pittsburgh-New York game. The part of the Chicago-Green Bay game I watched was dreadfully boring until the last few minutes. The AFC Championship game was a tale of two halves. The first half was dominated by Pittsburgh as they bolted out to a 24-0 lead. However the Jets were the better team in the second half, as they scored 19 points. However that was not enough. I realized that the difference maker in both games was a defensive score.

Super Bowl 45 will feature Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay. I don't really anticipate an exciting game and I'm not even sure I'm going to watch it. I would like to say one thing about both teams though. Both franchises are class organizations. They do have the occasional off field incident, but those are few and far between. Their players don't talk a lot before the game. Their fans are great and passionate and they don't seem to cross the line. Also they don't have an egomaniac owner named Jerry Jones.

Green Bay is owned by fans of the team, how cool is that? I also love the Lambeau Leap. It seems many other teams are copying that, but it originated in Green Bay. I also loved how classy the Packers players were after last night's game. They were shaking hands and congratulating the Bears after that hard fought battle.

I don't even know who owns the Steelers, I think it still might be the Rooney family. Actually the Rooneys own about 30% of the team, they also have controlling interest. There are several other investors that own the final 70%. One can tell if a team has a good owner, if you never heard of them they have a good owner. (Examples: Al Davis, Jerry Jones, Mark Cuban, Donald Sterling, the dreadful McCourts etc.) What else can you say about them other than they are probably the most consistently quality team in the NFL. They are going to their 8th Super Bowl in two weeks and are 6-1 in their first 7 Super Bowls. Being 6-1 in Super Bowls, that's just amazing. The only team they lost to in the Super Bowl was my Cowboys. That was back when the Cowboys were relevant. Pittsburgh won Super Bowls in 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 2006 and 2009.

There's been a lot of talk about the Rooney rule lately. From wikipedia.org regarding the Rooney rule: "The Rooney Rule, established in 2003, requires National Football League teams to interview African American candidates for head coaching and senior football operations opportunities. The rule is named for Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the chairman of the league's diversity committee, and indirectly the Rooney family in general, due to the Steelers' long history of giving African Americans opportunities to serve in team leadership roles. It is often cited as an example of affirmative action." (Thanks to wikipedia.org.)

Two class organizations. I don't know who is going to win the Super Bowl, but in my opinion both teams are already winners.

themusicaddict