Free-For-All Fridays - ADBOWL® 2011

In little more than 48 hours most of the nation's attention will be drawn to FOX Sports and their presentation of Super Bowl XLV. While they broadcast live from Dallas, Texas at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, we will sit anxious as the countdown to kickoff gets shorter and shorter. Finally once the first kick is returned, they will immediately go to commercial. If you didn't realize it, in the course of the average five-hour Super Bowl broadcast there is only about 14 minutes of actual gameplay. The rest of that time is filled by the team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman & the unforgettable Super Bowl commercials. And that's when the real games begin, the commerce games dubbed ADBOWL® 11.

Football in Europe?

Sure, there's the European Football in Europe but American Football? I really don't like that they're trying to have teams travel across the pond and play. There is no way that these teams are performing to their maximum. I mean is there any way that Tom Brady will do half as well as last week? (That's an obviously loaded question) But kidding aside this is ludicrous. I support games played in Mexico and Canada, technically those places are in the Americas, but not London. Just because certain NFL markets can't sellout is no reason to force our players overseas and risk their path to the Super Bowl.

The Duel in Dallas

Well after my Cowboys barely scraped by the Buffalo Bills this past Monday, they have a lot of questions to answer. And apparently one of four stars on Sunday has decided to forgo the fielding of any questions; especially about the 'other 81'. Both QBs were brought in during a Drew Bledsoe regime, both replaced him, both darlings of the media, and both through to arguably either the best receiver in the league or the most futile, depending on the given Sunday.


Naturally I'll be wearing my Witten jersey come Sunday. I'll probably have a couple down by the time kickoff rolls around. Navy and silver beads around my neck, with a bold star hanging from those beads. I'll clasp my hands around them as Troy Aikman and Joe Buck begin their intros. Bouncing up and down nervously I wait. I know that Tony Romo and Tom Brady will duke it out while never being on the field at the same time. Randy Moss and Terrell Owens will do the same.


Somehow I feel that this game will come down to field positioning. That means it all comes down to the kickers. So really I feel that this Duel in Dallas is about Gostkowski vs Folk. Well neither are very notable, but we all know Folk from this past Monday's heroics, so one up for the Cowboys there. Then it's McBriar vs Hanson, which puts an Aussie footballer vs a Marshall grad. I think I'll take one of the best punters in the entire league in McBriar there.

So there you have it folks, Folk and McBriar bring er home for my 'Boys. How Bout Dem Apples?!