Tuesday, October 10, 2006
And now back to our regularly scheduled blog ...
Apparently the BOC was on hiatus, a "break" of sorts. However, unlike Ross on the television show Friends - I'm pretty certain that no one in the club took that "break" to mean they could start rooting for another team for the last 5-weeks ...
Sometimes Broncos fanaticism takes a back seat to LIFE, although that definitely doesn't mean that we aren't still fanatics, right!?
Anyway - here's what the optimist in me has to say about the season so far:
Week 1 - Denver Broncos at St. Louis Rams
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. As Ughly as last year's playoff loss to Pittsburgh, only to a much inferior team. The only optimistic thing I had to say about this game was that at least the Broncos loss was to an NFC team and not an AFC team ... I was very, VERY close to turning in my BOC membership after this game.
Week 2 - Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos
Should have been a better game than it was. Offense still struggled. No touchdowns. But that D!? They really came alive during this game. Oh, and thanks to Mr. Reliable, Jason Elam, we won our home opener in OT.
(Oh, and incidentally ... the "customized" song that the Stadium Management folks came up with was a real disappointment - almost as much of a disappointment as the lack of touchdowns in this game. The song sounded like Big Voodoo Daddy or something. It didn't scream football, Colorado, Mile High, or anything of the sort.)
Week 3 - Denver Broncos at New England Patriots
Sigh. Happiness. This is the game where the Broncos justified my love. Sigh (again).
About half way through this game, the announcers started mentioning how historic the Broncos defense was - that they were the first D since the 1940's to go that many quarters (11) into a season without allowing a SINGLE touchdown. As we all know, the Patriots ended that streak with one touchdown toward the end of this game - but it's still the ONLY TD this defense has allowed yet this year!
Week 4 - BYE Week
Week 5 - Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos
It was cold. It was wet. It had more commercial breaks than an infomercial (really - think about it - they actually do break up the infomercial for commercials about the same stupid product the informercial is about). Scott and I ended up sitting in front of two of the most obnoxious opposing team fans we have EVER encountered. Thankfully, by the 4th quarter, they had little to be obnoxious about and they finally shut up. In the meantime, we enjoyed the first home TD of the season (yay! Rod Smith!), and relished in watching the Defense hold the Ravens to a meager 3 pts.
So, what's next? Those yellow-bellied, skirt-wearin', hapless, Davis-owned, LOSERS - the Raiders ... that's what. Then on to bigger and better opponents ... Cleveland (wouldn't it ROCK to have a modern-day version of the Drive this year in Cleveland!?), and of course, the game everyone's eyeing right now ... Indy. I'll go so far as to say that if Peyton's Colts come into Denver undefeated, they won't be leaving that way.
THAT, my friends, is OPTIMISM.
Sometimes Broncos fanaticism takes a back seat to LIFE, although that definitely doesn't mean that we aren't still fanatics, right!?
Anyway - here's what the optimist in me has to say about the season so far:
Week 1 - Denver Broncos at St. Louis Rams
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. As Ughly as last year's playoff loss to Pittsburgh, only to a much inferior team. The only optimistic thing I had to say about this game was that at least the Broncos loss was to an NFC team and not an AFC team ... I was very, VERY close to turning in my BOC membership after this game.
Week 2 - Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos
Should have been a better game than it was. Offense still struggled. No touchdowns. But that D!? They really came alive during this game. Oh, and thanks to Mr. Reliable, Jason Elam, we won our home opener in OT.
(Oh, and incidentally ... the "customized" song that the Stadium Management folks came up with was a real disappointment - almost as much of a disappointment as the lack of touchdowns in this game. The song sounded like Big Voodoo Daddy or something. It didn't scream football, Colorado, Mile High, or anything of the sort.)
Week 3 - Denver Broncos at New England Patriots
Sigh. Happiness. This is the game where the Broncos justified my love. Sigh (again).
About half way through this game, the announcers started mentioning how historic the Broncos defense was - that they were the first D since the 1940's to go that many quarters (11) into a season without allowing a SINGLE touchdown. As we all know, the Patriots ended that streak with one touchdown toward the end of this game - but it's still the ONLY TD this defense has allowed yet this year!
Week 4 - BYE Week
Week 5 - Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos
It was cold. It was wet. It had more commercial breaks than an infomercial (really - think about it - they actually do break up the infomercial for commercials about the same stupid product the informercial is about). Scott and I ended up sitting in front of two of the most obnoxious opposing team fans we have EVER encountered. Thankfully, by the 4th quarter, they had little to be obnoxious about and they finally shut up. In the meantime, we enjoyed the first home TD of the season (yay! Rod Smith!), and relished in watching the Defense hold the Ravens to a meager 3 pts.
So, what's next? Those yellow-bellied, skirt-wearin', hapless, Davis-owned, LOSERS - the Raiders ... that's what. Then on to bigger and better opponents ... Cleveland (wouldn't it ROCK to have a modern-day version of the Drive this year in Cleveland!?), and of course, the game everyone's eyeing right now ... Indy. I'll go so far as to say that if Peyton's Colts come into Denver undefeated, they won't be leaving that way.
THAT, my friends, is OPTIMISM.
