BOWLS

My new hobby of American Football is drawing to an end. Yesterday it was decided which two teams are going to play the Superbowl in two weeks time. I was routing for the Dallas Cowboys, don't ask me why, I just liked the team. Unfortunately they were knocked out surprisingly last weekend by the NY Giants. That left the Green Bay Packers to stop the perfect and annoying New England Patriots, who so far has won all of their 17 games. But that was not be, because last night the Giants stopped the Packers dead in their tracks, in a harrowing NFC championship game.
The Giants played well, no doubt, especially Eli Manning looked very strong. Still, it shouldn't have been to difficult for the Packers to win. But a lot of different things played against that happening, old man Favre had a good 1st half, and a terrible 2nd half. He threw 3 interceptions totally, and a lot of his throws weren't precise enough for the receivers to pick them out. RB Grant, couldn't get anywhere at all, which of course made the pass rushing that more lethal, and there was some silly play-calls, especially using the screen again and again, though it didn't work.

Burress makes a 32-yard reception

The real focus however, was Giants kicker Tymes. He missed one field goal that were potentially game winning, then he missed a definite game winning kick, with just 4 seconds left on the clock. This caused the game to go into overtime, both teams tied at 20 points. Packers won the toss, but unfortunately Favre threw his third interception, and Giants were on the ball again. They got stopped pretty far of however, and Tymes tried for his third field goal. At 47 yards, it was longer than the two he already missed, and hope was not lost, but the kick was perfects, and Tymes finally send the Giants to the Superbowl vs. the Patriots.
At least one of my favorite fantasy writers, George R. R. Martin, seems happy...

Tymes TOTALLY redeems himself with a 47-yard field goal

Indeed a strange playoff, where almost all the top-seeded teams lost, but also a lot of great great games. Now it's up to Eli and company to stop the Patriots, which I really hope they do, in Super Bowl 42.

Speaking of Bowls, the first reason I got into this sport, was a very violent version of it Games Workshop developed: Blood Bowl. I played it a bit as a kid, but took it up a little when I heard about a free online java version of it from a friend. In Blood Bowl, there's this thing called fluff. Fluff is all the things you invent around a team, that doesn't really affect anything, but makes it a lot more fun. Fluff is very important, and my friend is the master of it. Just look at the history and details of this team. It even has it own merchandise line!

If you're interested in playing, you can get started here.