I am bummed out.\u00a0 My Dad, I talked to him today, is at a rehab facility following his 2nd hip replacement surgery.\u00a0 The plan was he was to be picked up today and brought home.\u00a0 The reality is that he came face to face with a stomach bug yesterday and the stomach bug won.<\/p>\n
Bottom line…Dad won’t be home until Monday and for the first time in recent memory, save one Super Bowl between Dallas and Buffalo, I won’t be with him at his house to watch the Super Bowl.\u00a0 That king eats it.\u00a0 I did talk to Dad today.\u00a0 He said he is feeling better.\u00a0 He is gaining ground.\u00a0 Thanks be to God.\u00a0 His hips don’t hurt anymore.\u00a0 I am so glad for him.<\/p>\n
The show must go on.\u00a0 Super Bowl LII features the New England Patriots, a.k.a the Evil Empire,\u00a0 against the Philadelphia Eagles.\u00a0 The Eagles are my brother Darrell’s favorite team.\u00a0 Go Eagles!\u00a0 To help the Eagles cause, I picked the Patriots 40-17 in a radio contest.\u00a0 I hope it backfires as usual.\u00a0 But then again I would not turn down a TV and a recliners and Reds tickets and an outdoor fire pit and…wait a minute…no…I won’t sell out!\u00a0 I hope my pick is pathetic and the Eagles win by two scores or two points.<\/p>\n
When I think of my favorite Super Bowls…I think about Super Bowl XIII…Steelers 35 Cowboys 31 in the last of the 1970s in January of ’79.\u00a0 Terry Bradshaw v. Roger Staubach for a second time in three years.\u00a0 That was great stuff.<\/p>\n
Of course I wince when I think about my 8th grade year in 1982 with Super Bowl XVI.\u00a0 The Cincinnati Bengals came out and laid a first half egg against the SF 49ers and some third year quarterback named Joe Montana.\u00a0 He threw for 157 yards and was the MVP.\u00a0 My hero, Ken Anderson, threw for 300 and set a then SB completion percentage record and still lost.\u00a0 That was tough, I can tell you.<\/p>\n
Watching Eli Manning lead the Giants to two Super Bowl victories over the New England Patriots should get him in the Hall of Fame one day, especially if the Pats win this one.<\/p>\n
Peyton leading the Colts over the Bears in the rain in Miami was special.<\/p>\n
Then Peyton did it again for the Broncos in Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0 The NFL\u00a0 has not been the same since Peyton rode off in the sunset after this game.<\/p>\n
Have fun tomorrow.\u00a0 I will be watching the game at my parents’ house with my mother and my siblings and my dear wife, Carrie.\u00a0 Go Eagles!<\/p>\n
Speaking the rights…<\/p>\n
Danny Johnson<\/p>\n
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