As a San Francisco season ticket holder, I have to say that they are the team you love to hate (now that Dallas has fallen on hard times). To my recollection, they stopped the Niners in the playoffs at least three, perhaps four times in the 1990s.
As much as I hate to admit it, I always harbored a sneaking admiration for Brett Favre's play. He reminded me a lot of Elway in his ability to bring the team back in the last couple of minutes for a win.
I watched last night's game against Carolina and saw that he seems pretty much as sharp as ever.
I love the fact that I can watch American football with only one eye (and an ear) on the TV and do a bunch of other stuff at the same time. Not the case with English football.. far faster pace. If you don't watch intently, you lose the plot right away.
But American football? I can go away, cook dinner, eat it, and come back and very little will have happened in at least 75% of the games I watch.
Good for my productivity with household chores.
Posted by artandscience at September 14, 2004 08:58 PM