Positively Annoying?

8:00 AM Elizabeth Seckman 24 Comments

Conner, Caleb, Carter, and Cole at Heinz Stadium

If you're a fellow Steelers fan, you understand that last weekend was painful. After a season of ups, downs, and a tie the Steelers had a few hurdles to jump over to get into the play offs. Not only did they have to beat the Bengals, but the Browns needed to beat the Ravens.

As mostly devout Steeler's fans (we do have a Bears fan in that row of boys), we were excited for the game. And what a game it was! It was tight, but in the end, the Steelers pulled through to win by a field goal.

But that wasn't the only job that needed to be done to grab the wildcard spot. The Browns still had to win. Score updates had the Browns and Ravens swapping top spots minute after minute. After the Steeler's game ended, they switched the jumbotron in the stadium to the Browns vs. Raven's game.

No one left the stadium. Even the Steeler players seated themselves on their helmets right there on the field to watch. The Browns had the ball and the opportunity to win the game!

So hopeful, we were. This could be an epic moment. If the Browns could pull out a win, how awesome a moment would that be? The stadium would surely go wild.

But no. Three missed passes and an interception ended the game. But not in our favor.

We were bummed. Some more than others. My son Cole (the one on the far end of the picture) is a hardcore Steeler fan and he didn't take the Brown's loss well at all. He was so mad, he got mad at me for recovering from the loss too quickly. He pointed out that I was happy and over it by the time I left the stadium. That I'd say since it wasn't a tumor, it wasn't a big enough deal to be properly sad about it.

He was right.

It would have been nice to win. But not winning wasn't going to ruin my night. All of my kids were home. They are all healthy and as happy as young people with dashed play-off hopes could be (all but that Bears fan, he's still got Super Bowl dreams) and at the end of the night, I'm pretty darned happy.

Maybe next year will be a better year for football. Until then, I'll still enjoy the play off games.

I know, I know...the optimist in me is annoying at times.


 Annoyingly Positive Plan B Playoff Plan

I can't root for my #1 team, but I have chosen teams I will be cheering for. Since I don't know much about any other team in the NFL besides the Steelers, I had to come up with a system for picking winners. So, I am using logic. If you paired up the mascots, who would come out on top?

Bears over the Eagles
Cowboys over Seahawks
Chargers over Ravens
(All birds lose, unless there's some sort of avian flu.)
Texans over Colts
(I'm assuming a Texan would be well armed and have the opposable thumb a Colt would lack.)

We'll see how my predictions hold up.
First game starts at 1:00. Check out the schedule here.