Found September 03, 2012 on Oregon Sports News: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Welcome to the second decade of the 2000’s: where television shows can be watched at the viewer’s leisure; where movie trailers disclose the story, twist, and conclusion to every single upcoming film; where reality shows produce higher ratings than The State of the Union address, and where fantasy sports have reached levels of popularity that it took the sports they are based on over half a century to accomplish. Like I told my girlfriend who jokingly complained about us being past the honeymoon stage of our relationship and well into the nagging, comfortable stage: that’s just where we are right now. And that’s okay. Well, except for the movie trailers’ excessive divulgence. That has got to stop. Since I am sure Seahawks fans have likely read ad nauseum about their teams’ playoff prospects, division foes, and the looming question marks that drape over Seattle like the clouds over the Space Needle (what an unimaginative, uncool name for such an iconic building), I will not bore...
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