One U.K. scientist has determined that today, January 24th, is the grimmest day on the calendar -- though one has to wonder if that's the case in the Southern Hemisphere.
As for me, the grimmest day of the year, the one that ushers in the most miserable time of the year, has to be the day after the Super Bowl.
Why? For the most part, I'm usually worn out from some party the night before, one that usually doesn't wind up until around 11:00 p.m. How much easier would life be if the NFL simply scheduled the Super Bowl for the Sunday before the Martin Luther King Day Holiday?
But after that's over with, I'm confronted by weeks of bad weather without football to help carry me through. Sure, we used to have the NHL, but this is just the time of year when you begin to realize that the NHL season is about 20 games too long.
I'm not much of a college basketball fan -- at least not until Day One of the NCAA Tournament. In the end, relief only gets delivered in the form of baseball's Opening Day, a date on the calendar that seems far too distant just one day after Super Sunday.
So fix the date on your calendars my friends. February 7th won't be lucky at all this year.
It will for me! That’s my birthday. Shared by several luminating celebrities as…..hmmm…no one.
Maybe it is an unlucky day…it’s a Monday after all.
What the NFL really should do is move the game to Saturday. Since they’re apparently making the 2-week break permanent, it’s not going to put a major crimp in the teams’ ability to get ready. I know Saturday’s the worst day for TV ratings, but that shouldn’t have an effect on the Super Bowl. Plus, it’ll be easier for kids to stay up late since they don’t have to go to school the next day.
It could be that Tags has a long-term plan to keep extending the schedule until he can get it to mid-February and put it on the Sunday before President’s Day, though.