Antonio Fever!!!

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Another day, another quarterback loses to the Mexican. And to add insult to injury, Eli loses to a Gramatica brother. Both Mannings have lost to Antonio. I wonder which Manning son Archie hates most. Let's see. Both lost to the Mexican. But Peyton lost to an, uh, "athletic" quarterback yesterday. Eli's lost to 2 "athletic" quarterbacks + Rex Grossman (proudly boasting a 1.3 quarterback rating today). Yeah, I think Archie hates Eli more.



I continue to be tickled that the national media has mostly declined to discuss Romo's Mexican-ity. The CBS pre-game show did a big background piece on Romo and failed to even mention his heritage. They even interviewed his mother. I guess they just forgot to mention his father. I just don't think that mentioning his heritage, which is in fact unusual for an NFL player, is any less interesting than all of the excruciating details of his childhood in Burlington, Wisconsin. So I've decided that I won't be calling him by his government name. He'll always be Antonio on this blog.

After botching his imaginary romance with Jessica Simpson, Antonio is testing his game again. Now he is declaring his love for Carrie Underwood. He thinks "she is cute and does things the right way." Funny, I wasn't aware the country singer did much of anything. But I guess she's cute enough.

But despite Romo's corny game, bad taste in music and mounting evidence that he does not like girls who, uh, look like me, I find myself drawn to him. He dresses like a bum, but he's tall, good looking and he surely has a gigantic contract extension in his future. What's not to love? He's hardworking with the perfect dose of cockiness. And did I mention his contract extension?


My dilemma is what my sudden longing for Romo means for my ongoing love affair with Terrell Owens. Can I love two guys on one team? Is that ethical? If Ed Werder can break up with T.O., maybe I can too. But I just might be falling victim to Joe Buck's subversive undermining of Terrell's greatness by enthusiastically counting all his drops. Damn you, Joe Buck. Damn you.




But I'm glad to see Antonio still doing well. I don't even remember seeing any of those annoying jump shots from the Giants last night. For that alone, Romo has my undying devotion.