Norway Rules

My favorite events in the Olympics tonight were the Super G and skeleton.  Both had nice story lines and endings, but no Americans were in contention.  I can't believe the winter games juggernaut that Norway has put together.  I guess it makes sense since the whole country is snow capped mountains.  I went to college with over a hundred Norwegians.  In the two years preceding the 1994 Lillehammer games, they all regularly wore Lillehammer '94 shirts.  I think someone or another was wearing one every day.  I've yet to meet an American fan group as passionate about their team as the Norwegians were about their Olympic team!

Once figure skating started I thought I'd get a quick post in showing off another set I received last month.  This one is the 2015 Topps flagship set, the last one that Topps did.  I was kind of sad about that.  Topps had a very long continuous run of football cards.

Antonio Brown is one of my favorite couple of players.  I really think he had a chance to be the first wide receiver league MVP this year, had he not missed the last three games of the season.

Topps didn't display the entire career stats on the back of the cards this year, only the past two seasons.  I'd much prefer, especially for guys like the Manning brothers, to have the whole career laid out to soak in.

Here are a couple of defensive studs.  J.J. Watt was just becoming the best in the league at this time.  Polamalu was sunsetting a hall of fame (I hope) career.  I wish I had a nickel for every different pronunciation I heard of his last name, especially early in his career.

I can't think of any team off the top of my head that had consecutive hall of fame quarterbacks for healthy lengths of time each.  But that's my prediction for the Packers and Favre-Rodgers.
Drew Brees is 1400 passing yards from taking over 2nd all-time from Favre.  And he's only 1500 yards from becoming the all-time leader over Peyton Manning.  He should do that after 6-7 games next season.  Not bad for a guy whose first couple of years in San Diego weren't exactly superb statistically.  Tom Brady is next, 4000 yards behind him.  That's one season at the rate these guys go.  But Brees is a year and half younger than Brady, so should he stay healthy, I think Brees won't be caught by Brady.  There's nobody else on the horizon who's on pace.

And finally, here's the best super glue shot in the set.  It probably took a couple drops to stick the point of the ball to his neck like this.  Look ma, no hands!