To continue the birds discussion from yesterday – The declarations of “we’re gonna be awesome” or “this will end badly” are both kindof pointless. None of us really has any idea what’s going to happen this season. One thing that’s unarguable is that it’ll be interesting to see all these new players give it a shot.
We, for one, can’t wait. It’s your choice to look forward to that, or to start whining about the team before they’ve even played a down. And if you choose the latter, thank god we don’t have to sit down to dinner with you every night. Must be brutal.
As for “Great White Hope” story – who cares if Kolb is white? We don’t care that Kolb is white or DeSean is black any more than we care that Reno Mahe is polynesian. Reno Mahe sucked, that’s all we cared about. People hope Kolb will be good because they want the Eagles to be good. People say he’s gonna suck because somebody pissed in their Cheerios this morning.
As for “slim chances that he’ll be Aaron Rodgers” & “no coach has drafted 2 franchise QBs” – both these things are statistically true. But pulling out those stats is like pointing out “the Phillies are historically 122-230 against the Diamondbacks in the month of July” or whatever… does that have anything to do with what happens in the game tonight? Do you honestly feel like the Eagles have less of a chance of beating a team on a particular Monday night just because they have historically lost to that team on Monday nights?
Wait and see, hope for the best- that’s what we say… There are certainly as many positive question marks on this team as there are negative ones. If the chips all fall in the right way, we could be awesome. If they all fall off the table, we could be terrible.
For now, this sums up our philosophy on the 2010 Philadelphia Eagles:
Small un-Philadelphia-related sports comment (which is unusual around here, I know)… I’m really not much of a cynic, but if you don’t think ALL professional cyclists are doing some kind of drugs, you’re foolin’ yourself. Landis, Armstrong, etc. – there literally isn’t one guy on that tour who’s not doping. It’s been so weird to hear commentators say things like “Well, Landis just isn’t credible, so why should we believe him?” This is like the Macguire thing, people just choosing to keep the yellow jersey pulled over their eyes. Then five years later everyone’s like “Oh yeah, obviously.” Guess what? Obviously right now.
Send us a picture with Chase Utley and a cheesesteak, somewhere in Philadelphia. Make it with photoshop, with scissors & glue– heck you can make it with crayons. Just make it awesomely hilarious. Email your submissions to chase@philavania.com
THE WINNINGS:
Our favorite five submissions will get a phree sweet-ass t-shirt from Philavania. What if we can’t pick 5 because they’re all so awesome? Well maybe we’ll give away 10 shirts. Blow our minds kids!
THE EXAMPLE:
Here is a quick example we whipped up. See? Chase, a cheesesteak, and Philadelphia. Simple! Elegant! Awesome!
Oh my lord, somehow we’ve got 10,000 phans. Phree T-Shirt Time! In honor of such a tall accomplishment, we’re looking for the TALLEST DUDE ever wearing a Philavania T-Shirt. Be tallest, wear PhV t-shirt, win prize. Upload pics here or email to talldude{at}philavania.com. We’re gonna wait til we’ve got at least 10 submissions to chooose a winner, cuz we want lots of pictures of tall peeps. So spread the word!
PS: Remember when Manute hit 6 3-pointers in a game? 17 years ago today. SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO! Wtf.
PPS: As much as we love photoshopped pics, the real winner’s gonna have to be the Real Tall Deal. And maybe try to stand next to something to give perspective on your heightyness. Like for example, The World’s Tallest Thermometer, in Baker, California.
Manute n' Muggsy! Awwwwww, it's funny because there's such a big difference between them!
