Football live blog: A Monstro Blog first

I'm watching the Steelers-Chargers game right now and thought I'd live blog, I don't think we've done it before, we're always pushing the envelope here at the Monstro Blog:

1:39 left in the second quarter

Nate Kaeding just drilled a field goal, it's 10-7 SD, I am rooting for SD because I love an underdog, they are like the homeless person at the debutante ball for god's sake they were 8-8. If I could kick things well being an NFL kicker would be such a sweet job, you swing your leg maybe 5-10 games per game and occasionally try to tackle someone with no expectations of succeeding, and you make a cool million or two.

Ed Reed is a fucking beast, I was just thinking that, nothing to do with this game but hey, you're all in my head now whether you like it or not.

Dan Dierdorf isn't announcing this game which is good because I'd wouldn't be blogging, I'd be trying to hang myself.

Dan Baxter, don't hang yourself, there's always next year, enjoy the Atlantic Ocean, breathe through it.

Halftime

Now 14-10 Pittsburgh, I am on tape delay so I get to fast forward the halftime show, bitches!

This is a crazy playoffs, Baltimore and Arizona and Philly are getting way deeper than they should, can you imagine a Cardinals-Ravens super bowl?!?

7:14 third quarter

Pittsburgh is like a fat kid in elementary school PE class, they are up 21-10 now and they are just grinding down SD like they don't have a lot of ability, just fat, fat grit. It's funny how teams can embody their cities, the gritty steelers with a tough D and running backs like "the bus" and then the flashy SoCal chargers with guys like Sproles and LT, etc.

Those beer commercials where they splice in real interviews of the coaches are getting really annoying. The "wanna get away" moments though can be pretty amazing. Now there is a guy beating his onion, I'm going to get more orange slices.

How funny would it be if the Chargers made a rookie sneak up behind Polamalu and snip his hair off? I mean, pretty funny, right?

2:03 third quarter

Oh man, SD fumbled a punt and PIT returned it for a TD but it was called back on account of the "muff" rule, come on, really.

14:56 fourth quarter

wow! epic goal line stand for SD's defense as PIT was going for the jugular on a 4th down attempt, down 21-10 still, hope still has a fighting chance for the bolts.

I wonder who's a bigger meathead, Phillip Rivers or Ben Roethlisberger?

12:52 fourth quarter

The sunny hope for SD has felt the cold indifference of nature they call Pittsburgh.

I wonder if Pittsburgh is one of those places like Delaware, Wienerschnitzel and Gabon that doesn't really exist, I mean I don't think I know anyone who's been there.

4:11 fourth quarter

Pittsburgh is laying a Cardinals-Panthers-style beatdown on SD now, mainly I think to scare anyone off of trying to discover where Pittsburgh actually is or what goes on there.

There is a sad and predictable poetry to the dance at the end of football and basketball games, the routines, the motions, the epic looks of sadness and depression on the losing bench, the last few lineups on the ball, 350 pound men breathing steam towards each other as they half heartedly collide to honor the rules and ethic of competition

1:53 fourth quarter

Whoa, I blacked out, the game only elapsed about two minutes and Darren Sproles is so fast and scored another TD, I wonder if LT is getting over the hill and next season there will be drama.

Game over

Maybe next time a coach comes out to shake Belichik post game they should throw a right uppercut and knock him out, it's just too formal as is.

thanks for coming on the journey, maybe the next time there is a midnight mass at the Vatican I'll live blog that.