by Benton
Brittany took a more family approach with her blog than I did with mine. My blog is a bunch of rants about my two favorite things: cars and liberty. If that sort of thing interests you, please come join the conversation. If, however, you just want a little Crane family gossip, this is still the place.
Brittany is allowing me to join her in posting things that family and friends would enjoy. I will still leave the “Hallie rolled over” posts to Brittany, but I will chime in occasionally when I have something I think the family would like to hear about . . . you know, Hallie might flip the bird or fart really loud in church.
Today’s post is directed mostly to my brothers. Being an NFL fan in Utah sucks! The closest teams are 10 hours away in Denver or Phoenix. By comparison, we now live in football’s promised land. There are 15 NFL teams within a similar 10 hour range:
- Washington Redskins–right here
- Baltimore Ravens–45 minutes away (still in the playoffs)
- Philadelphia Eagles–2.5 hours (still in the playoffs)
- New York Giants–4 hours
- New York Jets–4 hours
- Pittsburgh Steelers–4.5 hours (still in the playoffs)
- Cleveland Browns–6.5 hours
- Carolina Panthers–6.5 hours
- Buffalo Bills–7.5 hours
- New England Patriots–8 hours
- Cincinnati Bengals–8.5 hours
- Detroit Lions–9 hours
- Indianapolis Colts–9.5 hours
- Tennessee Titans–10 hours
- Atlanta Falcons–10 hours
Today at work I went to the gym. One of the personal trainers was giving me some tips when a guy stormed in the gym wearing a Baltimore Ravens jersey. He was yelling, taunting, and dancing like he just scored a game winning touchdown (black guys can get away with random public dances). My trainer, probably a Steelers fan, yelled at him from across the gym and all of the sudden all exercising stopped for a massive trash talk session. Men, women, black, white, everybody joined in. Some of the one-liners were great:
“Maaan, You would’n bet 2 dawlas on yo own team!”
“Ya man, dat’s all I can affode. Da rest is goin fo my super bowl pawty!”
Don’t get me wrong, Utah’s sports scene gets really good once a year when the Jazz are in the playoffs. There is always some passionate trash talk that seems to bring out all the Lakers’ lemmings. But what we’re experiencing out here simply takes it to a higher level. We’re surrounded by people who seem to live for next week’s game. They plan huge parties, buy insane amounts of alcohol, schedule “sick time” for the day after, and are always willing to speak their football minds.
So, if you’re planning a trip out here, you ought to check next year’s schedule for Monday night football games. We’ll let you take us with you :). Make sure to get your ticket well in advance, the games always sell out.
Hey Brittany, this is Jill (Ryan) Collier, I hope you remember me way back from high school š Anyway, I saw your blog through Marci Child’s and thought I would say hi! You have such a cute family and you look beautiful! Hope things are good!
I’m a displaced Denver Broncos Fan.. But I do find consolation in rooting for The Ravens as a local team. However, any time it’s Ravens vs Broncos, the Broncos will always get the nod.
I bleed Orange and Blue..
And you are forgetting to add 2-3 hours for any local Redskins or Ravens game as the Beltway is a parking lot during their games. Plan on leaving 4 hours early if you want to catch a game on time.