From the monthly archives:

January 2006

Super Bowl Tickets Myths

January 31, 2006

ESPN along with StubHub published a list of the top 9 myths about Super Bowl Tickets. This article is a great read. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=rovell/060131

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A Steelers Prayer

January 31, 2006

While looking for Steelers tailgate parties for the Super Bowl, I found this gem. http://www.paulsontours.com/hme/hme.asp A Steeler Prayer Our father, who art in Pittsburgh, football be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, 4 Super Bowls won, on earth as it is in Heinz Field. Give us this day a Super Bowl victory, and forgive us our [...]

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Super Bowl XL Podcasts

January 30, 2006

Iíve been listening to this podcast all season, and it has been awesome. These guys watch hours of game films of both the Steelers and the opposing teams and then do an analysis. Even though itís a Steelers podcast, a couple of the guys actually picked against the Steelers last week. This is one of [...]

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Matty is Evil

January 29, 2006

I was bored watching a rerun of the Super Bowl XIII half time show (the half time show really sucked back then), and I couldn’t find the remote to fast forward, so I decided to mess around on the net for a bit. I came across this interesting site, The Gematriculator, which will rate your [...]

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Football is Big Busines$

January 29, 2006

As most of you are probably already aware, pro football is big business. The money spent by corporations and fans to support pro football is at astronomical levels.  With all of this money spent, you’d think the NFL would have optomized the markets for tickets, advertising and broadcasting. Well, that’s not exactly the case. To [...]

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Behind Enemy Lines

January 26, 2006

Yes, I’m stuck behind enemy lines and I love it. I’ve finally recovered enough from last weekend that I can spend a few minutes writing about it. Last weekend I went to Sideline’s sportbar to watch the AFC Championship with the rest of the Seattle Black and Gold Brigade. We ended up drinking shots everytime [...]

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Oh my, Pittsburgh’s going to the Superbowl!

January 22, 2006

OK, so I’m still a little tipsy, though I’ve been drinking since 10:00 am. If I had to tell you what my dream matchup for the Superbowl would be, I’d say Pittsburgh vs. Seattle, Holy crap, that’s what happened. We are in the process of procuring tickets for the game in Detroit. I don’t know how [...]

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Pictures from the Divisional Playoff

January 18, 2006

Pix from the divisional playoff at Qwest Field can be found here: http://offramp.exit83.com/photos/matty/category1039.aspx

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Faster than a speeding bullet

January 18, 2006

Yes, I know my brithday is still 9 months away, but I don’t care. I’ve found the ultimate toy for the ultimate geek. Those of you who always claim that they don’t know what to get me for my birthday, well here’s a hint. Get me the Ariel Atom from Ariel Motor Company. There is [...]

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My 15 minutes are almost up

January 17, 2006

You already found the picture of us in the Seattle PI tailgating this weekend, but did you listen to the podcast? Did you happen to see us tailgating on KOMO news? Peaboy created some signs to relay an inside joke we have at every game. The signs read “2:00 YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED” which we [...]

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