>>>I give the Broncos credit. They beat the Patriots, which I didn't think they would. Talk about a game changing play -- Champ Bailey intercepting a pass that would have put the Pats ahead and taking it 100 yards the other way. He ... could ... go ... all ... the ... way. He didn't, but the Broncos punched it in from the 1 on the next down. One play, one misthrown pass by a master. That shows you how hard it is to win one Super Bowl, much less three in a row. There will always be pebbles in your path.
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>>>Da Bears, I don't really want to talk about it. Everyone else here is. I had a bad feeling about this game so I'm not shocked or bitching. I just didn't think they would lose because the defense couldn't stop anything. The D was their core all year long. Oh, well. When your defensive secondary gets toasted on three touchdown passes -- I wasn't near the place! -- and you have offensive issues, c'est la vie. Let it go, let it go, let it go. Da Bears gave us a better season than any of us had any reasonable hope to expect last summer. Thanks, guys.
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>>>The end of the Steelers-Colts game was wild. Did you see it?
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>>Yes, I did watch it. I was (as you might have guessed) pulling for the Steelers. HOME FIELD! Denver has one of the best home field records in the NFL. If you've ever been to Colorado, you might have some insight into why. Going from sea level to 5280 feet and trying to run is a killer.
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>>As for da Bears, you should be happy. They were predicted to go 3-13 and they wound up going to the divisional playoffs. Get some offense, and who knows what can happen.
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>>As for the Broncos/Pats game, I was never worried. As I've said before we had the best record against them of anyone and they had only beaten a few teams all year with winning records.
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>I had two extended contracts in Denver, several months both times, and it remains my favorite American city. That view of the Rockies never came close to growing old. I went to a number of Broncos games (as well as innumerable Nuggets games), courtesy of coworkers, at the old Mile High. It was always a blast, more a civic institution than a sports team. I hope Broncos fans haven't lost that feeling of amiability now that the team is more successful.
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>You've got that right about the altitude. I was still running 10K's (first time) and marathons (second time) when I was in Denver, and every one of those 5280 feet were trying to kick my butt. Interestingly enough, my morning runs in 1992 took me past John Elway Jeep/Eagle. It always made me smile because it seemed like the next best thing to having a license to print money -- a John Elway Jeep dealership in Denver.
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>If you make it back to Denver before I do, try to hit the Brewery Bar for lunch. (Get there before 11:30 or after 2:00 if you don't want to wait in a long line). Try the beef and bean burrito, double green, with maybe a Tiny to wash it down with.


I've eaten there. They brought me a "sampler". I thought they meant a sample, it turns out that was 8 - 8oz beers. Too much for me to drink. I'll be back out there later this year. If I don't win the primary here in May, I'll be there in August, then again in the fall for hunting. All this provided the doctors don't do me in on the 24th.

If I don't win Sheriff, I'll be spending a lot more time out there - probably 3-4 months a year.