And then it was Monday

I guess the good news though, is that is only a three day work week. But boy, what a Sunday yesterday was for a Jets and Devils fan.

It all got started around noon for those of us on Central Time. The New York Jets were down in Nashville to face the undefeated Tennessee Titans and it was being televised in my area. The Jets were up 7-0 after the first quarter, 10-3 after the second, and 20-3 after the third. Then the fourth quarter started. The Titans started off with a field goal to make it 20-6. Two touchdowns could tie it up. I started to get nervous. Then Leon Washington busts out his 61 yard run for a touchdown to put the Jets up 27-6. I breathe a sigh of relief. But then it takes the Titans only 4 plays in a span of 1:24 to answer with their own touchdown to make it 27-13. I started to get nervous again but thanks to some dropped passes and pass interference penalties by Tennesse, the Jets not only hung on, but scored another touchdown to give the Titans their first loss of the season.

Well that was awesome, and by the time it was over I only had an hour to wait until the Devils game started. Only an hour, more than enough time to think about how bad the Devils were going to suck and kill my buzz. The first sign that it could happen was that I was only going to get the Tampa Bay feed. The Devils tried to ease my mind by taking a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. That's nice and all but I'm still nervous. By the middle of the 2nd the Devils are up by 5-0 and have chased Kolzig out of the net. Then the next thing you know, bam! Bam! Bam! Three unanswered goals by the Lighting and they are back to trailing by only two goals going into the third. The optimism well has now run dry. I prepare myself for a failure of epic proportions. Fortunately, Dainius Zubrus and the Devils did not let that happen. Zubes netted two more goals to bring his total to four in the game setting a personal record. Not only that, but that made him the first player of this season to score four in a game. I have no idea if Kevin Weekes knew any of this or not, but all of the patting on the back he gave to Zubrus during the on ice post game celebration was reminiscent of Brodeur's 500th win.