Good grief! Mark Sanchez, meet Lucy van Pelt

Another short one today about football.

Perhaps I should have oohed and aahed over the New York Jet’s 30-27  comeback in the last 10 seconds  to beat the Houston Texans yesterday. But I just can’t. The Texans looked as if they were going to have this one in the last two minutes. Even the announcers talked as if better days were ahead. But, of course, what is 55 seconds in the NFL?  Apparently long enough for the Texans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!

Then, the 42-yard bomb down the sidelines from Jets’ QB Mark Sanchez to Braylon Edwards which led to another pass from Sanchez to Santonio Holmes for the score. I’ll say this for Sanchez, on that pass which led to the miraculous comeback, he looked worth all the hype everyone heard in pre-season. At lest for that pass.

Houston, heavens to Murgatroyd! The Texans fall to 4-6 after even  the big sports media started believing that this might be the year they are real. Houston still has a chance albeit very slight to prove to their fans that they are real. Why to hear Dallas Cowboys fans talk about their new energy from interim coach Jason Garrett, the ‘Boys now at 3-7 after beating Detroit yesterday might just end up hosting and playing in  the Super Bowl after all. That would really drive me over the edge.

Sometimes, when it comes to rooting for a football team, I feel like Charlie Brown might have felt after Lucy jerked away the football he was trying to kick.