Football was supposed to rescue me from the doldrums of Orioles baseball. Specifically, Ravens football was supposed to do this.
Instead, the Ravens lost a game they should have been blown out in. Even worse, after turning the ball over countless times, they actually have a chance to tie the game up. Instead, they get hit with a bizarre pass interference call on Todd Heap, but quickly get a makeup call on the ensuing play. Of course, the Ravens then cough up the ball in the end zone, as the Bengals intercept a tipped pass. Certainly a way to make it exciting, but it certainly was not how I wanted the game to end.
The Ravens, with hopes high after they season they had last year, were supposed to make me proud to be a Baltimore fan. The season was just ramping up as the Blo’s began their typical late summer tailspin. Instead of the weekly embarrassment that the Blo’s have become, the Ravens were to be the anti-Blo’s. I am instead harshly jarred from my reverie by the fact that my football team loses a game in which they turn the ball over 6 times!
Fortunately, there are 15 more games. Here’s hoping this loss is one of but a few, and that my hoped-for Ravens season still turns out to be the salve that heals the wounds of an embarrassing baseball campaign.
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