Lost in the “Will Terrell Owens play?” nonsense, the national media has not given proper respect to Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback.
On Sunday, McNabb will be at the helm of the Eagles in his first trip to the Super Bowl. After three heartbreaking defeats in the NFC Championship game, including one in St. Louis, McNabb and the Eagles have a shot at winning the title. But you wouldn’t know it from the pre-Super Bowl hype. It’s all T.O., all the time.
Even motor mouth Freddie Mitchell’s smack-talkin’ feud with hard-hittin’ Rodney Harrison couldn’t really break into the spotlight.
It’s all T.O., all the time.
Aren’t the New England Patriots in this game, too? Aren’t they a dynasty in the making? Who would know?
It’s all T.O., all the time.
By the way, the SportsEye still thinks the Ricky Proehl “tonight, a dynasty is born” quote moments before the St. Louis Rams laid an egg in the 2002 Super Bowl ranks among the most ironic in NFL history.
But, back to the man, McNabb.
While the T.O shenanigans have ruled, black America has patiently watched and waited for McNabb to take the field on Sunday evening.
Black America did it in 1988 when Doug Williams led the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl victory.
Black America did it when Barry Bonds approached 70 home runs.
Black America did it when John Thompson battled for NCAA Championships with the Georgetown Hoyas, when Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali took the ring and when Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s “color line.”
Black America watches and waits for the moment it knows many people don’t want to see.
While the pundits spin the game 1,000 different ways, black America sees but one important thing.
Donovan McNabb, a black quarterback, has a chance to win the Super Bowl.
Should he fail, Black America will tip its hat to the Patriots. In fact, McNabb is an underdog in his quest for the Super Bowl. It doesn’t matter to Black America, though. That nation will be with McNabb from the first minute of the game until the final gun sounds.
One big difference
The SportsEye has now become guilty of the T.O all the time curse. What can be said?
Anyway, Terrell Owens has been banded as selfish by many a media star this week for attempting to play in Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Are you kidding?
While Owens’ behavior is questionable, his mouth too often offensive and his respect for the game of football questionable, he has always given 100 percent and never shied away from the pain it takes to be a NFL star.
Some would say that his on-field antics and, of course, the “Desperate Housewives” promo before a Monday Night Football game are the real cause for the “selfish” comments.
If this is the case, it’s shameful.
There is also the specter of racism. Quite frankly, if the player attempting to n pardon the word n desperately return from a broken ankle were white, he would be hailed a hero. Instead, Owens is being called selfish. You do the math.
Figure this
There are a few people picking the Eagles in the Super Bowl. So is the SportsEye. 28-27 Eagles over the Patriots.
