TUESDAY COMMENTARY – YOU CAN’T GO BACK & BO KNOWS

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IT’S TUESDAY AND THAT MEANS ANOTHER EDITION OF THE ALWAYS FUN ‘THE GOOD, THE GREAT & THE UGLY’!

FIRST THE GOOD: LIKE ANYTHING, IT’S A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE. IT’S GOOD FOR THE CALGARY STAMPEDERS THAT DURING THE CFL STRETCH DRIVE THEY’VE GOT NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE QUARTERBACKS WHO APPEAR ABLE TO WIN GAMES.

BY NAME, THEY ARE JAKE MAIER, TOMMY STEVENS AND BO LEVI MITCHELL.

WHOM IT’S NOT GOOD FOR IS BO LEVI WHO, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, ISN’T NEEDED IN CALGARY AND I JUST CAN’T SEE A SCENARIO WHERE HE EVEN FINISHES THE SEASON WITH THE STAMPEDERS.

THE TEAM’S IN CHARGE OF COURSE, BUT THIS LIVING LEGEND HAS EARNED MORE THAN STANDING ON THE SIDELINES AT THIS POINT IN HIS CAREER. HE SHOULD BE MORE THAN JUST AN INSURANCE POLICY.

GOOD FOR BO FOR HOW WELL HE’S DEALING WITH IT BECAUSE I’M NOT SURE I COULD.

NEXT, THE GREAT: PLEASE REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THIS POINT; ALL THE DRAMA, HEROICS AND BLOOPERS OF THE OPENING WEEK OF THE NFL SEASON HAVE NOT BEEN LOST ON ME.

AFTER COVID WIPED OUT SO MUCH OF SPORTS, IT’S BEYOND HEARTWARMING TO SEE THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT PLAY OUT BEFORE OUR EYES WHETHER IT BE IN PERSON, OR ON TV.

WHEN YOU GO THROUGH HARD TIMES IT’S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU LEARN FROM THEM, AND EMERGE WITH A NEWFOUND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, AND WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH.

MAYBE YOU DON’T, BUT I CERTAINLY DO. AND IT MAKES THE GOOD TIMES SO MUCH SWEETER.

AND LASTLY, THE UGLY: IT’S WHAT WENT DOWN IN SEATTLE MONDAY NIGHT.

IT WAS UGLY ENOUGH THAT QUARTERBACK RUSSELL WILSON CAME IN WITH DENVER ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND GOT BOOED IN A STADIUM WHERE HE TOOK THE TEAM TO TWO SUPER BOWLS, WINNING ONE.

BUT ADDING INSULT TO INJURY WAS WILSON HAVING THE BALL TAKEN OUT OF HIS HANDS BY ROOKIE COACH NATHANIAL HACKETT WHO THOUGHT, DOWN ONE WITH A MINUTE TO GO, IT WOULD BE BEST TO TRY A 64-YARD FIELD GOAL RATHER THAN GO OR IT ON 4^TH-AND-5.

UH, DENVER’S KICKER MISSED THE FIELD GOAL. THE SEAHAWKS WON BY ONE.

AND RUSSELL’S RETURN TO SEATTLE COULD NOT HAVE GONE WORSE.

IT’S JUST MORE PROOF THAT, YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY

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