By Jay O'Brien (pictured in rain gear below)
They say that the best defense is a good offense, so let me say this at the beginning of my first & only blog entry of the season ----- it’s all Josh Lukin’s fault. The sports world is intense, competitive, and superstitious, and there are certain things that should never be changed in the midst of a championship season – socks, underwear, and miniature tripod carriers. And as for my own 0-3 career record traveling with the Baltimore Ravens, I have only 1 response – Josh is 0-3 in those games watching them from alternate locations. Coincidence?So after the 13-7 game in Cincinnati, and after my dream of being in the post game locker room as the Ravens celebrated a division championship was dashed, I began thinking of other things that would have changed during the road trip to Cincinnati had I not been there (and before I get started, let me warn you that this is what happens when you call me Julie and make fun of my snazzy suit that I wore on the plane):
1) Lauryn and Josh would have been able to go out to dinner with relatives, who live in every NFL city. Following the dinner, which will happen at “one of the best steakhouses/seafood places/salad emporiums in the country,” they would have been able to take a wonderful picture outside of said steakhouse/seafood place/salad emporium to post right here.
2) Scotty would have spoken to someone else about something completely meaningless for 20 minutes straight “Yeah Jay, you can take razor blades on the plane now. You can take as many as you want! You used to not be able to take fluids on, or toothpastes for that matter, but now they just look at it and say, Ok you’re good to go! Even Scope you can bring on, I don’t know about the other brands of mouthwash, but definitely Scope. Hey Jay, do you have any Scope? Where am I?”
3) Jeff Atkinson would have missed a shot. I know this is unimaginable because he not only invented cameras and all lighting equipment, but also the sunlight and moonlight that lights the earth. But seriously, he would’ve missed a shot. Because you know, he’s not perfect. Seriously.
4) The entire crew would have made it to the Tropicana bar in Kentucky and, instead of hanging out with Jason Giambi, Marshall Faulk, and Nick Lachey (which actually happened), they would have sat at the bar and ordered questionable minty &/or fruity beverages from the male bartenders wearing bowties but not shirts. Tim would continue to try and get into the VIP level with his minty &/or fruity beverage, but would still be waiting outside because “that tall dude doesn’t work for the Ravens, he works for WBAL!!”
5) Junior would not have to worry about that awkward climb up the stairs to the plane with Lauryn struggling to carry her bags in front of him. Do I offer to help her? Do I let her struggle? Oh, she’ll be okay.
6) Don would text message me back in Baltimore with funny lines from Family Guy.
7) With my absence, Larry would find a new person to call Half-day _______. My vote goes to Brevet, aka Half-day Elvis.
8) And last, but certainly not the least, I would have been soaked with Yuengling instead of rain as the Ravens would have won the game.(P.S. I hope that the Ravens organization doesn’t actually believe that I’m a curse, because I would LOVE to travel to our playoff games if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if we make the playoffs.)
Happy trails Ravens Road blog, maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe we’ll get to read you thru the playoffs.
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