Miami Dolphin Morning..Smells Sweet like a Cuban Coffee

Woke up this morning with a smile on my face and the realization that last night was not a dream or a fantasy but the Miami Dolphins won a hard earned victory against the Jets in what will be for many "the game of the season." Even if they were to go onto the Super Bowl in Miami (talking on dream time..) this game would still be the turning point, the moment of AHA.. the game where we showed we could win and win big!

That is what life is all about in the end? It's a win and loss statistic. Anyone who has ever passed the benchmark age of 40 knows you look back and realize you won some, you lost a lot. But, it's the victories that keep you going. Their memories become inspiration for your next moment in the sun!

We look back at games like that Miami game against the Colts when we won the time of possession battle and lost the game. Days and years when we do everything right and we still strike out to mix a few metaphors here. Life is a battle of up and down, constant motion forward despite multiple setbacks and moments of glory that we will look back on from the other side of forty. That game we won, that title we were awarded, that play that was published and that perfect prom dress for that perfect night with the perfect partner to the perfect prom. Last night's Dolphin game was like that moment of giving birth, when the baby finally makes it through the birth canal and there is a rush of energy and emotion and elation and a bonded sense by many who were not even on the field that "WE DID IT!!"

And, THAT Virginia is what football is all about!!

It's about my kids strung out all across America getting to watch the Fins beat the Jets on Monday Night Football and reading it in real time on Facebook as they are all high fiving each other in one virtual tailgating party! I was on the phone with my youngest who called seconds before they won and on a Gmail IM with my oldest son and on Facebook IM with my daughter! It was electric, it was as 2009 as it gets!

A good article posted up by the Bloomberg Report on the Game.. says it simply and without much prejudice to either team.

As my sister in law Paula said last night on Facebook..is this a 2 minute drill?? Really? Shades of teams pasts and fighting back and not collapsing!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aEUwCTlL.HLA

And, the stats say it all as football is really a game of math. Chad Henne passed for 260 yards and the Jet's defense gave up 413! We won! And, yes their quarterback is good, very good.. not just cute but good at what he does but he was out played by Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown and even Ginn showed up last night for a big play. And, my only argument with any Jets fan who thinks they gave this game away is that they lost to a team that fought their way through until the end refusing to give up.

With regard to the statement by Rex Ryan about their loss I would like to say that last night Chad Henne WAS Dan Marino and we were as classic Miami Dolphins as it gets ... on the air and on the ground we always take control.. and when you say Miami, you're talking Super Bowl! And, that is true..whether the Fins will be there or they won't the Super Bowl WILL be in Miami this year :) Sweet.. like Cuban Coffee!!


“I’m at kind of a loss for words with our defensive performance,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said during a televised news conference. “We made that quarterback look like Dan Marino. Just a horrendous day for our defense.”


Besos Bobbi.. never at a loss for words ;) and always a bit unpredictable ;)
Great song, great game, great team effort!!