It's football time again...

[Gwennie!]

At the risk of sounding like I'm trolling you all, I will say this anyway.......

On my flight back from Chicago a couple of weeks ago, the guy sitting next to me was former Raider great linebacker Phil Villapiano (77 Super Bowl team). What a character. He was going to a celebrity golf torny in Monterrey.

Anyway, I asked him who he thought would be in the Super Bowl. He said it was wide open, but we could see an all Missouri Super Bowl. His buddy was a guy from the Giants that I didn't know. That guy thought that the Rams offense would have a hard time in Philly if it were cold.

It was interesting how Villapiano still hated the Steelers a lot.

I asked him what he thought of the Keyshawn Johnson situation. He said "Man, would I love to tackle THAT guy."

Also, I asked him if the Raiders were the first NFL team to use the 3-4 as a base defense. He said no, it was Denver. After the Raiders saw what it did to their offense, and the DL injuries, they adopted it next.

Damn, Phil Villapiano was one of the guys who defined the 3-4 Outside Linebacker position.

He didn't start talking to me until his laptop battery went dead. The movie was terrible. So, we were both glad to have a good conversation to get us thru the rest of the flight.