U.S. Sports & Week 2 NFL

Nice article in my morning paper about why the U.S. is struggling on the national stage. It's nice that we don't dominate anymore as it's not in our U.S. concious to root for the bully. We are a country that, at least athlectically, roots for the Rocky's of this world. We haven't been a Rocky Balboa in International Sports for some time. I look forward to this being true again (US Hockey of 1980. Gymnastics of the 90's. Soccer still today). However, becoming the underdog due to hubris or laziness does take something away from the rooting interest....sigh....

WEEK 2 in my mock NFL Season:
Carolina (1-0) @ Minnesota (0-1) ...Road Wins are always nice...Carolina
Buffalo (0-1) @ Miami (0-1)....Miami gets the home fans talking...Miami
NY Giants (1-0) @ Philadelphia (1-0)...Giants haven't beaten McNabb in years..Philly
New Orleans (0-1) @ Green Bay (1-0)...A.J. Hawk crushes reggie bush...Pack
Houston (0-1) @ Indianapolis (0-1)...pain of last week taken out on texans..Indy
Detroit (0-1) @ Chicago (0-1)...Very close but home team wins it...Chicago
Cleveland (1-0) @ Cincinnati (0-1)...Palmer starting to get in groove..Cincy
Oakland (1-0) @ Baltimore (1-0).....Baltimore satisfies home crowd...Baltimore
Tampa Bay (0-1) @ Atlanta (0-1) ...Tampa knows Mike Vick....Tampa Bay
St. Louis (1-0) @ San Francisco (0-1)....St. Louis crashes after last weeks W...SF
Arizona (1-0) @ Seattle (1-0)...Curse of Super bowl runner up remains...Arizona
Tennessee (1-0) @ San Diego (0-1)...San Diego wins a close one ....SD
New England (1-0) @ NY Jets (0-1)...NE...do i need a reason?
Kansas City (1-0) @ Denver (0-1)....KC doesn't do well a mile in the air..Denver
Washington (1-0) @ Dallas (1-0)....Dallas D badgers Brunell....Dallas
Pittsburgh (1-0) @ Jacksonville (0-1) ...Jacksonville gets Monday Night exictement..Jax