Media Day is the circus without the elephants.
Out of everything weird going on, I did notice something about the players that I’ve never seen in my years in the media. The players usually sit in their lockers after practice and games and get bombarded by a media horde almost daily. They deal with it and they’re in moods just like anyone else. Sometimes they want to talk and other times they just want to go home.
However, at Media Day, the players soak it all up. They seem to genuinely enjoy the atmosphere. All of the “lower” level players had cameras and were constantly shooting the surroundings. Some players like Strahan and Brady were actually holding court as if they were selling their event at the improv later that night.
Here are my observations (football first and then non-football):
Eli has changed more from college to adulthood than anybody I’ve ever seen. I rode in an elevator with him in Birmingham, Alabama, before we sat down for an interview at SEC Media Days during his senior year. He was nervous and every word was guarded. He wasn’t afraid he would give up Ole Miss secrets. He was afraid to say something stupid. Now, he’s a natural.
Bill Belichick thinks soccer isn’t complicated. “Just get the ball in the net right?” is what he asked a London reporter.
Belichick stayed 15 minutes over the allotted time to answer the media’s questions and seemed to enjoy himself.
Women think Tom Brady is hot. Hot women were around Tom Brady. I stood around Tom Brady so hot women would stand around me.
This is Bruschi’s fourth SB. The NFL spelled his name “Brushci.”
Eight members of the media asked him about his name misspelling. All of them had silly grins on their face like they had discovered the flaw.
Tom Brady had a very small limp as he walked off the field. However, he stepped off the podium like he had just broken a glass in the kitchen with bare feet.
Jeff Feagles and Lawrence Tynes are pretty cool.
There was a woman in a wedding dress asking players to marry her. She showed enough skin to embarrass Janet Jackson. You won’t see it when you watch reports though because it was in the back of the dress. I didn’t look though.
Rachel Nichols smells good.
It’s amazing how arrogant Rich Eisen is off-mic for a guy who will pull media out of the brunch line to interview them to fill time on the NFL Network. Do NFL fans really care about what Peoria cameramen are eating?
University of Phoenix Stadium has the best potato salad I’ve ever had.
A man wore make-up and some kind swami outfit. He looked more comfortable in the make-up.
I saw puppets doing interviews.
TV people are shorter in person.
Kevin Frazier used to be a good sportscaster. Now he’s just a caricature of a human being. He was there for entertainment tonight and just said and did stupid things. It’s impossible to have any self-pride and be so outlandish when you used to be normal. I hope he gets paid well.
Pretty women get players attention better than I do. I feel discriminated against.
Pretty women also get hugs from pretty women. I wish I was a pretty woman so I would get those hugs.
I’ve always heard what a jerk Tony Siragusa is. I always thought it was rude for me to take other people’s word for it when I don’t know him. Now I think you should take my word for it.
Super Bowl XLII is right around the corner and the moment is rushing toward us. Unless the Hand of God intervenes, time will not be played the fool; it will be satisfied. 
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