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Morning Bytes: Inane lead-up to Eagles-Giants
DFH: Yo, who was Hussein?
HTA: You know, the evil dictator.
ERIC MENCHER / Staff Photographer
It's certain that Eagles fans at bars will be pounced on by local TV news for incite into the big game. It's also certain most will offer nothing more than drunken cheers.
LEAH: Oooh, he said dictator!
WDUH-TV (A remote shot outside the Eagles' locker room with reporter Noel Ittle:)
NL: I'm here with coach Andy Reid. Coach, your thoughts?AR: On what?
NL: Um - Coach, how do you feel?
AR: About what?
NL: Thanks, Coach, for your candor. Back to you guys in the studio.
ANCHOR: Interesting stuff, Noel.
COMCAST SPORTS NETWORK: (The opening of Eagles Pregame Live:)
MICHAEL BARKANN: Welcome everyone. Before we start this morning, we'd like to pass along our sincere condolences to some folks here in the great Commonwealth of PENN-SYL-VA-NIA! Our thoughts are with all of you out there in Harrisburg who are enduring the century's worst flooding as well as a cholera outbreak of biblical proportions; with the employees of Sunoco, Heinz Food and U.S. Steel, all of which announced yesterday that they'll be leaving Pennsylvania unless there are substantive talks with state officials by 7 tonight; and, finally, to all you survivors in the former city of Pittsburgh.Now, to the important issues at hand. Let's go to THE GOV, none other than EDWARD G. RENDELL, for his predictions on today's Eagles-Giants matchup at the Meadowlands.
ED RENDELL: Well, Michael, as you might imagine, I didn't sleep much. Thinking about this game had me up all night. That said, I'm going with the Eagles, 20-17. I'd also like to remind everyone that I'll be at Chickie's & Pete's tonight at 7, where I'll be signing legislation designating crab fries as Pennsylvania's official overrated carbohydrate.
MB: You like the Steelers, too?
ER: I used to. A real tragedy. But I think that even had the Steelers endured the fire and earthquake, the Eagles would have been too much for them in the Super Bowl.
ESPN (Sports Center's Swami Sez segment):
CHRIS BERMAN: In Philly, those Birds have been packing some serious heat - 5-1 in their last six. Big wins over Dallas in the Shoot-out at the OK Corral Buckhalter and over the Minnesota Pops. Coach Andy "Why Can't Johnny" Reid has his Mount Everest-seeking team peaking at exactly the right time. Brian "If It's Not East It's" Westbrook, Jason Avant "To Be Alone" and Donovan "Marty" McNabb are flying like, well, Eagles. For more, let's go to Sal Paolantonio in the City of Brotherly Shove.SP: Boomer, my sources have told me that there aren't four people in America who know what the hell you're talking about.
The NHL bites: Apparently there are hockey players with teeth.
