A busy weekend in my world was also a busy weekend in the world of sport. The Patriots came through in possibly the biggest regular season game in the history of the NFL and preserved for at least another two weeks (as they have a bye this week) the talk of them pursuing an undefeated season. Despite seeming to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, the Colts kept the Pats in check for much of the afternoon and showed that they are certainly in the same class. Chances are pretty good these two teams will meet again since nobody else seems to be able to stay close to them. Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings was able to steal just a small portion of the attention by rushing for an NFL record 296 yards. Considering this was only his eighth NFL game, he seems poised to set at least a few more records before his career is over.
In the NHL, the Senators won two more games. They downed Boston on back to back nights, demonstrating excellent perseverance in the face of a hot goalie who was stopping almost everything thrown at him. They found a way to score despite that and managed to win both games. Jason Spezza, fresh from signing his new long term extension was unable to play because of his lingering groin injury. Randy Robitaille and Mike Fisher have each had solid games in his place but it will be a big boost if he can be in the lineup for tomorrow's game against the Leafs though that prospect seems dim. Martin Gerber played well both Saturday and Sunday but I would expect Ray Emery will get the nod after Gerber played both games of the home and home. This seems to be a big week for divisional rivalry games. The Habs and Leafs are doing the tour of the Northeast Division (the Sens will see Montreal on Saturday) and there is a substantial number of divisional games throughout the league tonight and through the rest of the week which should make for some interesting hockey.
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