Vince's Journey

Pittsburgh is the early favorite to win the 40th Super Bowl as they'll square off against Seattle in Detroit in two weeks. Both teams appear to be playing their best football and hopefully, unlike many of the Super Bowls, this years' game will be a close one. Since the Bengals were able to beat Pittsburgh once this year, I have to favor the Steelers to win it all. You have to wonder what might have happened had Carson Palmer not been injured but give the Steelers credit, they had to play all their playoff games on the road and they've gone in to three tough places to play (Cincinnati, Indy and Denver) and sent the home crowd home unhappy.

Last Thursday we attended the annual Crosstown Shootout as Xavier knocked off UC for the 7th time in 10 games. It was a classic college basketball game with both teams leaving it all on the court. UC never quit and forced OT on a late 3 pointer but Xavier took control in the overtime period and survived a last second three point attempt to win 73-71. The results weren't as good for Xavier last night as they lost to St. Louis in Atlantic 10 play. The Muskies appeared to be out of sync all night long, maybe they were still a bit hungover from the UC game a few nights before. They'll need to rebound this week as they play Temple in Philadelphia and then the UD Flyers at home on Saturday.

Tomorrow I'll get my second Rituxan/Chemo treatment. Hopefully the cycle will go as smoothly as the first. I had a couple difficult moments but nothing was untolerable and I was able to do everything I wanted to do. I even excercised almost every day throughout the first cycle.

Nothing more to report. I hope all is well with you and your family. I'll let you all know how the treatment goes tomorrow.