Tony Romo

Tony Romo has the world by the balls.

Quietly, I think.

He just won the American Century Championship - a celebrity golf tournament - for the third time. People that competed this year include Charles Barkley, Steph Curry, Patrick Mahomes, Jerry Rice - so I assume it is a big deal. It also included celebrities like Anthony Anderson, Nick Jonas, Justin Timberlake, Colin Jost, Ray Romano - I have no idea how good they are, but I'm guessing pretty damn good.

I think Romo is an amazing individual. I believe his peers consider him to be a fucking damn good athlete, especially when it comes to golf. In 2019 he hit a shot from the deck of a hospitality tent at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am that stopped 1 foot from the hole. Spectators went nuts.

He is a prescient football commentator who predicts what will happen before it happens, and is so tuned-in to what's happening on the field that he picks things up and points them out before they show the fucking replay. The only other commentator who is that good is Chris Collinsworth.

Romo is great in the booth - knowledgeable, personable, funny, likeable. 

He was the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 2006 through 2015. Always considered a marquee position, though not as much today. Still, glamorous. The knock is that he only won two of the six playoff games he made it to, and never made it to the Super Bowl.

Stats don't always make the man. Dan Marino never got to a Super Bowl but he still kicked ass. Within the sport a Super Bowl win is the ultimate validation, but to me as a fan - any player who fucking kicks ass on the field and makes me forget about my life for 3 hours, is a saint. 

Romo was not even invited to the 2003 NFL combine, but eventually received a late invitation to attend as an extra quarterback to throw passes to other prospects during drills. I'd say that puts his 9 year career as a starting quarterback for the Cowboys in pretty good perspective.

I like him because he appears to be one of those people who is living his best life. I fucking hate that expression because it has become a cliche that does not apply to 99.9% of the people on planet earth. The fact that it has become a cliche proves that it is merely one more catch-phrase we humans use to delude ourselves into pretending our lives are meaningful and enjoyable.

But in Romo's case I think it is true. He seems happy, he seems content, he has competed on the world's biggest stage, and he appears to be a fun guy to be around.

Tony Romo has the world by the balls.