Turkey Bowl VI- Getcha' Yams Ready

Well, well, well.

Well, well.

Well...

It's funny how quickly the years fly by these days, isn't it? It feels like just yesterday when the members of Turkey Bowl V took the field of Turducken-esque battle. Each man left the game with bruises, pride, and a dazzling blue tee-shirt commemorating the event.

But the fifth anniversary of the game has now long been over. We are now less than 72 hours from TBVI and the stakes couldn't be any higher. This is the one time of year where everyone puts their busy schedules to rest in favor of football. Actually, no...pretty much all of us do that every Sunday. Let me revise- This is the one time of year where everyone puts their busy schedules to rest in favor of getting off the couch and PLAYING FOOTBALL.

There are several aspects of the game that cannot and will not be decided until gametime. These include teams, various rules, and whether or not the Canders crotch-tackle will be permitted. So we will have to put a pin in those. But at this moment, here's what we DO know...

• Conor Reilly's 40 time is 6.23.

Measured on Friday, 11/19. However, I will have packed on a lot of protein by gametime in the form of Domino's buffalo chicken sandwiches. So the adjusted 40-time will be floating somewhere between Darrius Heyward-Bey's mark of 4.25 in 2009 and JaMarcus Russell's mark of 9.48 in 2007.

• There will be notable player omissions in 2010

Two bombshells have already been dropped in terms of absentee players. Chris Roberts and Frank Giardina have business to attend to in different parts of the nation, and regrettably must miss the game. Social networking indicates that our dear friend Brad must also miss the game. Besides that, we should have a pretty good slate of 20-25 participants on hand for battle.

• The three-team, round robin system seemed to work out last time

The talent boom and influx of players made the two-team Turkey Bowl a thing of the past. By splitting into three teams, there was a comfortable amount of space in the field, and it also gave a cool atmosphere of playing in front of spectators (the team sitting out.) It also helped in disputed calls if non-partisan players needed to make a ruling. As good as that worked out last year, that may be tough to do this year because...

• All indications are that Turkey Bowl VI is gonna be wet and sloppy

And no, I'm not talking about Snookie being there. As of this second, the Weather Channel predicts a high of 49 degrees with a 70% chance of rain. Now it's the will of God that this game be played hell or shine, so that's no issue at all. But it might get dicey asking a whole team to sit on the sidelines and freeze their asses off while getting saturated. Our hopes for now is that the forecast changes. If not, TBVI may need to branch into four teams--to keep everyone playing and the adrenaline flowing to counteract the conditions.

Three days before gametime, those are the story lines to keep track of. Expect an update tomorrow if I think of any glaring things I forgot about. We're expecting players to arrive at the field starting at 11:30. Leaving time for team selection and rule discussions, we will hopefully get kickoff going shortly after noon.

Sleep well, gentlemen. And load up on all the fixin's. Cause you don't wanna wait until you take that field to find out whether or not you're ready.

Game on. Gobble Gobble.