I pride myself as being a voice of fiscal conservatism around here, so it’s in the interests of full disclosure to report that I’m spending money to travel hundreds of miles to watch one of the NFL’s best teams play what some believe to be one of the league’s worst teams. I’m somewhat relieved to see that the spread is only 9 1/2.

But it’s just not the game. It’s the experience.

Update: I’m outta here. Back next week.