Apologies to my many non-sporting readers, but I have to explore something just a bit here. 

My friend Joe took this pic. (Photo by Joe Imel/Bowling Green Daily News)

As of this writing, the NFL Playoffs have seen every single home team lose to their lesser-ranked visitor… the barely-in Eagles (No. 6 seed out of possible 6) just trounced the Super Bowl champion and No. 1 seed Giants, and yesterday my beloved No. 1 Titans dominated nearly every portion of their game against No. 6 Baltimore, but made a crucial mistake every time they got close to scoring, losing 13-10 — the exact score of their regular-season win over Baltimore, who themselves dominated that game only to lose at the last moment.

This is the housing crisis! This is broken-home syndrome. After this season — and especially if the No. 2 Steelers lose tonight’s game to the No. 5 Chargers and their 5-foot-6, 180-pound running back Darren Sproules — we may have to retire the notion of “homefield advantage.” Fans will give up their season tickets, instead buying maybe two games’ worth of tickets and travel fare to out-of-town games. Stadiums will become war zones, with home-team fans simply surrounding the grounds but not going in, taunting and throwing beer at those out-of-town fans making their way into the gates to see their visiting team knock the socks off the homers.

It’s entirely anti-logical… why, this postseason, is every team blowing the advantage of positive fans, amped up that their team is one of 12 (out of 32) in the playoffs?

UPDATE: So I was wrong about the Steelers… maybe homefield advantage works a bit better when the visitor is from sunny San Diego and your locale has blistering cold and constant snowfall.