2012 Sports Pro and the Average Bro Bucket List

Well, here we are! It's 2012! It feels like it's been such a long time coming. Thanks to the Mayans and crazy people that misinterpret Mayan calendars, this has been deemed humanities' last year ever! That's some pretty heavy stuff to deal with! I've got so much left to do! I just bought a sweet outfit at Express! I haven't even gotten a chance to wear that high quality apparel! (Yes Express Inc. We would love you to be our sponsor).

Phew...Take it easy there Average Bro! You're getting ahead of yourself! You'll have plenty of time to wear the amazing clothes from Express. 

Sorry Pros and Bros! Got a little crazy there. We all know the world's not going to end. Thanks to Back to the Future II, we know that, due to some crazy realignment, the Chicago Cubs will sweep the Miami Marlins in the 2015 World Series. So we know the Apocalypse isn't happening until at least then. C'mon people! Use your heads!

Buuuuuut....Just in case I'm wrong, I guess it never hurts to be prepared. So, as a huge sports fan, I am making a Bucket List. The Official Sports Pro and the Average Bro Bucket List! The top 10 things to do in 2012! It's pretty much what we would all love to in any given year then taking it to the next "last-year-on-Earth" level.

1. Go to Superbowl XLVI
• Well, duh! What guy doesn't want to go to the Super Bowl? Especially the last Super Bowl ever! I want to take my talents as the Average Bro to Indianapolis for the big game. But why stop there?! Why not rush on the field? Why not rush on the field waving a huge Sports Pro and the Average Bro flag! (Yeah...I took a marketing class one time.) I figure I'll be okay, because if the security at Lucas Oil Stadium could stop a streaker, they would just put them on the D-Line. Heaven knows no Colt could finish a tackle on me.
2. Visit the Steel City
• Whether you like the Steelers or not, you have to admit they are a force in the football world. Six Lombardi Trophies didn't just fall into their lap. They had to work for them. But they won't be working for one this year. So instead of the super bowl parade, I'd like to get a bunch of people and go to Primanti Bros. After that we'll go to the center of the city and all Tebow at the same time! Greatest flash mob ever! I'm sure at least half of us will survive!
3. Organize a College Football Playoff Game
• Remember that Sports Pro and the Average Bro 3 v 3 Basketball Tournament? Well that's totally still going to happen! (Stay Tuned Sports Pros!) But in the mean time, Sports Pro and the Average Bro will be sponsoring a playoff game between Alabama and Oklahoma State University! Since it seems like no one wants to give a playoff system a chance, it looks like it's up to the Average Bro to make it happen. The game will be held at luxurious Henry C. Morgan Stadium in Levittown, PA. The stadium is the home turf of the Tigers of Truman High School so it certainly has not been overused due to practicing. The only thing missing is field goal nets, which will most certainly be needed.
4. Repeat as a Fantasy Football Champion
• For those of you that don't know, the Average Bro succeeded in winning his Fantasy Football Championship this year. Thank you! Thank you! Really it wasn't much. Just tremendous drafting and amazing waiver wire moves and trades. But that's the past. This is a new year which will eventually bring a new Fantasy Football season. I aim to keep the trophy at my house for another year. The only other Champion of our league repeated so it would only make sense that I would too. 
5. Host the ESPY's

• Sure, Seth Myers was hilarious. Seth Myers is hilarious at everything he does. I went to a seminar once where a professor talked about our online info systems and he had a picture of Seth Myers behind his desk. I've never laughed so much in school before! That being said, I think it is a time for change. That's why I'm petitioning for The Sports Pro and the Average Bro to host the 2012 ESPY's. Featuring special Guest, The Sultan! Think of all of the Bro based comedy the three of us could engage in! It would be amazing! I've already got an outfit picked out (From Express of course). So the ball is in your court ESPN. Were available for now, but it's only a matter of time until were picked up for the NBC Sports Networks Award show.
6. Travel to Columbus, Ohio for a tattoo
• It's gotta be like a pilgrimage for sports/tattoo fans. The now famous tattoo shop is probably either shut down or doing better than ever thanks to Terrelle Pryor and the Ohio State football team. What should I get? A football? A basketball? Tim Tebow with angel wings? The possibilities are endless! It'll be my first tattoo so I'll be kind of nervous. Maybe Cam Newton can come with me and get his first too. That way the Panthers will cut him and he'll be available for Washington! Score!
7. Fight Floyd Mayweather

• I mean why not!? Everybody wants to see this guy fight Pacquiao and it seems like Pacman's all about it. This guys must be a big wuss. If I remember correctly (and I never guarantee to remember anything correctly) he did something real wimpy when he fought Ortiz. I mean, the guys going to jail, so he got caught by the cops for doing something bad. What a lame-o! The dude is a straight up pansy and I for one am not afraid to fight him. That's why I, the Average Bro, am announcing that the Sports Pro will fight Floyd Mayweather! Anytime, Anyplace! Bring it on Mayflower! We're waiting on you!
8. Visit some ruins up north 

• It's a truly sad story. The city of Vancouver was once a thriving Canadian Metropolis. It's buildings, such as the Art Gallery and the Marine Building, towered over the city and gave the area a great mixture of historic majesty and modern flare. But thanks to Hockey, that's all changed. The riots that have plagued the city have deflated it to dust. After the riots in 1994, there was still a sense of hope. They planned to rebuild and restart, creating a more passive, civil society. That was until the same team caused greater riots in 2011. Now all is lost but I hear if you listen into the smoking rubble, you can still hear the lost Vancouvern's whisper, "How bout them Cannucks, eh?"
9. Compete in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest
• Dwight Howard. Nate Robinson. Julius Erving. These are just some of the great names to have won the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest. The Average Bro. This is just one of the average names that has won the Levittown Backyard Mini-Court Slam Dunk Contest (patent pending). So naturally there is only one step from there: going on to the big leagues! What I'm thinking is, I start at Mid-Court with a banner attached to me that stretches all the way across the full court. I run and do my dunk, and as I do, the banner stretches out advertising "Sports Pro and the Average Bro"! Woo. Did you just get chills? I just got chills! Now, as far as I know, there has never been a non NBA player in the Slam Dunk Contest. However, Blake Griffin used a Kia. you're gunna tell me it's okay for a Kia to be on the court and not the Average Bro? That's just insane.
10. Throw a Perfect Game

• Picture this. Its a warm day in May. It's the bottom of the ninth. The last batter comes to the plate. He strikes out. I fall to my knees, almost in tears. I've done it! I've thrown my first perfect game...party! What? You thought I meant as a pitcher! Hecks no! Have you seen how hard they hit that ball on a line drive? I ain't going anywhere near that mound! No way! Throwing the perfect party is stressful enough for me, thanks! What constitutes the perfect game party you might ask? Well, like any party, it takes great food, a great location, great music. So of course it will be on a yacht someplace, catered by Guy Fieri, with all the judges from "The Voice" there to sing in between innings. After that its about the fine details. Beyond the entertainment, you have to have some good celebrities but not too many that it looks like you're trying too hard. Same goes for endangered animals (you'd be surprised how many people have tigers and giraffes at their party when just the giraffe would do just fine). I will of course be dressed in the finest clothes from Express. And Once all that works out, you just have to guarantee that the Phillies win. If only everything else was just that easy.

That's a pretty solid list if you ask me. I mean I would probably add on a shopping spree at Express (Seriously, we would love you guys as a sponsor!) I mean, let's hope we don't die in a fiery explosion at the end of the world this year. But if we do die, wouldn't it be nice to look back on our year and be like "Man! I should have died when I fought Mayweather so I'm glad I lived this long." Ah, sweet memories.

Can you think of anything else to add to the Official Sports Pro and the Average Bro 2012 Bucket List? Leave a comment or tell us @ProsandBros or at SportsProAverageBro@gmail.com.