Mudbug Superfan’s Seven Deadly Sins

After this sudden end to Mudbug hockey post-season, fans are left wondering. “ Why?” How could this have happened, some ask. Some changed their hair color. Some wore their lucky shirt. Some didn’t change their underwear (subject of a future post). Some said was it karma.

Do not despair, Mudbug fans, you are not the cause. My friend, whom I shall refer to as “Mudbug Superbadfan”, offered his confession:


"Mudbug fans, it is all my fault. I committed the seven deadly sins, which sentenced me, and you along with me, to an off-season of fan purgatory

First, I Mudbug Superbadfan was lustful of the Bugs, wearing their game worn jerseys, clawing for their attention, and seeing their half naked bodies in the videos.

I was gluttonous too. Gluttony is the over-indulgence and overconsumtion of anything to the point of waste. Yup the Bugs won too many games and I wanted more. Way more than the Bugs needed.

Next I was greedy. Not content with a possible President’s Cup, I wanted a division championship and the Governor’s Cup too. I wanted every referee’s call, every bounce, every decision, to go the Bugs way.

Now I am slothful. I suffer melancholy, apathy, depression, and joylessness in which I am left until next season. Sloth is a refusal to enjoy the goodness of God and the world He created. Maybe next year I can accept what was granted with joy.

Before I was slothful, I raged in anger and wrath. Those uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger accomplish no good unless I had really wanted to kick a hole in the door.

Now I am left full of envy for that championship that the fans of some rival team will enjoy and celebrate without me.

Which leads me to pride, the deadliest of the seven sins. As a Mudbug fan I wanted to be more important than fans of other teams. I would be more important than them and wouldn’t have to congratulate them."


Next year if Mudbug Superbadfan will practice the seven holy virtues of chastity, temperence, charity, diligence, forgiveness, kindness, and humility perhaps the Mudbugs will have a better end to their postseason. For sure whatever happens, Mudbug Superbadfan will have a much brighter off season.