My Super Bowl Thoughts...

are pretty much summed up by saying, "YES!!" I'm not going to hide the fact that I'm a Colts fan, and dislike the Patriots (its kind of a Yankees-Red Sox thing). I would have been appreciative of a 19-0 season, but am far happy to see the Patriots lose. On the whole, it was a great game. Close the entire time, and an amazing 4th quarter. The true MVP of the game was the Giants D, especially their front 4. Tom Brady has not been hit that many times in a long time (certainly not all season). Proof that one of the major difference between average QBs and great ones is time to throw (Peyton included...note: major difference, not only difference). During most of the game, I kept feeling that the Giants offense was going to cost them. I figured the defense could only hold the Pats offense down for so long. Only one drive (in the 4th), did the Pats look like the best offense in the league. Following that, the Giants marched down the field, including the single most amazing play (Manning escaping a sack, and Tyree catching the FB against his helmet) in the game...and potentially in Supe rBowl history. Words can't hardly describe how good of a game it was.

The game further cemented my dislike for Bill Belichek. At the start of the year, he gets caught cheating and never really apologizes. His apology sounded a lot like, "I'm sorry I got caught." Next, he ran up the score continuously early in the year. Then, in the Super Bowl, he left the field before the official end of the game (he did already "shake" Tom Coughlin's hand). And finally, in the post game interview, he never gave the Giants their due. "They made plays, we made plays. I guess they made a few more than we did." At least, the rest of the Pats players weren't full of the same arrogant disregard for the Giants (including Moss and Rodney Harrison...I was shocked).

The only bad thing of the Pats loss was having to hear from some of the '72 Dolphins (the only team to only go undefeated through an entire NFL season...17-0). Let's face it, the Pats won more games in a year than the Dolphins. Regardless of their record, the '72 'phins didn't play a difficult schedule. Some of the players and their coach have the right attitude, and thats to be proud of the record but give the Pats their due. Others, (Mercury Morris to name one) think that winning 17 games somehow makes them the best. Who knows, if they had to play 19, they may have finished 18-1 too.

Let's put a few things in perspective: Tom Brady's TD record (he played one more game than Peyton Manning when he threw 49), Randy Moss's TD record (he played 4 more games than Jerry Rice) only broke them each by one. Also, their have been three teams to finish 18-1 ('84 San Fran 49ers, '85 Chi. Bears, '08 Pats), and only one hasn't won the Super Bowl ('08 Pats). Finally, no passing leader by yards has ever won a Super Bowl. Best team ever? Well, they can be in the discussion, but clearly it's not an open and shut case.

Congratulations to the New York Giants. Super Bowl Champions!

PS...commercials weren't that great. Favorite: FedEx carrier pigeons.