Did I get a prediction right? Giants win!!!
What an amazing football game. I was enjoying the first three quarters and with every Patriots punt I thought the Giants had a better chance. Then the 4th quarter my daughter needed help with her homework and my wife needed help getting ’sick’ kids to bed so I needed help from my good friend, the DVR. Bless the DVR and Tivo and whoever else invented that. I truly can say that I love you.
Anyway, as I hit the pause button to bring the game back on I was amazed at how deeply I was cheering for the Giants. I am not a Giants fan at all but my desire to watch the Giants win was comparable to how I cheered for the Bears last year. When Tom Brady threw the touchdown pass to Randy Moss I’ll admit I went into Cub mode. For those that don’t know what Cub mode is I’ll explain: Cub mode is when you put yourself into a psychological protective cocoon expecting the worst so that you are better able to take the defeat that is impending. I named it Cub mode because for 35 years of my life i’ve lived in it waiting for a World Series to come to the north side of Chicago. Anyway, Moss catches the pass and I go into Cub mode. I am not a great believer in Eli Manning but that guy showed some character. He scrambled away when most guys would’ve just gone down and threw some risky passes that paid off for him. I’ll admit, when Samuel went up to intercept that ball and didn’t catch it, I believed the Giants were going to score. It was fate. Like the ball slipping out of Bartman’s hands in Chicago, Samuel had opened the floodgates of miracles that were to be poured out on the Giants. Soon after that play Tyree caught the miracle ball of the day with one hand and a helmet. He doesn’t catch that ball 5 of 10 times and maybe more than that. When Eli found Plaxico in the end zone I was dancing around my kitchen and surely messed up my daughters pre algebra that I was basically doing for her anyway. I won’t ever forget that.
Still, the Pats had one last chance and 28 seconds to do it. I learned never to doubt Tom Brady despite what was stacked against him. He threw a ball in the air 70 yards to Moss that was incomplete but the ball was in the air for 70 yards and it was right on target. I know other pro’s can throw a ball that far but that was so accurate that if not for double coverage they Pats could’ve pulled it out. As the final second ticked away with Eli Manning under center I realized what the Pats truly lost. They not only lost the Super Bowl but the legacy that would’ve followed as the greatest team ever. Now they only sit as ones that can be talked about. Are they better than the 85 Bears that lost one game? Are they better than the 89 Niners that lost 2 games? I don’t think so because both those teams won the Super Bowl.
And as I predicted ( I predict a lot of things), the Patriots would not go undefeated. Thanks and congrats New York.
