WTF!?!?! February 4
I don’t think I’ve ever been in a state of greater shock than the Giants beating the Patriots yesterday. I watched the second half at Charles’ apartment, where he has a sweeeeet new 42″ flat screen, with my jaw agape almost the whole time. Eli Manning looked like old Mike Vick in getting out of that sack and making the 20-yard completion in the second half. We are now living in a world in which 1) Eli Manning is Super Bowl MVP, 2) Tom Coughlin beat Bill Belichick in a SUPER BOWL! and 3) Tom Brady couldn’t muster a game-winning drive on command. The universe is friggin screwy.
In the end, the similarities to the first Pats’ bowl victory against the Rams are eerie. The Pats used to be plucky team-oriented underdogs, but are now the evil juggernaut they once vanquished. Hubris and karma defeated them. Bill Simmons has the most insightful and entertaining take on it here.
As an Eagles fan (and I’m sure Skins fans can relate), I just pray to God the Giants don’t now become the powerhouse that the Pats did. I’ve suffered enough.
On the flip side, I’m hoping this whole underdog thing foreshadows the results of Super Tuesday. I’d love to see Obama upset Hillary. And as much as I like John McCain, I’d love to see a Romney comeback too, if only because he’d be so much easier for Obama to beat in November. Not even the Democratic Party could find a way to lose to Romney… I think.
(*Actually, now that I type that out I realize the Democrats could lose to anyone. They’re astoundingly good at that.)