I grew up in the 60's in NY state, so my family were Yankee and Giants (football) fans. Anytime those teams were on the TV ( black and white, of course) we would stop what we were doing and watch. Those were tough years to be fans of those two teams- lots of screaming at the set trying to get our team to play better- especially the Giants; with Fran Tarkington as QB-Remember Spider Lockhart? and who was that guy who always ran back 10 yards before trying to go forward? I can't remember. But there was a lot of screaming. And for those of you who are younger, in those early days no Superbowl existed, very hard to remember not having this amazing spectacle each year- I wonder how we survived?
Anyway, so jump forward to today- still kind of tough to be a fan of either franchise- some good players but not many great plays... and in terms of the Giants, it has always been that way- even their last Superbowl win was so incredibly lucky you can't feel like it was their right to win... but what a great game!!!
SO, this year's Superbowl was a bit of a struggle, no Giants of course, and the east coast team was the New England Patriots- oh! the fellas we beat to win that unlikely game...!
I have never been a Patriots fan, I don't hate them like most Jets and Giants fans do, but I just find their arrogance a bit unsettling... Belachak needs to smile sometimes, and Brady is just kind of smug in some of his answers. Of course this year they gave more ammo to the haters with the deflated ball fiasco- really?!?! but they totally won that game, whether the balls were unequal or not- their defense didn't allow the other guys to do anything...
And they were playing the Seahawks- last years winners and a great team of young fabulous players. I like them but just couldn't cheer for them to win a second time... I was actually for the Broncos last year, when poor Peyton never recovered from that first bad snap...
So, here are the two best teams in the NFL, at the Superbowl, I do believe this is true, and they play a great game. A boring first quarter, but after that, both teams got their mojo on and started to play. As everyone in the world knows it came down to the last minute with that spectacular catch by the Seahawks and a simple rushing touchdown by Lynch- the best of the best- to end the game. But that is not what was called- and a rookie for the Patriots -Butler- earned his place in history by making a spectacular steal/ interception on the 1 yard line to deny the Seahawks a repeat.
Pete Carroll is a great coach- but choosing to pass will haunt him and his team for years, and gave Tom Brady the win that had eluded him 2 previous times with freakishly similar scenarios- a spectacular catch and a TD to just be beaten... But this time, he got to hold the Lombardi trophy- How sweet it must have been for him!
What do we do now? Wait for baseball season to start: no Derek Jeter to stir the hopes of the Yankee fans, and plenty of chances for them to be mediocre again, and then on to the Fall and the NY Giants! My husband is preparing for more screaming at the TV... it seems his fate
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