bigblueview.com - 2/5/2008
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The New York Giants are Super Bowl champions! I had to say that one more time before I get on with some analysis. I know I am biased, but this will have to go down not only as one of the greatest Super Bowl upsets ever, but as one of the best of the 42 Super Bowls ever played. The game featured great defense, a classic Tom Brady late-game drive, an even better Super Bowl-winning drive ...
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Was It Something I Said?
Dawg Sports —
All right, all right, all right; I had to go and turn the Giants' Super Bowl victory into an anti-playoff diatribe, didn't I? Despite my atypical brevity, I provoked a modicum of discussion, but, ultimately, fotodog is right that we have to set this argument aside at least some of the time. Accordingly, I will shift my focus from beating the anti-playoff drum and instead offer actual commentary in the form of a (slightly edited) e-mail I received earlier today from a family member of mine who happens to be a ...
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