Haha! True enough. I understand what you are saying, and you are probably right, as far as an exciting game goes. I was thinking purely of my 'investment' in the game. I know that Eli is a good QB, but I really don't like him. And Patriots are an amazing team-- for the past decade!-- but I just wanted to see something different. So, even though the game may be really good, my heart has me rooting against the both of them. Alas, I'll probably root for the Giants, cause I think that gives Coughlin something to throw in the face of everyone in NY-- Bill who?
Everyone is calling yesterday's Super Bowl a "classic" -- and I don't see it. Mario Manningham made a terrific catch down the sideline on the Giants' last possession, and the Giants' punter was the real MVP as he was pinning the Patriots deep all night (resulting in a safety on the first possession), but other than that the game wasn't that interesting and was marred by errors. The Giants had three awful fumbles, but luckily never were hurt by any of them, in part because on one of those fumbles the Patriots committed their own bonehead mistake by having 12 men on the field. The Giants committed an awful coverage mistake late in the game, leaving Welker wide open for a first down that could have iced the game, but then Welker dropped the pass. Then Hernandez and Branch dropped passes on the Patriots' last possession.* Even the Giants' last touchdown was a mistake, for crying out loud. Meh. * Brady's supermodel wife, Gisele Bundchen, was caught on tape after the game saying "My husband can not f------ throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times." She's right.
I agree, it was a "classic game" because the outcome was in doubt until the end, but there was some really uneven play by both teams. After an excellent drive to finish the first half and good drive to start the second half, I thought the game would settle into more of a shootout/precise game, but everyone kept shooting themselves in the foot with dropped passes, bad routes, penalties, missed tackles, etc. I'll take this over the string of NFCs string of blowouts in the late 80s/early 90s ... but both championships games were easily better games than this.
Steve Weatherford is the Giants's punter! I only know because one of my friends went to high school with him, but I thought he had a great game. Overall, it wasn't the best game I ever saw, but it was a good game. It had a little of everything. Some great hits, catches, errors, and good plays. It was a good ambassador for the sport of football, and I enjoyed it quite a lot.
Weatherford had a great game, he pinned the Patriots back deep several times and that lead to the safety. It was a good game, but I think classic should really only apply to a few games ... this was not one of them On a more heartwarming note ... I liked this guy when the Bears drafted him because I thought he could contribute on Special Teams and maybe beat out Nick Roach or be a replacement for Briggs down the line. Injuries stopped that from happening this year, but it turns out JT Thomas is a real class act, I wish him the best http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/...jt-thomas-gives-life-changing-gift-super-bowl