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Okay, first of all, they all just seemed like these anticlimactic exercises in picking a "caretaker" team when NE wasn't in them. That Steelers super bowl was just like, ehhhh whatever, you know this won't last. The Colts super bowl was like, okay well at least now Peyton has a ring. Whoopdedoo.
But of course, that's just homerism, and the gravitas of a dynasty being involved rather than a flash-in-the-pan, one-and-done team.
But regardless of your team, you have to admit, it is WAY more fun following the story lines leading up to XLII.
I mean, we're the Evil Empire, and people HATE us! They're already complaining in New York about how dirty we are, and of course, NY is the City That Never Sleeps Because They Stay Up All Night Hating Boston, these days. Think about the comparison: how many people through the league were saying "Anybody but those damn Colts?" or, "I'm watching that game just to see the damn Steelers lose?" Nobody, that's who.
There's a general meanness in the air this year that I think really goes with football. I know, I know, there are going to be Dungy types out there who want to hold hand with the other team in a circle after the game, yadda yadda yadda. Well nothing wrong with that, until it turns into the sanitized "If you ain't prayin' you ain't playin'" bullcrap we've gotten used to.
Here's to a mean football game with bad attitudes and no love lost. Like it's SUPPOSED to be.
PFnV
But of course, that's just homerism, and the gravitas of a dynasty being involved rather than a flash-in-the-pan, one-and-done team.
But regardless of your team, you have to admit, it is WAY more fun following the story lines leading up to XLII.
I mean, we're the Evil Empire, and people HATE us! They're already complaining in New York about how dirty we are, and of course, NY is the City That Never Sleeps Because They Stay Up All Night Hating Boston, these days. Think about the comparison: how many people through the league were saying "Anybody but those damn Colts?" or, "I'm watching that game just to see the damn Steelers lose?" Nobody, that's who.
There's a general meanness in the air this year that I think really goes with football. I know, I know, there are going to be Dungy types out there who want to hold hand with the other team in a circle after the game, yadda yadda yadda. Well nothing wrong with that, until it turns into the sanitized "If you ain't prayin' you ain't playin'" bullcrap we've gotten used to.
Here's to a mean football game with bad attitudes and no love lost. Like it's SUPPOSED to be.
PFnV