A Subconcious Pick
It's Superbowl Sunday! Yaaa...er... oh, that's right, I don't watch pro football.
Superbowl XLII puts the New England Patriots against the New York Giants. I pay scant attention to the Patriots but only because they are "giants" in in the world of football. The come into the Superbowl undefeated which I hear hasn't occured since the 70's by the Miami Dolphins. As for the New York Giants, they only come on my radar because of Eli Manning.
I don't really have any interest in either the Patriots or the Giants. And until last night, I wasn't going to root for either one of them. Superbowl Sunday would just be an excuse to overeat and laugh at commercials. However, last night I had a dream: Eli and I know each other. Not in the buddy-buddy, always hanging out way but in a distant confidant way. We are old buddies that now live in different parts of the country but we keep in contact. I got a letter from him and in it he detailed some of the problems he is currently going through. (Don't worry Eli, I'm not going to tell them) His soul-baring letter made him less of a super-athlete and more of a human being. I was touched.
Okay back to real life. I really don't know much about Eli Manning (pictured on the left) but from what I do know, I like him. His brother, Peyton (on the right) is like a sports god around these parts because he QBs for the Colts. It's safe to say that I like both of them. I don't feel that way for Tom Brady who QBs for the Patriots. Although a stellar athlete, the fact that he played for Michigan pretty much kills it for me.
So because a dream and the fact that the Patriots are a bunch of favored smug asshats, I am putting all my support (so much as it is) behind the Giants.
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Around these parts, if you watch pro-football you are likely to fall into two camps: the Chicago Bears or the Indianapolis Colts. Of course you've got your weirdos that go for the Green Bay Packers or the Detroit Lions but they are relatively few. If I was to say that I "fan" of any of them, I'd have to say "Da Bears." But I'm a college football watcher so it's probably an insult to real Bears fans. I did, though, have to show the Superbowl Shuffle:
h/t to jlink1985 who posted it.
Superbowl XLII puts the New England Patriots against the New York Giants. I pay scant attention to the Patriots but only because they are "giants" in in the world of football. The come into the Superbowl undefeated which I hear hasn't occured since the 70's by the Miami Dolphins. As for the New York Giants, they only come on my radar because of Eli Manning.
I don't really have any interest in either the Patriots or the Giants. And until last night, I wasn't going to root for either one of them. Superbowl Sunday would just be an excuse to overeat and laugh at commercials. However, last night I had a dream: Eli and I know each other. Not in the buddy-buddy, always hanging out way but in a distant confidant way. We are old buddies that now live in different parts of the country but we keep in contact. I got a letter from him and in it he detailed some of the problems he is currently going through. (Don't worry Eli, I'm not going to tell them) His soul-baring letter made him less of a super-athlete and more of a human being. I was touched.
Okay back to real life. I really don't know much about Eli Manning (pictured on the left) but from what I do know, I like him. His brother, Peyton (on the right) is like a sports god around these parts because he QBs for the Colts. It's safe to say that I like both of them. I don't feel that way for Tom Brady who QBs for the Patriots. Although a stellar athlete, the fact that he played for Michigan pretty much kills it for me.So because a dream and the fact that the Patriots are a bunch of favored smug asshats, I am putting all my support (so much as it is) behind the Giants.
* * *
Around these parts, if you watch pro-football you are likely to fall into two camps: the Chicago Bears or the Indianapolis Colts. Of course you've got your weirdos that go for the Green Bay Packers or the Detroit Lions but they are relatively few. If I was to say that I "fan" of any of them, I'd have to say "Da Bears." But I'm a college football watcher so it's probably an insult to real Bears fans. I did, though, have to show the Superbowl Shuffle:
h/t to jlink1985 who posted it.
Comments
Whatever, you know I never was enthusiastic about that.