SuperBowl Revisited

So its been a few days since the Superbowl and I still cant stop smiling.

What made me decide to write this post was just reading online that Tom Brady and Randy Moss have passed on playing in the Pro Bowl this coming weekend after their recent loss. The MVP of the league passing on the All Star Game in Hawaii. Awwww.

Why be in beautiful Honalulu in the midst of winter when you can be in Boston freezing your ass off??

Not only is their head coach a sore loser by leaving the field with time left on the clock during the big game and deliberately knowing he did so (I saw the referee cut him off and tell him there was time left on the clock), but being the typical weeny he has come to be known as he continued on his path to the locker room with his head down, embarrassed by the clinic the Giants sponsored on how to play defense. Perhaps the Steelers could study some notes on that game to finally figure out a solution to being beat by the Patriots year after year.

You dont accidentally beat the Patriots.

The Giants werent given any real shot to win despite their flawless play since they barely lost to the Patriots but a month ago, yet they showed up and realistically dominated the Super Bowl after winning tough games back to back all on the road against the Bucs, Cowboys, and the powerful Packers in frigid conditions. Brady was pressured, hit, and frustrated more than I have ever seen him in years past.

The world rejoices as New England has lost.

Congratulations to Eli Manning on his SuperBowl victory and MVP game status. I still hold a grudge against him for being a baby in the draft and telling the Chargers that if they drafted him he would sit out. There are worst things in life than being paid millions of dollars to be the quarterback of a team hosted in a great city like that of San Diego, despite a few years of not being a winning football team. That said, Im willing to overlook it until he does something else to bother me. He has overcome so much during his tribulations in the Pros and constantly being unfairly compared to his superstar brother Peyton. NYC is a tough place to be an athlete with the constant controversy and spotlight.....1 year ago people had said Eli didnt deserve to start and the NY Giants head coach had to persuade general management why he should keep his job.

A superbowl victory will silence both.

Another congrats goes out to Plax as Im happy he got a superbowl win. Once a Pittsburgh Steeler........always a Steeler. Remember that Plax played most of this season hurt with a leg injury and was unable to practice during the week for most of the season. One of my favorite moments of the post season past other than Hines housing the Jaguars late in the game is Plax going to the sideline of the Packers bench in the Playoffs and telling the GB team "your defensive back cant cover me" as he made catches all day in that game. This seasons play by Plax has begun to separate him into the class of one of the premier receivers in the league.

Short of the Steelers playing in the big game, and still slightly disappointed that the Packer's Favre ended a great season with another textbook profile forced pick, I am happy for the Giants and glad someone finally beat the Patriots.

New England, your perfect season is totally FORGOTTEN.

Now we root for the Pens as we head into the hockey playoffs just around the corner. Exciting times in rekindled Pittsburgh hockey with the best player in the league. In Sid Crosby we trust.

The other big annual sports spectacle has recently lost its charm. The Tour De France is now simply just the Tour de Dope. Just a short span from a few years ago when Lance dominated the sport and every year was filled with all emotions one can feel, to the past two years of watching the circus of leaders being pulled daily for doping. Im simply no longer convinced the sport can be clean. I just enjoy the sport for what it is without the professional influence. Go out and ride your bike and indulge in the pure joy and natural high in which that brings. Reading about the future of doping in the sport being that of bioengineered DNA structure which basically means a genetically engineered athlete as opposed to chemical substance is just too crazy to comprehend. Or maybe its I just dont want to. I cant help but feel The Discovery Channel shares the same opinion as they have dropped their sponsorship.

Lastly, Ill cry again for the NFL to allow downstreaming of games over the internet in 2008 as so many of us could eliminate the need for a television. Ill even pay for the games..........honestly I will. ;)

Spring is coming to form in Cali and its only the first week of February. With Spring comes renewal, rebirth, and change of life as we know it.