Tonight I screamed my voice hoarse cheering for a team I don't particularly care for. That's just how much I dislike the Patriots and Bill Belichick.
Tonight has to stand as the best Super Bowl I've ever watched (and I was not yet a Bears fan in ’86, so please don't hold that against me). My friend Neal and I decided that Eli Manning will now be forever known as The Guy Who Escaped the Sack and Completed That Pass. My favorite thing spectator-wise was the overwhelming sense (outside of Boston and Bill Simmons's house) of "I'm rooting for The Team That's Not the Patriots." Even my friend Kelly, who cares about football about as much as she cares about the Carmen Electra film canon, was actively pulling for the Giants because she hates cheaters. And Eli Manning now gets to sit at the grownups' table at the Manning family Easter dinner. His prospects were looking pretty dicey for a while.
There was too much hilarious commentary within our watching party to recount, but the best to come in from the outside world was this text message from my dad: "Take that Brady. (Grandma says hi.)"
Finally, check out this video. What basically amounts to a multi-celebrity endorsement shouldn't be this powerful. But to me at least, it is. Illinois has its primary Tuesday, along with many other states. Vote, and choose carefully.
Now back to theater.
It was a great game ... Eli Manning completely zeroed in and "Got 'er dun!!!!"
My goodness, I hate those Patriots.
RZ
Posted by: RebeccaZ | February 04, 2008 at 10:13 AM
It was a great game ... Eli Manning completely zeroed in and "Got 'er dun!!!!"
My goodness, I hate those Patriots.
RZ
Posted by: RebeccaZ | February 04, 2008 at 10:14 AM
i love tom brady. yeah. that's all i have to say about that.
Posted by: owens | February 04, 2008 at 08:50 PM
As a Boston-ite, it's really difficult dealing with a team that has sucked ass most of your life (and only been hated exclusively in YOUR region), to one that has become one of the best teams around -- and is now hated universely.
I have too much respect for Kris to rant on his blog about how unfair the hatred for the Pats/Tom Brady/Bill Belichick thing is (in MY mind, at least).
Lets just say Sunday sucked for Dianna, but it doesn't erase the 18 WONDERFUL sundays before.
Posted by: dianna | February 05, 2008 at 10:20 AM
I'm right there with you on that video. I don't usually let that kind of thing sway me, but I totally drank the kool-aide this time.
Posted by: Michael | February 06, 2008 at 02:05 PM
finally. the longed for shout out. excellent.
Posted by: kelly | February 06, 2008 at 02:50 PM