Winners and Losers of Super Bowl XLII

I am sorry Pats fans -- I did know that Plaxico (24-17) and Mercury Morris' (Perfectville population 1) predictions were destiny --- remember my prior post on how humans avoid perfection since the burden is too much to handle. Also the fact that the Bundchen Curse is alive and well.

Lets look at the winners and losers of Super Bowl XLII.

Winner: Giants 17
Loser: Patriots 14
Easy enough....

Winner: David Tyree
Goes from special teamer - to immortality by making the most incredible catch in Super Bowl history - leaping, trapping the ball on your helmet, while being mugged by a perennial all-Pro - simply incredible.
Loser: Tedy Bruschi
Did he get crushed by Brandon Jacobs or what. Time to hang up the cletes and take care of your body - when you have a stroke before age 35 you need to contemplate making some life changes.


Winner: Leo DiCaprio
Who is fooling who -- Brady is a competitor and he realizes that Bundchen is bringing him down -- when he sets her free this spring (or when she realizes that Tom as much as we call him a glamour boy is still a dumb-old American footbal player)- she is apt to run back into the arms of her old flame, Leo --- I dont think that bounce-back relationship will last long but I could imagine Leo wouldn't mind a few weeks of Giselle -- but he will have to lose her before reading new scripts since he has his career to consider.

Loser: Bill Belichek
On what he beleived to be the eve of his coronation into super-Dynasty coach-dom, Spy-Gate reared its ugly head. Do you think Bellichek will lie to Congress (who he may have to face due to an over-zealous Arlen Spector) like the Rocket is about to do?? How arrogant is this guy --- your team scores only 7 points in the first half and your QB is getting beat up and you make zero changes to your game plan. Thought his quick exit to catch his Cape Air flight to Nantucket a bit bush league.

Winner: The guys who took the Giants and the under
Really an easy one in my eyes - win the parlay while making a single bet -- since in my mind if the Giants were going win against the spread it was going to be low scoring game - so really taking the Giants and the under was a single position earning you 4x the $$.
Loser: Tiki Barber
Personally I think Tiki was a Hall of Fame player and really has done some good things for the city but Damn - Tiki looks like the biggest fool for his off-season salvo against Eli and Coughlin - honestly I still think he is right and the Gints next year are lucky if they win 8 games next season - but the guys he knocked came up big in the Big Game.

Winner: Eli Manning
I actually saw ESPN compare Eli with his brother Peyton and they weren't joking. Eli will become more recognized maybe a couple of Modell and PC Richards commericals (read that local) -- Also one big element is that he has won over some of the Big Blue fans who booed and heckled him all season.

Loser: Eli Manning
Is it possible that Eli can match this feat again -- not likely -- he still had the most turnovers of any QB in the league this season and just because he won one game doesn't change his chemistry - Eli is still little Eli - look for him to lead the league in turnovers again next year but with the pressure of higher expectations.

Winner: Jordanna Sparks
When can you win a talent show and then go on the biggest stage there is to offer in the US. Her dad, Phillipi Sparks, who played for the G-men, like Mercury Morris has one of the top 10 names ever in NFL history.

Loser: Barack Obama
Not sure what Mayor Bloomberg was thinking on his timing of the Giants victory parade but to put it on Super Tuesday when NY, NJ and CT were voting might have hurt Obama. Obama has been pulling alot of votes from young males - just the same demographic that hit the streets in lower Manhattan in large #s - maybe Obama lost a in the handful of delegates in the process - which may actually make a difference as that race continues -- but then again how many of those drunken clowns would have actualy voted in the first place.

Winner: Tom Petty
His songs still hit the spot. One of the fortunate benefits of not being that great looking of a guy is that TP doesn't look like he has really aged from his self-titled debut album that came out circa '76.

Loser: The guys who fire the musketts at the Pats games
These guys probably had their whole rifle firing routine down in preparation for what they thought was to be a certainty - the Pats victory parade. Now they have to go back to their gigs working the birch beer shoppe at Sturbridge Village