Super Bowl MVP

I’m a Giants fan, and all season I’ve been defending Eli Manning to a football-watchin’ friend of mine from Philadelphia. This has not always been easy for me. When you see some of the shots of Eli, mouth-breathing and vacant-eyed, he looks kind of like one of those special-needs kids who has to wear a helmet to keep from hurting himself. But the Giants are my team, and Eli is my quarterback, for better or for worse. I finally got tired of my friend giving me a hard time—especially after that game with Minnesota, with the 4 interceptions for 3 TDs—and I just told him, “Quarterbacks are for sissy teams!” Then the Giants started winning on the road.

Yesterday they won the Super Bowl.

Sluggo and I watched it at our friends' party, and half-way through we switched to SAP--even though none of us speaks Spanish--just so we wouldn't have to listen to stupid Joe Buck and stupider Troy Aikman kissing Tom Brady's pretty butt.

Here is a joke I made up this morning. Pretend I’m “B” (for Bronwyn) and you be “D” (for Douche of the Week Fox Sports Guy):

B:  Knock knock!
D:  Who’s there?
B:  Tom Brady.
D:  Tom Brady who?
B:  EXACTLY!

The funny thing is, I didn't even realize what a huge upset the Giants had pulled off until I read all the game coverage afterward. I always thought they could do it.

Thanks for reading my blog post this time, and may God Bless the Mannings.

Comments

[SDR]

Ah yes, the Super Bowl- to many the only
true Main Event of the year, to others as much
a part of American cultural flatuence as "The
Wayan Brothers" reruns on BET...but to each his
(or her) own.

[Don Buddin]

Ever see those tv ads that note that one kid in 50,000 will be a pro athlete while 1 in 150 will be autistic?

Eli's got 'em both covered. But hats off to the G'ints.

Good Brady joke too.

Oh, and Plaxico Burress is jingle-jointed and smooottthhh to the point of sometimes seeming lackadaisical. Just like some old Delta Blues guy.

[Beaner]

Tom Brady. . . you know, the one who dates supermodels, and is practically a supermodel himself. The one who broke the single season touchdown pass record previously held by Eli's brother. The one with three Super Bowl rings (hey, can't win em all). The 2007 NFL MVP. The 6th round draft pick for backup QB who actually earned his position by playing brilliantly almost from the start, as opposed to getting the position because of his last name. You know, the one who can speak in complete sentences.

Joke all you want, but I'll take that over your (admitted) mouth-breather any day (and I'll bet you would too if given the opportunity).

(AND we hate Joe Buck up Boston too, no matter how much he kisses Tom Brady's ass).

But a sincere congratulations to the Giants, they definitely earned it, that was a hell of a game.

[michael C]

they kissed Tom Brady's ass on SAP too when they called him "El Guapo."
go jints!

[enoch root]

My dad was listening to the radio with the TV sound off. It drove me crazy as the TV was 5 seconds behind the radio so we'd hear "Incomplete" before Brady even threw the ball.

Go jints!

[illlich]

Yeah, Joe Buck kisses Brady's ass, the same way he always kisses the Yankees collective asses. I understand it-- the numbers don't lie. When you're good you're good. (Or maybe Joe Buck just wants to marry Brady, he is kinda dreamy. . . . )

[Brooklyn Bridget]

Did youse see Eli carrying the Lombardi Trophy at City Hall yesterday? He looked really cute, like Jim on The Office. They must of got him a stylist. But he was cute.

[james]

Go Giants!
Where's Tiki Barber now?