Super Bowl

So if Hollywood is for attractive people and politics is the Hollywood for ugly people, what are sports the Hollywood of? Each of the former has their main event: The Academy Awards, the Elections. Yet still, neither of those rivals the yearly spectacle that is the Super Bowl. Nobody will pay 2.7million dollars for a 30 second spot for the Academy Awards. The only person I can think who’d spend that around an election is Mitt Romney (Ba-Zing!), but seriously this is a sports article today. In the years that Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell have been in charge of the NFL, football has displaced baseball as our modern “national pastime”. Nobody cares about the World Series anymore, yet on Sunday, millions, err billions, of viewers worldwide will unite in celebration of football…or to watch the commercials, but that’s a different pastime. This year is the pinnacle of the accomplishments of this league. Advertisements are costing an all-time high. The most viewers in the history of the world will be able to access the game. For those who care about the sport, a New England Patriots team will try to become the greatest team in the NFL completing the most perfect season in history. On the opposite side, a young Eli Manning, who has undoubtedly looked to be the sharpest quarterback in the NFL this offseason, is set to continue his family’s legacy of greatness following in his father, Archie, and brother, Peyton. Older brother Cooper lacks verifiable information, but may have been employee of the month at wherever he works for a significant time period. (way to go!) But enough of the surface detail…

The Patriots are the obvious favorite this weekend, yet lately they’ve proved to be vulnerable. They are banged up and on the news for it (see: Tom Brady’s foot/shoulder, Jabar Gaffney’s shoulder, et al). They’ve had difficulty stopping the run, as Chargers’ backup running backs, Michael Turner and Darren Sproles racked up almost 4.8 ypc. Yet despite this, they’ve been the most consistent team all year, and they are the best regular season team in the history of the sport. Their offense will be explosive, and pending a tragic accident, Tom Brady will play and lead this team. The Giants, however, are the hot team right now, and sometimes that’s all you need (see: 2006 Steelers, 2001 Ravens). They are banged up as well, missing valuable pieces Mathias Kiwanuka and perennial loudmouth, Jeremy Shockey, but their keys to success revolve around their ability to adapt to injuries. Kevin Boss has stepped up, in addition to rookie running back, Ahmad Bradshaw. Their defense has looked amazing, and they will use different schemes to rush Brady and get him unsettled. On offense, look for them to pound the ball against a Pats team that has done poorly against the run with Brandon Jacobs, and for a change of pace, they'll bring in Bradshaw. This should open up the pass game, especially young Eli’s play action. The Pats will need to find a way to stop the Giants’ run game and get to Eli. If they are able to give Brady some time, look for him to get the ball to Welker and Moss, much in the same way they abused a weaker Giants’ secondary in the last game. Since I am a gambling man, I will give you no predictions for the total outcome of the game. But as teasers…

Brady’s total completions Over 25 ½

Brady’s total TD’s Over 2 ½

Eli’s total TD’s Over 1 ½

Welker’s total REC over 7 ½

Giants +7 ½ …….for the first half…

That’s all I got. Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Let’s go Giants!

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