The week of the Super Bowl is always the craziest seven days in sports, radio, and television and 2008 was no different. Every sports channel and show was devoted to the big game preview. FM and satellite went with the bit that never gets old: ‘The Super Bowl of (insert music genre here)’. Psycho Brit and Amy Crackhouse competed for airtime.
By the time Sunday’s contest goes in the books and those Monster Monday morning ads roll, there will have been the Ad Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, 1,232 showings of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and another year of crappy halftime musical performances.
Way to go record companies. You say how important you are to the music process yet none of you can get someone a little less recycled in the Super Bowl? Who do we get next, David Bowie? ZZ Top? Huey Lewis?
This week is also the Super Finale of the 2008 Humor-Blogs NFL Postseason Pickfest and after weeks of back-and-forth guesswork, even more guessing, and copious amounts of caffeine and alcohol Rickey at 5-3 (.625) is in first place followed by myself at 6-4 (.600) and Frogster at 5-5 (.500) with one last prediction to go…
Super Bowl of 2008 which is really 2007: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots
This sure was an interesting week listening to everyone trying to justify how the hell the Giants could beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Sure, Brady could re-injure the ankle. Maybe but we do not even know if it was really sprained in the first place.
The Giants could execute and make no mistakes. Just ask Jacksonville if flawless execution can beat the Patriots. New England is more-talented in all three facets of the game: offense, defense, and special teams.
It will be high-scoring but start off a little slow I think. The game will be pretty close the entire way but like always the Patriots do what they need to do in the fourth quarter and put away any doubt.
The Patriots win 42-32 and make it official that the 2007 team was the best-ever in NFL history.
Rickey’s Pick: Giants 24 , Patriots 17
Frogster’s Pick: Giants win by between 13 1/2 and 20 1/2 points.
While I know many of you will be placing your bets on the outcome of our Pickapalooza, look for these additional over/under opportunities at your Super Bowl party:
Someone getting too drunk and doing something really stupid: Halftime
People who buy twenty boxes and still lose: three
How long until those same people say “I never win anything”: end of the first quarter
Number of times that person paying no attention to the game and talking incessantly is told to shut up: ten
Personally, I like the boxes bet. There is always that guy that buys four of them and gets 9-9, 8-7, 4-9, 8-8 for numbers. Good times, good times.
What is your favorite over/under bet at a Super Bowl party?
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on pro or con-Huey Lewis. Go there and choose a side.
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by the frogster, on February 1 2008 @ 10:39 pm
Hey, I never thought to ask. Are you a Pats fan? You’re in Pats country, after all.
You know, for all your talk about how they are the best team ever, I’m surprised you’re not giving them more credit. You’re not even giving them the 12 points Vegas is. Interesting.
I hope you enjoy the game and don’t wind up sitting next to the incessant talker.
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by ChrisC, on February 1 2008 @ 11:05 pm
I am a huge Pats fan. Been one since the magical 1985 season and the horrific defeat in the 86 Super Bowl. I hung in there during the 1-15 season and the 2-14 season in the early 90’s. At one point the franchise was going to either St Louis or Hartford.
It’s such a fun thing to be a fan of a franchise that has been through so much and is now the model of professional sports. Not only that but the Pats finally lifted that ‘expecting the worst’ mentality of the fans.
Now we expect to win instead of expect to mess up at the end and lose. It’s the same now with the Red Sox and recently the Celtics (big win Thursday against Dallas).
We’re working on the Bruins.
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by Jeff, on February 3 2008 @ 2:56 pm
I’m betting on Bud Light over Fed Ex with a final score of 6 beer spits to 4.
by ChrisC, on February 3 2008 @ 6:08 pm
I’m changing my prediction to a blowout Patriots 48-17. Been thinking about it all day and it’s the only thing they haven’t done in a Super Bowl-blow an opponent out.
by the frogster, on February 3 2008 @ 10:52 pm
Well, I know how you feel, Chris. My Packers lost to the same team a couple of weeks ago, and I was shocked as heck.
This has been fun. I guess, based on his winning percentage, we have to give this one to Rickey. I almost started writing my tribute to your sports greatness earlier today. I really thought the Giants had no chance.
At least your Sox are back to work soon.
by ChrisC, on February 4 2008 @ 2:15 pm
One play: 3rd and five. They had Manning. He doesn’t get away the game is over. If there was a play of the game that was it. So disgusted and disappointed. For the last three years, the Pats have lost their last playoff game due to mistakes and older defensive players getting too tired at the end of the season.
Credit the Giants for loading up the defensive line and pushing NE’s o-line back most of the game. That was huge. But it also looked like the Patriots just ran out of gas. It’s too bad too because the Giant defense was feeling it in the fourth quarter. The Pats should have stepped up the run at that point.
What sucks even more is the team’s linebacker corps is another year older which is bad. Samuel is as good as gone leaving us without the #1 CB in the league.
Is is Spring Training yet?
by ChrisC, on February 4 2008 @ 2:16 pm
and congrats to Rickey for pulling out the win in the 2008 Pickfest.
by Rickey Henderson, on February 4 2008 @ 4:04 pm
Many thanks Chris–It was a hard fought defensive game. Rickey’s just happy to be a Giants fan today. Lots of long faces in your neck of the woods today?
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