Oops!

Well, I guess I'll post about the Super Bowl - probably my first, and hopefully my last, football post at this blog. I suppose it's a sad day, the local 11 going down to defeat - worse, failing to complete a perfect season. That's more disappointing than the locals losing - perfection is worth chasing. For someone to make it - would be impressive. A lot more impressive and admirable than another boring upset. On the other hand - that was a pretty lame outing from the Pats, so they hardly deserved to win - though they did have the game pretty much won. Make that one sack, and it's 19-0 and Don Shula can shut up already. But that play - the catch Tyree made on that play - that was a thing of beauty. You make plays like that, you deserve to win. If the Pats weren't going for perfection, I'd have been pulling for the Giants after that catch. Especially if your opponent can't make a sack when they have the guy in hand, twice....

Anyway - the bigger point is that thank god the football crap is done! now we can get back to the important sports news - Celtics! Red Sox! Pitchers and catchers, pitchers and catchers, soon, soon...

On another note - Bobby Knight resigned. Good riddance - about 20 years too late, probably. He's a strange figure - in a lot of ways - his commitment to graduating players, notably - he was a very admirable figure. And he was obviously a hell of a coach. But he was also a dick,a nd got worse and worse as the years passed, to the point where his presence spoiled the game. Years I paid no attention whatsoever to college basketball, I would make a point of cheering against Bobby Knight's teams. I certainly won't miss him...

Finally - one good thing about the Patriot's losing is that congress is not likely to try to investigate "spygate". Leaving them more time to deal with the important problems facing the country - like Roger Clemens' steroid regimen! whoo hoo! good lord, we are run by imbeciles.