Still with the New York Giants...

OK, a new rant (and this time-- at 3AM in the morning!!) for the new year.

I'm hearing a bunch of sports commentators say that Sunday's Super Bowl was the "greatest game ever" and that it was even better than last year's Giants' win over the previously undefeated Patriots and I think that's total BS.

Sure, it was an exciting final 10 minutes and it was fun to watch overall, but I can't believe that people would dare compare it with one of the biggest upsets ever. How often does an underdog wild card team beat the undefeated opponent in the biggest game of the year?? And how is a game where the heavily favored Steelers basically dominate throughout comparable to last year???

I was reading some news article in the NJ Star-Ledger about David Tyree's helmet catch vs. James Harrison's 100-yard interception touchdown and this one poster said it best:

<<The knee-jerk reaction to coronate this game as the greatest thing in sports history is both laughable and pathetic. This was a snoozefest for 50 minutes with the Cards shooting themselves in the thigh at every opportunity while the Steelers wouldn't take it away. Harrison's run was a great play but it was also a horrendous effort by AZ to make a tackle. George Martin's return in '86 vs. Denver was a better play let alone "The Catch" from last year. That one occured on the game-winning drive that defeated "the Greatest Team Ever" had the Patriots won. Last time I checked the Cards were a 7-time loser this year and easily the worst team entering the playoffs.>>

- jintfan76

I couldn't agree more, man!

And to all you jerks in the news media, who are trying to diminish the Big Blue: get a reality check. =P

Next year, G-men. Next year...__________

On another sports rant, I just wanted to mention that I find it very unsurprising that Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has been outed as a pothead. He was always incredibly arrogant and condescending, and I'm not surprised that he thought that he could also get away with doing illegal drugs.

I find it pretty standard that the media built him just to tear him down. Now watch him be the big story leading up to the London games in 2012-- even though he won't win another 8 gold medals. And then the controversy will pour in over whether he's lost his edge and the cycle will continue.

OK, bitterness be gone! I need to go into this Chinese New Year with a clearer mind...