Obligatory Super Bowl Post
Not that I really want to focus on yesterday’s Super Bowl because my team lost, but having made so many previous posts on the topic, I feel obligated.
Yesterday, the better team won. Ouch. That hurts to say, but it’s true. I felt that the teams were very evenly matched, and when you look back on it, which I’d prefer not to do, the final outcome really hinged on three or four plays, and for the most part, those plays went the Saints’ way.
Having made a pregame case as to why the Colts would win, here is what a friend wrote to me after the game:
“As I was saying…Better defense and a well-balanced offense is superior to a team that depends heavily on their QB, who somehow decided to turn in desperation to his anemic running game, which could only do so much in a game of this magnitude. Your thoughts?”
Here was my long winded response:
“Unfortunately, someone has to lose and it was the Colts this year. I will refrain from making excuses since I didn’t play the game. All I could do was yell at the TV. The other great thing is that my team was in the Super Bowl this year. They were there in ‘07, and I’m pretty confident they will be knocking on the door next year and possibly for a few years after that. Most fans can’t say that. So I will enjoy the fact that the Colts went back to the Super Bowl and now enjoy an offseason where I will get a few more things done on Sundays.”
I’m disappointed that the Colts lost. Probably not as much as those who spent a few thousand dollars to go to Miami and see the game live… although they got to go to Miami, while I shoveled snow here in Indy. Ultimately, I’m just trying to enjoy the fact that my favorite NFL team is so good. They’ve gone to the playoffs for eight straight seasons and had seven consecutive regular seasons with twelve or more wins. This will not last forever. Things can change quickly. One day the Colts will not win twelve games in the regular season and they will not make the playoffs. So while it hurts to see my team lose the big game, I’d rather feel this pain than the pain of my team being one and fifteen at the end of the season.
Now I’ll take some time to recouperate over the offseason and get some other work done.
Congratulations to the Saints and Go Colts!
Oh, and one other thing, was it just me, or did pretty much all of the commercials stink this year?
