Super Bowl

Was that not the best Super Bowl in a very long time? I was pulling for the Giants and didn't have much faith in their ability to beat the Patriots. I like the Patriots, but they are like pulling for the Yankees. They really don't need your help. But that game was superlative. Cissie and Cindy and Mom S. and Dad S. and I watched the game and ate chicken and dumplings and cheered for the Giants and the game was quite special. I don't worry much about pro football, since the Falcons seem to shoot themselves in the foot so often, but that was excellent.

It was also fun to sit with all of those people who really don't care that much about football, and particularly pro football, and get everyone excited about a good ball game. And Kate returned my call, finally, and let me know that she really likes Eli Manning. Good luck, little girl. I think a lot of things have to happen before you start dating the MVP of the Super Bowl.

Well, that was a good Sunday evening of football. Now the high days of sports are over and we have nothing but March Madness and the beginning of baseball to await. Unless you like hockey. But hockey lasts forever. Truly.

By the by, we learned of the minor hazards of having satellite television with dvr yesterday evening. Cindy had set the television to record and I called my dad to discuss the game. I was talking to him about the game and watching the delayed feed off of our television. I was saying that it seemed like the Giants could score and win this game. He replied, "Well, they just did."

Meanwhile I was watching the recorded game feed and the Patriots have the ball and they are being stopped on third down. The Giants don't have the ball on my screen, "Really?"

"Yep, they just did."

The Patriots are punting, "Well, that's interesting. Look Dad, I'll talk to you more later."

"Ok, see ya."

So, I turned to the others and they looked at me and one of them said, "Did somebody score?"

"Do you want me to tell you?"

They all said, "Go ahead."

"Well, the Giants just scored to go ahead."

So we sat down and stared at the past playing of the football game which had happened about five minutes before and, lo and behold, the Giants did score. Thusly, we found the hazards of watching a sporting event on dvr, while the rest of the world watched it live.

The game was still a very good game. And didn't get overwhelmed by the commercials or the hype.