Blog Zone
When Sunny Gets Blue
If Johnny Mathis were to write this blog entry for me, he would probably start it off with something like, "It's beginning to feel a lot like last year, everywhere you go.". . .
And now all of a sudden the Philadelphia Eagles are coming to town and if you had never watched a football game and had never heard about the NFL before this week, you would honestly think the Eagles hadn't lost a game since 1932 and that they were about to win this coming game 84-0 and march right through Carolina and then through Tampa Bay and win the Super Bowl. And that is in all seriousness.
Because while the Giants haven't had a real game since their meeting with the Panthers, the Eagles have been playing desperate football. And their desperate football has gotten them a loss to the Redskins and wins against Dallas and Minnesota. But by reading about the Eagles and their win over the Vikings, most would have you thinking they just took down a combination of the '72 Dolphins and '85 Bears with ease and there is no one left who could possibly stand in their way.
But when people comment and report on the Eagles/Vikings game, they forget to mention that Tarvaris Jackson plays quarterback in Minnesota, or that they play in the NFC North, or that while playing for their lives against the Giants Freshman team they needed a last second field goal to seal the win. Why mention that though? Why mention that the Eagles hype is so inflated it might just be able to hold a spot in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.....
And while three and four weeks ago, Donovan McNabb needed Secret Service protection to get in and out of Lincoln Financial Field and Andy Reid's head was being called for in downtown Philly, these men are now heroes, nearly having statues of themselves replace the Liberty Bell in the City of Brotherly Love.
If there is one thing I have learned from 2007 and 2008 is that no matter what the New York Football Giants do they will still be underdogs.....
If the Giants lose on Sunday it will be like my freshman year in college in Boston in 2004 when the Yankees lost Game 7 of the ALCS as I stared at the TV screen in disbelief. And though this game will be on a much lesser scale, a loss would hurt just as much for the time being.
And if the Giants lose Sunday, Eagles fans will run their mouths like its the New York Marathon and make you remember this one even 100 years from now when they still haven't won a Super Bowl.
And if the Giants win Sunday, Eagles fans will tell you the Giants were supposed to win.
