I am a sad, sad, very hungover man. Despite me best efforts (16 beers) the Pack blew it. For the record, the NFL and my Madden PS2 franchise will have to agree to disagree since after the game last night, I may have stayed up to drink more beers and see if the Packers really lost. Turns out they didn't. They beat the Colts in the Super Bowl 35-7 and Favre retired (seriously, players retire in this game and Favre retired after the Super Bowl - ridiculous).
At any rate, I don't see how a blow out in two weeks would vindicate the BCS. The last two BCS champs have made OSU look like an all-girls high school squad (or like a JB controlled Tecmo team). The Giants played the Pats pretty tough in week 17 and have relied on their defense to control their game and Eli hasn't made mistakes. Many teams since the merger and birth of the Super Bowl have used such formulas for success (even NE with their upset over the Rams - that game was won by ferocious defense and mistake free play by the offense). The disenchantment for me (aside from the Pack losing) is along the lines of what you said Nick. If the Patriots win (which seems pretty likely) the allure of a perfect season loses some appeal since they won the Super Bowl against a wild card team and it's pretty much what everybody was expecting, even if they didn't want it. If the Giants win, we've already seen that scenario played out (albeit with the aid of trash officiating) in the Steelers/Seahawks game where a team underachieved most of the season and the Super Bowl, but still "got hot"/paid the refs at the right time to go all the way.
I would think, if anything, the NFL would have wanted a Favre/Brady matchup. Perfect season vs. crazy verteran on the brink of retirement seems a more appealing and exciting prospect than Eli trying to slay Goliath. I'll probably watch the game, but only because I have to work and it will be on the TV there.
In other news, Cleveland has an arena football team that apparently has open tryouts. I'm going to start getting in shape so I can try out. To hell with science. Arena football is way more exciting. Also, season tickets are only $80. So, who's in?
