Sunday, February 05, 2012
The Super Bowl predictions: the good, the bad, the ugly
Reader No. 1 sends in links to some pre-game Super Bowl predictions:
-- Joe Posnanski. From Reader No. 1: "First of several superbowl links, all of which in their own way point at difficulty of thinking about this game."
-- Aaron Schatz. Reader No. 1: “Local guy Aaron Schatz leans Giants.”
-- Bill Simmons. Reader No. 1: “Local guy Bill Simmons leans towards despair.”
-- Bill Barnwell. Reader No. 1: “Bill Barnwell with about the best job of pulling it all together. In Bill and Tom we trust!”
Hub Blog’s prediction: Giants. My reasons for pessimism: Pats defense, Giants offense, Brady’s recent post-season performances. But my pessimism is actually good. The Pats usually win the big ones when I’m filled with genuine dread and gloom.
P.S. – I have refused to even entertain the thought of returning to the scene of the crime to watch this year's game, i.e. the normally glorious dive-bar where I watched the last Pats-Giants Super Bowl five years ago. It’s Hub Blog’s small superstitious contribution to today’s game.
Update -- Wait! Three out of four fortune tellers are predicting the Pats. I'm growing more optimistic. But that's bad. ... OK, I can feel the genuine dread and gloom slowly returning to my body as I write. It's going to be the Giants.
Reader No. 1 sends in links to some pre-game Super Bowl predictions:
-- Joe Posnanski. From Reader No. 1: "First of several superbowl links, all of which in their own way point at difficulty of thinking about this game."
-- Aaron Schatz. Reader No. 1: “Local guy Aaron Schatz leans Giants.”
-- Bill Simmons. Reader No. 1: “Local guy Bill Simmons leans towards despair.”
-- Bill Barnwell. Reader No. 1: “Bill Barnwell with about the best job of pulling it all together. In Bill and Tom we trust!”
Hub Blog’s prediction: Giants. My reasons for pessimism: Pats defense, Giants offense, Brady’s recent post-season performances. But my pessimism is actually good. The Pats usually win the big ones when I’m filled with genuine dread and gloom.
P.S. – I have refused to even entertain the thought of returning to the scene of the crime to watch this year's game, i.e. the normally glorious dive-bar where I watched the last Pats-Giants Super Bowl five years ago. It’s Hub Blog’s small superstitious contribution to today’s game.
Update -- Wait! Three out of four fortune tellers are predicting the Pats. I'm growing more optimistic. But that's bad. ... OK, I can feel the genuine dread and gloom slowly returning to my body as I write. It's going to be the Giants.
