“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
All due respect to Gandhi, but I completely disagree. I think every Patriots’ fan in the world is in agreement with me when I say that an eye for an eye is exactly what the doctor ordered for Super Bowl XLVI. Just a few years after having their perfect season spoiled in the Big Game by the New York Giants, New England gets a rematch for the Lombardi Trophy on February 5th. Redemption. Revenge.
The Pats’ have a few things going for them heading into the game:
1. Tom Brady will NOT have back-to-back terrible games, he will bring it in a big way.
2. The defense has steadily improved to at least respectable and has a knack of making the big play.
3. MHK. Robert Kraft’s late wife has given this team a special feel all season long.
Of course, even if New England does win it will not change what happened a few years ago. They were one game away from cementing many things in stone: best coach in history, best quarterback in history, best season in history, best team in history. All gone due to numerous flukey, heartbreaking plays (I still wake up with nightmares of Eli scrambling and completing passes to David Tyree’s helmet). This is a new team, trying to create their own reputation and gain back some of the prestige they lost on that awful night. However, it would be sweet, sweet revenge to be able to instill just one one-hundredth of the pain in Giants’ fans that we felt at the end of Super Bowl XLII. I can not wait to see Tom Terrific, Coach Satan, and Bobby Kraft holding up the trophy in a wave of confetti in a little over a week. Revenge is a dish best served cold…to obnoxious New York Giants fans.
I think Maximus said it best:
