superbowl

[Bloodline666]

aren't those teams always in the superbowl? or at least one of them?

The Patriots are there frequently. The Giants not so much.

I thought the giants won one recently. (within the past 5 years or so)

Actually, the Super Bowls that the Giants won were a long time ago. The two Super Bowls the Giants won were Super Bowl XX and Super Bowl XXV. For an idea of how long ago that was, their starting quarterbacks for both were Phil Simms and Jeff Hostetler, respectively (though the latter started only because of an injury to the former), their head coach was Bill Parcells, their most visible star player was a wreckless linebacker by the name of Lawrence Taylor (the ORIGINAL L.T.; don't you younger fans feed me that BS that LaDainian's the original L.T.), and their division was regularly the toughest in football (facing stiff divisional competition in the form of Joe Gibbs' Redskins, Buddy Ryan's Eagles, and on occasion during that era, Tom Landry/Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys). A noteworthy tidbit about the first Giants Super Bowl is that it was the first time the Super Bowl MVP ever uttered the words "I'm going to Disney World!", as that's when that overrated Disney World Super Bowl winning ad campaign officially started.

Now, even though I hate the Giants, and always have (me being a Cowboys fan), I'm gonna go against common sense just this once, and root for the biggest upset since Super Bowl III! This is the third time I have ever rooted for a division rival in the Super Bowl, believe it or not (I have relatives who brainwashed me into rooting for the Redskins in Super Bowl XXVI, and a few friends of mine bribed me into rooting for the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX; this time, it's a combination of things I wish not to discuss that is causing me to root for the Giants). I want Mercury Morris, Larry Csonka, Earl Morral, Nick Buoniconti, Bob Griese, and the great Don Shula to pop those champagne corks like they do EVERY year when the last unbeaten team finally loses.

Oh, by the way, Spygate has resurfaced in the media, and this time, it has received Congressional attention.