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Sunday, February 3, 2008

Shoulda wore the hat ...

... or Belicheck shoulda cheated again. Maybe both.

Cause and effect. Pre-season, Tom Brady agrees to be Stetson's new spokesman, but the New England quarterback refuses to wear the company's iconic cowboy hat in advertisements. Tonight, Brady and the Patriots lose the Super Bowl and their undefeated season.

Players usually fall to the Madden Curse after being chosen to grace the cover of the Madden video game. Has Brady initiated the Stetson Curse?

Also, don't be surprised if you see one specific fourth-quarter play over and over again for years to come. Patriots ahead by three points with 1:15 to go, New York quarterback Eli Manning appears ready to be sacked, squirms his way out and bombs the ball downfield to receiver David Tyree, who makes a leaping catch by pinning the ball against his helmet and manages to maintain possession while being dragged to the turf. No question, the play of the game.

Glad I watched this year. As a Cowboy fan, I have a responsibility to dislike the Giants. I simply choose to dislike the Patriots, so I would have been fine with the NFL deciding that neither team could win. Until the whole Spygate thing exploded again.

Yeah, Spygate. Google it.

But I gotta say, that was one of the best football games I've ever seen. Low-scoring, sure. But that's really a credit to New York's defense. They dominated the best offense in the league. Kudos.

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