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One Man's pick for the Super Bowl 2005

In 1999, a guy was in Las Vegas on vacation. He had fifty dollars of gambling money left and he was on his way back home. He decided that he would wager his last fifty bucks on the Rams to win the Super Bowl. Sure enough the following January, the Rams won the Super Bowl by two yards. The odds were only 256 to 1. He took the house. Its the thing that all of us want to do. We want that one hit that is gets ahead and we want to walk away with the house’s money.
The ironic thing about this year’s Super Bowl is that odds makers aren’t going to lose their shirt. The Eagles were the pick for the NFC and the Patriots were the pick for the AFC. You’d be lucky to double your money with Patriots. There were some who believed that this was the Seahawks’ year, but deep down everyone knew that the road to the Super Bowl went through Philly.
As predictable as the Super Bowl was this year, we sit three days away from a modern day battle of David & Golliath. A game that people have been waiting for since August and yet we know that it is not the colliding of two powerhouses. We are confronted with two choices we are looking for the miracle or the dynasty.
The Patriots destroyed and decimated two of the best offensive teams, on its way to the Super Bowl. They made the league MVP look like he was wearing an Arizona Cardinals’ jersey. Then there was the Steelers. Some say that Big Ben was a rookie and he was over his head. I think he was dominated. Then the Patriots put up points at will against the Steelers. They imposed their will on them and did whatever they wanted to do. Being in their third Super Bowl in four years, the Patriots have the makings of a modern day dynasty. They don’t have all their money invested in one person, so they can work and keep every guy they have on their roster. They know how to win the big games, they don’t make mistakes and they only seem to get better. They look like they could win another two or three Super Bowls.
I am not writing off the Eagles, but I am calling for a miracle to make it possible for the Eagles to win. They were the most dominant team in the NFC, but that is not saying much. Their defense and all its blitzing has potential to give the Patriots trouble and even cause some turnovers. Their defense dominated each of their playoff games and they have the personnel to give the Partiots trouble. Donovan McNabb is one of the most impressive players in the league in that he gets better and better each year. He has all the skills and at a time where he is peaking, he is missing people to throw the ball to. They have had two key injuries to their offense that leaves them at the mercy of the Patriot defense. They are not going to run over the Patriots. I think they could run the ball successfully if McNabb can complete some passes to keep the Patriot defense honest. They are in need of a miracle to make this happen. They need Terell Owens and whoever is injured to step up and make something happen.
If you asked my pick, well against logic, I am picking the Eagles.
First, I want a close game. The Super Bowl is too long and tedious to have to have nothing to look forward to besides the commercials. Without only the possibility of Paul McCartney’s nipple flying out due to costume malfunction, I really need a good game.
Secondly, because when my team is not in the Super Bowl, I always pick the underdog. I like the drama and the surprise of the impossible and unthinkable happening. I would like to see Terell Owens limp on the field and have the game of his life on his miraculously healed ankle. I am all about putting $50 on 256 to 1 odds and taking the house and then laughing all the way to the bank. I love seeing the looks on the face of the favorites when they get thir lunch handed to them by a team that most believed don’t even belong on the same field as they do.
Thirdly, when it is not my team, I think that dynasties are facist. No team should be dominant like that. I think winning once every five years is good enough. Let’s spread the wealth shall we? Otherwise I lose interest in the season because I know who is going to win. I might even sell-out watching the super Bowl for the wife’s Sex In The City marathon in protest of the Super Bowl.

In the end I am looking for a trifecta and the miracle.