Well hot diggity damn if the Eagles didn’t pull off a bit of a squeaker to beat the Falcons and advance to the NFC title game. No big surprises on the opponent, Tampa Bay has been one of the big names this year. I figure next week is the “real” Super Bowl. Given the NFC’s propensity for winning in the big game and the comparative records of the NFC champ team(s) and the AFC teams whoever comes out on top of the NFC has a damn fine chance to win it all. Naturally there’s always the “Philadelphia Curse” to deal with but we may yet pull one out.
Pity about the “Turnpike Super Bowl” though. As much as I absolutely despise Pittsburgh and all its people, and all its sports teams and all it stands for it would have been cool to see PA rule the world for a day – but, such is life.
Enough football from me, I don’t know much about the sport and can’t claim to follow it closely except as the season winds down but I’m pretty excited and looking forward to Sunday.