Now that Lawrence Tynes has finally figured out how to kick a field goal...who to root for in this Super Bowl?
I followed the Patriots as a very young kid...loved Jim Plunkett and Steve Grogan and Russ Francis, and all of those ne'er do well teams of the 70s and early 80s. I suffered through that embarrassing Super Bowl pasting delivered by the Chicago Bears...
Then around 1989 I began working and driving in metro NY, began listening to WFAN, and fell in love with the Parcells/Belichick Giants. Phil Simms. Otis Anderson. Mark Bavaro. The original LT.
Now I'm back in New England, and enjoying watching Belichick and his Patriots' successful run.
But come Super Bowl Sunday, my Giants DNA will kick in and I'll have to be loyal to Big Blue.
Though if the Patriots win, I'll still be able to enjoy their miraculous run. I know a lot of football fans who aren't from New England think of the Pats and Belichick as evil entities (or maybe that's just Gregg Easterbrook), but I think any reasonable football fan has to admire the way Brady and the rest of the Patriots work and play.
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