All the hype about a possible KC three-peat got me thinking that if Philly wins on Sunday, Chiefs fans are going to feel a lot like Pats fans felt in 2008, when the team entered SB XLII with a 17-0 record, gunning for a perfect season. I'm going to follow Don Juan's lead with another story. I think this one's good for a laugh and might be enjoyable for Giants fans & Pats-haters:
We had a dozen or so friends & family over watching that game and it was intense throughout, a dog fight with both defenses dominating, neither team able to establish a ground game to speak of. The Giants pass rush had Brady on his heels bringing massive pressure - especially up the middle so Brady couldn't get his feet set to throw. The key was they brought all that pressure against a formidable O-line, with only four guys,
Even so we were feeling ok going into the half with the Pats up 7-3. Fast forward to the late 4thQ and it seemed to be in the bag after Brady hit Moss for a TD to go up 14-10 with a little over 2 minutes to go. The cameras caught Tedy Bruschi and Junior Seau hugging and congratulating each other on the sideline after that score--bad juju. Just a few minutes later we're watching in disbelief as Eli led the Giants offense on an incredible drive featuring a game-saving "helmet catch" by David Tyree (aided by a non-call for holding Richard Seymour btw). Impending doom has us thinking "is it possible the Giants win this game???
A couple of plays later Manning hit Plaxico Burris for a TD. Pats down 17-14 with only about 30 seconds left, everyone's stunned, and I started questioning why the f**k am I so wrapped up in this thing?!! Don't get me wrong, I've always been a fan, but I'd never invested that much emotion on any other team at any time.
So Brady came out with one time out, needing at least 40 yards to get into fg range but to me it looked like Brady was thinking TD or bust. It may be due to the Giants 4-man pass rush and flooded backfield limiting their options.
So as the ball is snapped on the last play of the game, my nine year-old son stepped in front of me and snapped me out of the spell. He looked devastated, and I knew it wasn't about the game, b/c he wasn't into it at that point. So I was obviously concerned and asked "What's the matter buddy?" (as Brady's last pass hit the ground incomplete, game over)
With terror in his eyes and tears running down his face he managed a blurt out between sobs "Dad, I know it was wrong but I googled "boobs"on the computer! I know you and mom are going to find out!"
It took an extra half second to register, I felt really bad for the kid and gave him a hug. In retrospect it was just what I needed to break out of the zone I'd gotten into with the quest for the perfect season. Younger sports fans might not know this, but that season came just after the cheating scandal brought on by Bill's obsessive-compulsive ways, so that team was out to prove a point after people started saying the Pats won by cheating. But in the end my kid stepped in and put things into perspective for me.
Oh yeah, and btw I set him straight on the matter of boobs being generally ok, even great, but alwaysin moderation, like everything else in life. 
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