Here we are just over an hour from kickoff, and I’ve already had more than a dozen hot wings. Hmm good! Before leaving for her store late this morning, The Boss made sure both the oven and fridge were over stocked with coma producing goodies. I heard 2 Super Bowl food facts on the never ending pre-game show. 5% of the avocado crop is bought with today in mind. Pizza sales double today. Wow.
My diet of choice will consist of more wings, a bag or two of corn tortilla chips, and various dips. Spinach dip will most certainly dominate, though guacamole will surely make its presence known.
By the second half, which by tradition means it’ll probably already be a wipeout for the favorite, I’ll be switching to celery as my dipping shovel of choice. This will allow me to fool myself into believing my intake for the day was intelligently moderated. It’s amazing what we can sell to ourselves, isn’t it?
What if the Super Bowl had been scheduled in San Diego this year? Oops — the entire county of San Diego is in total storm mode.
Of course for us storm means it’s raining longer than a few minutes. Seriously though, if the game was here today it would be the Mud Bowl without a doubt. Visibility is around a mile at best, and it hasn’t stopped raining since I woke up. The weather guy says it won’t stop until tomorrow morning. Add to the rain 20-30 mph winds, with gusts up to 40 mph at times, and you’d of had a disaster Super Bowl scenario. So much for San Diego’s predictable clear skies, mild ocean breeze, and moderate temperature.
While I’m at it, there has been a certain real estate blogger bragging about their city. ‘Our city’s better than yours’ blah blah blah. We in San Diego easily shrug these wannabes off, as so many of those from all these so called ‘better’ or ‘best’ cities end up moving here. Yet they take every opportunity to spout off about how great their abandoned city was. Know what the biggest downside is for San Diego living? Where do you go for vacation? 
For those still confused why don’t you just satisfy yourself and Google ‘America’s Finest City’?
I rest my case in advance.
What if the Giants play the way they did in Foxborough the last game of the regular season? What if they sack Tom Brady 4-5 times? What if Eli has another ‘I’ve arrived’ game? What if the Giant’s running game keeps the Patriot offense on the sidelines?
In San Diego we don’t care for the way the Manning family handled the draft back in ’04. They showed no respect for us whatsoever. Frankly, I love Eli Manning and think he’ll be among the elite QBs of his generation. He still isn’t as good as our Phil Rivers. He’s not as physically gifted, a fact no football fan would argue. The main edge Rivers has though is his leadership. Though the Chargers are far better known as LT’s team, the players look to Rivers, as he’s shown he has the ‘IT’ great QBs need to achieve great things.
The Giants couldn’t beat the top three teams in the AFC — Chargers, Colts, or Patriots. Heck, the Chargers probably would’ve beat New England in the AFC championship game had it not been for the 3 Pro Bowl players with severe injuries — all on offense. But let’s not cry over spilt milk.
If the Giants play the best game possible, get a few calls and a few Patriot mistakes, they’ll beat the point spread. I want them to win desperately, but reality tells me if they played the game 10 times, the Pats win at least 9.
Patriots 39 Giants 24 And it won’t look that close in real time.
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…Go Google yourself, San Diegan
An absolutely typical ‘other city’ comeback.
Fair enough!
I love Austin as an investment destination.