Let me start by saying Bwahahahahahahaha! Losing couldn't have happened to a nicer team.

I'm also not shedding any tears for the Las Vegas oddsmakers that made the Giants 12 1/2 point underdogs and who, even had Eli Manning not connected with Plaxico Burress to win the game, would still have not been able to cover the spread.

My family and I attended a Superbowl party today with some of my wife's family in a local town. If you would have asked me January 13th, after my Cowboys lost, who I wanted to see win the Superbowl, I wouldn't have cared. If you would have asked me January 20th, after my wife's Packers lost, who I wanted to see win the Superbowl, I wouldn't have cared. In fact, until last week, I really only planned on watching the Superbowl for the hilarious ads.

What changed it for me is the fact that everybody in the sportsmedia fawned over the Patriots and their "perfect" record, the records they broke, and the fact that Bill Belichick was named Coach of the Year. They conspicuously omitted the fact that the Perfect Patriots were caught cheating in the first game of their season videotaping defensive signals of their game opponent, the New York Jets. Rather than sanction the Patriots in any meaningful way, the NFL merely fined them some chump change and made them forfeit what would have been the 31st draft pick in the April draft. (I'll forget for a moment that their "first" draft pick in April's draft is really in the Top 10 by virtue of a trade agreement made with the sorry San Francisco 49ers.)

Even though they beat my Cowboys in Week 6, they had other close games throughout this season. The one that comes to mind is the game against the Baltimore Ravens. Fourth down at the very end of the game and Golden Boy Brady fails to complete the coverting pass. Turnover on downs. End of game. Ravens beat Perfect Patriots. But wait. Phantom flag out of nowhere. BS call. Perfect Patriots given second chance by officials. Brady passes for touchdown. Perfect Patriots keep perfect season alive. Three Ravens players understandably upset and rightfully so. League takes offense and hands out considerable fines to Ravens players.

Return to present day. While I do not consider myself a Giants fan or anything even close, I found myself rooting for them if for no other reason than I wanted to see the Perfect Patriots LOSE. The Giants showed why they deserved to represent the NFC by knocking Mr. Touchdown on his keister continuously to the tune of five sacks and at least twice as many knockdowns. The much-maligned Eli Manning showed his mettle by engineering a long scoring drive to win the game with less than a minute to play.

At the end, it wasn't about the Suddenly Imperfect 18-and-1 Patriots finishing in second place on the world's biggest stage. It wasn't even about Eli coming of age and adding another notable achievement to the Manning Family archive. It wasn't about anything but Bill Belicheat learning that Karma is a Real Female Dog and no one is exempt from its law.

Note to Fox Sports Network, that opening montage of the reading of the Declaration of Independence was a little over-the-top even without taking into account the final score. (We'll ignore the fact that taking any of the revolutionary ideas behind the Declaration seriously can be considered an act of terrorism under the so-called Patriot Act.)