Blame it on Gisele

(Conversation between my roommate and I)
Me: (gesticulating wildly) WHY is Tom Brady sucking!? Is it the ankle?
Tracy: Blame it on Gisele.

At first I looked at my roommate with skeptical eyes, I mean this was the same girl that told me earlier in the evening that former disgraced Governor of New Jersey, Jim McGreevey, was her distant cousin which was quite possibly the most interesting thing that happened all night. As you can tell the Super Bowl wasn't that interesting up until this point.

After much thought (about 2.5 seconds) I realized that she was right! It completely slipped my mind that Tom Brady's super fine, super hot, super model girlfriend, Gisele, was in attendance in Arizona ( I was too busy trying to evenly spread the guacamole on my quesadilla, you can see where my priorities were at).

Which led to my next thought, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING TOM!? Have you learned NOTHING from Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson. Don't bring the eye candy to a game. She's just distracting and BAD LUCK. Girlfriends are BAD LUCK. Bad Tom. Bad, bad Tom.

But I don't think I can blame it all on Tom, I think I may be partly to blame for the Patriots crushing loss. I hail from the great state of NJ which obviously makes me ....a Pats fan. It's a long story but look I am now going to college in Boston and finally accepted for my sports allegiance so leave me be! Anyway, Jenna the Intern (who you may remember from last semester) sent out a chipper "Hey! Blogging rules! Start blogging Monday Feb 4! Sports guys you'll be SUPER PUMPED because the SUPER BOWL will have just happened! (Jenna really doesn't talk like that )).

And I'll be honest, this made me nervous. I felt instant pressure to write pure sports blogging greatness. That's a lot of anxiety for a young blogger. So, I started thinking about what I would write about, what my angle would be, what would separate my blog from Joe's. After coming up with zilch, I made an offhanded comment, "Gosh if the Patriots would just lose it would make this so much easier. I mean what could be more heartbreaking, more sensational than a team with a perfect record losing to the Wild Card team? Aw, it's not going to happen anyway, the Patriots cannot lose."

The Patriots lost.

And know what the real irony is?

I don't know what to say. I'm at a loss for words. ESPN will spend days analyzing, going through every play to figure out what went wrong. And quite honestly, the Patriots just didn't have it. Whether it was because of his ankle or his mistress, Tom Brady was off. He wasn't hitting his spots. His offense couldn't figure out the Giants defense. The Patriot's defense couldn't stop the Giant's offense. The Giants gave 100%, the Patriots did not. The Giants were simply a better team tonight. Trust me, I can't believe it either.

But I have learned five things from this experience that I will share with you:
1. Don't heckle the opposing team's fans. It will just come back to haunt you. Especially on facebook.
2. Joe Buck is just as bad of an announcer for baseball as he is for football! Go figure!
3. Never EVER watch the Super Bowl with kids that go to Berklee College of Music. You will be hit with questions like, "Does Arizona have a football team" or "Why are they kicking the ball to the other team?"
4. Bill Belichick will stop at nothing to ruin your fun. Case in point: He ran out while the Giants were celebrating because there was still :01 seconds left and technically a play had to be run. Then while they were trying to clear the field, he took the opportunity to run down the tunnel and out of the stadium before the real celebration could begin. He is ruthless and I'm a bit jealous.
5. Plexico is a wimp. Who cries during a Pam Oliver interview? She isn't even that good of an interviewer. Hold back the tears man you're a football player.

And with that I am off to drown my sorrows in chocolate cake. Until next year my dear Pats.