Alright, we are now a little over 48 hours away from the Super Re-match of Super Bowl 42, which saw the same two teams play in one of the most stunning Championship games ever in NFL History. A fluke play on a throw that should never have happened, with at least 4 holding calls being missed, gave the Giants great field position and then resulted in a touchdown pass on the very next play, which gave the Giants a 3 point lead they would hold on to for the upset victory (All of which is still engrained in my memory along with several other horrible events I would rather not think of ever, ever again).
Just like how I hate to think about it, and I'm just a Patriots fan, I can't imagine how difficult it is for the likes of the 7 remaining Patriots who are still on the team from their nearly perfect season 4 years ago. One of them is Tom Brady. I think we all know him. He would be the future Hall of Fame QB who had the single worst playoff game of his career only 2 weeks ago and (at least in my mind) is itching to tear apart the "vaunted" Giants Defense, of whom we have been bombarded by story after story of how they think they can get to him and how they are "SO GREAT".
Before we go and crown the Giants (like so many are already doing in the Media), let's take a look at some facts. Yes the Patriots had one of the worst regular seasons when it came to their defence in terms of total yards allowed. They ranked 32nd out of 32 teams, but the Giants ranked 29th in that category so it's not as if they are the 1986 bears we are talking about here. And even with their defensive deficiencies, the Patriots still went 13-3 in the regular season and are currently on a 10 game winning streak. The Giants had to sneak their way into the playoffs, finishing with a 9 and 7 record before destroying the Falcons and heavily favoured Packers but when everything was on the line 2 weeks ago, they barely beat the 49ers (thanks to Kyle Williams) to make it to the Super Bowl itself.
I would argue that the Patriots defense is on par with that of the Giants right now. They only surrendered an average of 15.6 points per game (ranking them 15th in the league) and they have held their 2 playoff opponents to a total of 30 points in 2 games (an average of 15 points per game). To me, that is evidence of their steady improvement over the course of this season.
The spread on this game is 3 points in favour of the Patriots. Something tells me that this will be a blow out. All the hype of the Giants and how they are on a roll against the Patriots is going to get to their heads. Eli will show the world that he is the 2nd best Manning brother and Brady will avenge the Super Bowl loss with a surprising amount of running by the law firm of Ben-Jarvis Green-Ellis (their main running back) and Danny Woodhead. They will gash the Giants defence for large chunks of yards which will surprise the Giants and change their all out blitzing attack on Brady, eventually giving him time to carve them up. Final Score 35-17 Patriots. Brady MVP and the Dynasty continues as the Patriots are young at just about every position and they have two first round picks and two 2nd round picks in this years draft.
A couple of quick side bar notes here. Don't you just love hearing how the banks feel that there really isn't any kind of housing bubble? Of course there is a housing bubble going on. How else do you explain the insane rises in prices of homes over the last 25 years in the GTA? Houses that used to sell for $127 000 in 1986 are now selling for in access of $440 000. New townhouses in Mississauga, that used to sell for about $150 000 are now STARTING at $300 000 with ridiculous maintenance fee costs and property taxes. The last thing any bank wants is to come out publicly and admit that the current housing market conditions are not sustainable because then, all the mortgages that they have granted to their customers will potentially be in a perilous state.
Imagine if suddenly their was a market correction like the one we saw in the US where homes suddenly were worth much, much less then they had been in the past. The values of the homes drops, then the mortgage amounts people would be asking for would begin to drop. People would need less and less mortgage amounts which would create a problem for banks because one of the biggest sources of revenue for banks is the interest they make off their mortgage customers. The first 10 years you have a mortgage, you are basically paying almost entirely interest. If the majority of people suddenly had more money and less mortgages, banks would see their record profits being to fall and then they would start to raise interest rates to make up the difference.
Basically, the spiral of problems for banks if they admitted the truth is greater then the need to actually admit the truth. So don't forget that the next time you hear a report from one of the Canadian Banks about our housing market.
So I read a report on the Globe and Mail website that somehow the patriarch of the Shafia family still gets to determine the way his remaining children are being raised and even who takes care of them. Newsflash people: He was convicted of killing 4 people, 3 of which WERE HIS OTHER KIDS!!! How in the hell is he still allowed to determine ANYTHING about his other kids? Why haven't the Quebec children's aid workers done anything to change who has control of them?
Someone really needs to snap to attention about this situation. The man is a killer who shouldn't be allowed to have any dealings with his children. It's appalling that no one thought to remove his ability to do this sooner.
Just goes to show that not everyone is always working with the same goal in mind. A Parent accused of killing their child and then convicted of doing so, should automatically loose all parental rights over their remaining children. Just a thought.....
That's enough for today.
Have fun Super Bowl Weekend
Until next time..
GO PATRIOTS!!!!!
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