History awaits.

After all the questions this football season, Can the Patriots go undefeated? Will they stay healthy? Are they the greatest team of all time? Is Brady the best ever? Will Randy Moss beat Jerry Rices' all time touchdown receiving record? Will the Pats break the all time single season point record? It all comes down to tonight. 60 minutes of football. Saturday nights game has become epic. This game won't be seen on just one channel, but rather on 3 networks at the same time. Giants fans have been selling off their tickets for ridiculous amounts of money and Giants players are torqued off at their fans saying it's no wonder why they play better on the road. (well, lets hope they don't play that well on the road next week when they come to Tampa) There have been several "big" games this year. Patriots and Cowboys, Green Bay and Dallas, the game of the century as it was billed, Indy vs New England and now this. The G-Men v The Evil Empire. All these games are going to make the Super Bowl seem sort of anti-climatic.

I'll admit, like many in America these days, I'm suffering a bit of New England sports fatigue. These things work in cycles though and I'm hoping that soon, sports will return to an even keel distributing championship teams to other cities across the fruited plain. But this evening when the lights go on and the cameras start rolling, the night will once again belong to the Pats.
As I bang away here on the keyboard this afternoon, I just looked out my window overlooking the intracoastal waterway and in a matter of five minutes, a thick blanket of sea fog has rolled in. Clear, sunny, blue skies one minute and 100 feet of visibility the next. It's an omen. The Hoodie and the Pats will roll into the Meadowlands tonight, and blanket the Giants while under the national spotlight. Brady and Moss will get their records. The Patriots will get the five points they need to set the single season scoring record. ( all they need is a field goal and a two run homer from Mike Lowell) And finally, they will have achieved the 16-0 perfect regular season. Like them, love them, or despise them, it will be a great achievement. It's a remarkable feat. But, in the world of instant gratification measured in nano seconds in which we live these days, it will have been all for naught if they don't win it all. Crazy things have a way of happening in the playoffs. About a decade ago, the Minnesota Vikings looked unstoppable going 15-1 only to lose to the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game. Could it happen this year? Nobody knows, and thats why this is the greatest time of the year for football fans.

Evil Empire 37 G-Men 17