So, we now have moved well beyond the initial shock and pain of the worst upset in NFL history and, as fans, what the hell are we left thinking about this whole debacle?

It's simple: it's the difference between WANTING to Win and EXPECTING to Win ... and we all know who those apply to. 

The Patriots and our ego-maniacal leader expected to be competitive with the Giants, that their skill and intelligence would get them what they wanted, but they forgot that you have to go out there and take it. So what if Matt Light made the Pro Bowl, he played that game like he was entitled to stop the G-Men with that small honor and whatever skill set he wielded. That was NOT enough ... Asante Samuel held out in the pre-season, had a strong regular season, but showed nothing in the Super Bowl ... the ball HIT HIM IN THE HANDS!!!! That is a play that, once again, a Pro Bowl player NEEDS to make! I could go on forever with this!! 

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The always entertaining and God praising Magic Johnson professed that the excitement and allure of the NBA All-Star Weekend "is back! It is Back!" Wow, Magic, that is amazingly profound! The truth of the matter is that the All-Star Weekend is NOT back ... it just happens to be the ONLY All-Star event in professional sports that is any good and can captivate a decent pool of the sports viewing public. I mean seriously, what is it competing against?

MLB has the home run derby and then the game, which now "has meaning," because it determines which division will have home field advantage during the World Series ... WOW, that is really going to get me watching!! So, you have a bunch of guys showing off their lumberjack skills as they try and crush some soft toss pitching out of whatever park they are in for like, I don't know, 2 hours!! YES, that is some awesome television viewing right there!! Sweet!! The game is no better, because you end up with All-Stars from teams that don't have a prayer of even making the playoffs on the roster and they really couldn't care less about whether a team that has probably trounced them a number of times gets home field advantage or not! What incentive is them for being there other than the fact that the fans think that they should be there. It is a pointless divider in an otherwise epic length regular season that has me checking my calendar everyday praying that the season would just be over!! 

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