so i'm quite proud of myself. i thought the patriots would win, and so i picked the eagles to win. and my reverse jinx worked. the eagles lost. hehe. it was a little weird that the eagles were just a touchdown away from actually making the score 28-24.. which would have fulfilled my half baked, jinx inducing prediction.
the interesting thing about this game was that i watched the eagles play the redskins a few months ago. and i saw the eagles drive the same way they did at the end of the super bowl to score against the redskins. they were in no hurry, and the were very disciplined. but they were winning 10-7! and it was the 3rd quarter!
this time around there were 5 minutes left and they were down by 10. what were they thinking!? wasting all that time they practically forced themselves to try that weak onside kick. and honestly i did not agree with chris collinsworth, joe buck and troy aikman that they HAD to go for. and thats not just hindsight, i said it when the eagles scored, i thought kicking it away would have been a good option.
anyways, i still think donovan mcnabb is overrated... it was only in this last year that he got his completion rate anywhere near a respectable level and he still threw a third of his throws at receiver's feet. and i'll say it again: they would have had a better chance if mcnabb would have threatened to run. the reason it never really worked in the past was because all you had to do was play mcnabb to run. his throwing was awful and his recievers werent that much better. but now with owens, you had to respect that.... and that would have made for some great runs. but i guess his image of wanting to be a 'real quarterback' was more important than winning a super bowl.
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