Of all the amazing statistics about the Patriots last-second win over the Panthers in the Super Bowl, potentially the most overlooked is that for the first time the "Game before the Game" was won by the representative from the team that ended up losing the real game. It was bound to happen sooner or later, but up until yesterday they were 8 for 8 in predicting the eventual Superbowl winner. My theory is that Troy Brown, knowing the sort of reverse psychological advantage this could have for the Patriots, threw the Game before the Game, lulling the Panthers into a false sense of security that the real game was in the bag. Looks like it worked (although only just!).



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Who's idea was that? Makes me harken back with fondness to the Superbowls of the '80's, when the halftime show was "Up With People". And, disturbing as the half time show may have been (do people really listen to that crap?), isn't it more disturbing that some British guy manages to get out on the field and run around in a g-string, and that the so-called security people can't catch him and he has to be tackled by one of the players? Let's hope the game was on too early in Pakistan for anybody to take notice.