Well,
these Super Bowls never fail to surprise me.
Last year, I picked the Falcons to win the Super Bowl, and I was wrong;
so this year, figuring it unwise to pick against Tom Brady and Bill Belichick,
I picked the Patriots to win the big game.
Wrong again. Congratulations to
the Philadelphia Eagles on a most impressive victory!
Back
in 1976, Rocky Balboa (who, incidentally, was from Philadelphia) fought the
reigning champion, Apollo Creed. It was
a contest that nobody thought Rocky had a chance of winning. Does that sound familiar to the storyline of
Super Bowl 52? Perhaps there were a few
voices that predicted the Eagles would win, but by and large, everyone assumed
the Patriots would get the victory. But
with grit, determination, and heart that would make Rocky proud, the
Philadelphia Eagles proved everyone wrong, and shocked the watching world.
Not
only was this true for the Super Bowl, but it was the trend throughout the
entire playoffs. The road to Super Bowl
52 featured a game against the Atlanta Falcons in Philadelphia. But Atlanta was favored to win. The NFC championship game featured the
Minnesota Vikings against the Philadelphia Eagles. They weren’t favored to win again (even
though the Eagles were the number one seed in the NFC). I picked the Vikings to win myself, but the
Eagles destroyed the Vikings.
I
couldn’t help but notice the similarities between this Super Bowl and Super
Bowl 32. In that Super Bowl, the Green
Bay Packers were the defending Super Bowl champions seeking to repeat against
the Denver Broncos looking for their first title. Nobody gave Denver a chance. But the Broncos stood toe to toe with the
Packers - like Rocky did with Apollo Creed - and ultimately prevailed. Twenty years later, the same things happened again.
Kevin
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