post-mortem

congrats to Peyton Manning, Tony Dungy and the Colts for winning SBXLI.

with this development, among those who are gnashing their teeth this morning are:
- the city of Baltimore, who used to have the Colts franchise until the team sneakily moved to Indianapolis one snowy night in 1984
- superstar running back Edgerrin James, who took the free agent money to Arizona, and was easily replaced by rookie Joseph Addai
- the New England Patriots, who finally witness their nemesis hoist the Lombardi Trophy after years of preventing such an occurence

speaking of the Patriots, does it seem weird that their (sort-of) decline coincides with the Bush Administration's downfall? 2001, soaring presidential approval ratings and the Patriot ascension seem so long ago.

and with football season is over. time to switch over to the NBA.