Last night I asked my girlfriend, someone who knows nothing about professional sports, which team was going to win the Super Bowl. She asked me which teams were playing. I told her that it was the Giants and the Patriots. Out of the sky she chose the Giants. So I said, “I’ll bet you ten bucks the Patriots win.” She accepted the bet, not knowing that she had taken the unlikely odds. Now it appears that I owe her ten bucks.

Few would have bet against a Patriots win. After an undefeated season, it seemed as if they were destined to make history. The only other team to go undefeated and win the Super Bowl was the 1972 Dolphins. But it appeared that destiny was a dream in the sky for the Patriots.

The Associated Press described it as, “One of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history.” Bill Belichick was bitter and unsportsmanlike in his response to the Giant’s win: “I don’t rank them. It’s disappointing.”

But history will rank the Giants based on that ending score, and the Super Bowl trophy. No theorizing about history and ranking can take that away from them. The fact of the matter is that they won fair and square.

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