Tom Brady dove over the pile to score the game winning TD and send the Patriots to Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI. Brady said after the game that he “Sucked” and that the Patriots defense won them the game. I would agree the D stepped up (specifically Sterling Moore knocking the GW Touchdown out of Lee Evans’ hands with 0:27 left & Brandon Spikes’ big pick earlier in the 4th) but Brady shouldn’t beat himself up. The iconic QB played winning football. No more, no less.

We all know Tom Brady won’t put up two bad games in a row, so the Giants better watch out on Super Bowl Sunday. Eli Manning & co. snuck past the San Francisco 49ers in Overtime to clinch the 07 Rematch. Manning looked pretty good, but he will have to be great in order to beat Brady in Indy.

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Bill Belichick was all smiles after Sunday’s game. The normally stone faced legend was overjoyed to have another shot at the Lombardi Trophy. Thanks to a pulled kick from Bill Cundiff (now the most hated man in Maryland) the Pats didn’t even need OT to seal the Super Bowl bid. An AFC Championship makes for a Happy Hoodie. Now, the NFL’s greatest mind has 2 weeks to prepare for his chance at the ultimate revenge.

The Bruins may not have gotten the win against the New York Rangers, but there were plenty of positives to take away from Saturday’s game at the TD Garden. Boston was neck & neck with New York for 60+ minutes of hockey, until Andrew Ference was handed a 5 minute major & game misconduct 2 minutes into overtime. Thanks to several good saves from Tuuka Rask the Bruins almost killed the penalty to force a shootout, but the Rangers knocked in a scrappy goal with less than 4 seconds to go in the OT period. Boston lost because of a bad penalty and a fluky goal at the last second. And they are number 1 in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins are showing signs of being human by losing a handful of games in the last two weeks, but they still look like the League’s most complete team from where I’m sitting.

Brad Marchand will be back in the Bruins lineup on Thursday night to take on the New Jersey Devils after serving a 5 game suspension for table-topping Sammi Salo. Many Boston fans are still ticked over the length of his suspension, but most importantly Black & Gold supporters are ecstatic to have him back. The guy they call “Squirrel” is no stranger to controversy so don’t expect the suspension to alter his style of play: Marchand will be his usual, chippy self. The B’s could use a boost after losing 3 of their last 6 games so hopefully the feisty squirrel provides that spark.

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