Giants and Patriots and Ravens... oh my!

You already know who is facing off in Super Bowl XLII, but I'll tell you again so I can hear myself type: The New York Football Giants vs. Bill Belicheat and the New England Patriots!

The CHEATERS! label will follow this Patriots team forever, but all of us Pats haters need to face the truth: Belicheat's cheating didn't have any impact outside of week one. The Patriots have undeniably been the league's best team this year. I haven't double-checked the stats, but I think Tom Brady threw 111 TDs and only about a pair of INTs.

That doesn't mean there isn't an 800-pound gorilla in New England's past, though (and, no, I'm not talking about Rodney HGHarrison, who weighs in only at a cool 220 lbs). I'm talking about the past three Super Bowl victories for New England, each of which was won by a lone field goal. Three points. Considering how quickly NFL douchebag commissioner Roger Goodell destroyed evidence related to Belicheat's cheating, you can't help but think there's a conspiracy there with legs. If there was evidence that the Pats cheated in the Super Bowl(s), it may have been in the league's financial interest to cover it up.

Cheating easily can make a three-point difference in a game, and without the Patriots history of cheating, would they have been able to beat the teams that played them fairly in those three games, the same games in which they were (maybe, probably) cheating? Three Super Bowl victories by a total of nine points.

Side note: With that margin-of-victory pace, it would take them nine Super Bowl wins to reach +27, which is exactly how many points the Ravens beat the Giants by the last time the G-Men reached the big game: Ravens 34, Giants 7. And to think, Baltimore did it without cheating.

Keeping score at home?
"Cheat" appears in this post 10 times. Hopefully the Football Gods aren't a figment of my imagination, and hopefully they give the Cheatriots (11) exactly what they deserve in Super Bowl XLII.

Go Giants!

PS: For those of you who think this post is sour grapes, you're right. But after a 5-11 season, can you really blame me? Plus, my argument about the Goodell conspiracy makes sense. If you think it doesn't, you're crazy.