I had my Tivo really busy this weekend, between Six Nations matches and Super Bowl XLII.
First the rugby. I picked the wrong game for an upset. France ran over Scotland at Murrayfield.
The upset special ended up being at Twickenham, where Wales-who looked well and dead for the better part of 60 minutes, staged an improbable comeback to beat England 26-19. It’s hard to say if it was great Welsh heart and effort in the last 20 minutes- or England doing the type of surrender that one usually associates with the French military. The loss was bad enough for England, but a team already depleted by injuries saw more players carted off yesterday…
Mike Tindall is now out for the rest of the Six Nations.
The big news here in North American Sport was the amazing upset of the New England Patriots by the New York Giants, 17-14. The Giants win prevented the Patriots from winning their 4th Vince Lombardi Trophy.(It’s the G-men’s 3rd in club history) 
It also prevented the Patriots from being the first team to go 19-0 since NFL teams play a 16 game regular season. This may be the first time in NFL history where brothers led two different teams to Super Bowl titles. Last year, Peyton Manning, Eli’s older brother, won with the Colts. Now Eli has given the Manning family another family member with a Super Bowl ring after his gutsy performance against the heavily favored patriots.
The win by Wales in England after playing so poorly for 3/4 of the game against the World Cup Runner’s up at Twickenham was a real suprise.
The Giants upset win against the Patriots in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona may have been the biggest upset in Super Bowl History. Both of these wins highlight just why sports is such a great thing. No matter the favorite, you still have to play the game. For people who coach, or work with kids, this is good fodder about attitude going into a game when they are the so-called underdog.
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