Every great story, event or special time spent with that special person deserves an intense climax. A climax is the point of greatest intensity, the highest point. In my own words a climax is where something that is already great just keeps on getting better until hitting such a high spot you can’t go any higher.

We as human beings experience many different emotions and feelings and there is nothing better than feeling like you are on top of the highest mountain and untouchable; many folks live for that moment. Football is about to peak and hit its climax, and Lady Football is letting all of America watch.

The greatest sport in the world started during training camp, then came the pre-season and onto a grueling regular season. The teams successful enough during the season moved onto the post-season until just two teams stood; the Giants and the Patriots will have the honor to battle it out on Super Sunday, Feb. 5. The rematch is projected to be viewed by more than 115 million people and all of America will experience the sexy, passionate climax of a full NFL season that will end with one team hoisting the Lombardi Trophy, a hell of a climatic ending.

Tom Brady

This Super Bowl marks Tom Brady’s fifth Super Bowl appearance, tying John Elway for most appearances. If he wins, he will tie Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw for most Super Bowl wins at four. Interestingly, Brady’s only Super Bowl loss came at the hands of the New York Giants.

Another little trivia tidbit, each of his Super Bowl appearances were decided by a single field goal, so it should be another exciting Super Bowl based on the Patriots’ history of close games:

Super Bowl XXXVI (2002) – New England Patriots 20, St. Louis Rams 17

Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004) New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29

Super Bowl XXXIX (2005) New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21

Super Bowl XLII (2008) New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14

Super Bowl XLVI will be the 1st Super Bowl to ever be played in Indiana; the city of Miami has hosted the most Super Bowls with 10.

The team that I love to hate has won the most championships and deserves the recognition. The dirty Steelers have accumulated a record six Titles over the years and those dirty towel swingers keep swinging.

The Super Bowl is the most popular event in the country and it has set a record for television viewing the past two years in a row and the super rematch will most likely smash the record once again. Last year 111 million American viewers tuned into the Packers vs. Steelers; sorry, baseball and all other sports in this country, it’s obvious Football is America’s favorite pastime. I understand the World Series is a series and not a single game, but last year’s Series went to 7 games, and not much is more exciting than a game 7. Last years big game 7 of the World Series had 25 million viewers and if you add all 7 games from that series together, it comes to 113 million viewers. This year a single game will smash what a World Series does in 7 games.

Four years after what many consider the best finish in Super Bowl history, the Giants and Patriots are facing off once again. While there are no perfect records on the line this time, this matchup could be equally as enticing. In 2008 with New England undefeated and having beaten the Giants in the regular season, the Patriots were 12 point favorites in that Super Bowl. The spread this year is 3 points in favor of the Pats; Vegas is calling for a coin flip this year.

This year the Giants won the regular season matchup against the Pats. Both teams are on quite a roll right now; the Patriots (15-3) have won 10 straight and the Giants (12-7) have won 5 in a row. Sixteen Giants remain from the 17-14 Super Bowl victory in ’08 and only seven Patriots remain. All of these stats and numbers matter not to Pats head Coach Bill Belichick, who will coach in his 5th Super Bowl appearance only one game shy of the record held by Don Shula.

Tiffany & Co. has produced the Lombardi Trophy since Super Bowl I. It is made from seven pounds of sterling silver, and the football is regulation size.

But the Train Daddy is taking the Giants. I honestly believe they’re better all around; Eli has been clutch having the best year of his career and the receivers have stepped up. Hakeem Nicks is a talent we all knew about prior to this season but Victor Cruz came out of the woodwork. Cruz has been a very special treat for the Giants and has delivered; the G-Men have a much more talented defense that specializes in sacks and getting pressure on the QB. The backfield for the Giants is big and strong; I once said about four years ago the scariest man to tackle in the NFL would be a healthy Brandon Jacobs running full speed at you. He may not be as talented as he was then, but the Giants will rely on his tough pounding short yard gains; he is still very effective. It is a two-headed monster in the backfield. Ahmad Bradshaw will get the bulk of carries for the Giants offense, and will be effective against a poor Patriots defense.

Everyone has always heard the saying “defense wins championships.” The Giants have the better defense without question. There is no fool proof method to ranking a defense; it is just broken into stats, teams played, numbers, equations, blah, blah, blah. I do know one fact here; if the Pat’s win the Super Bowl, one could make the case that they did it with the worst defense to win a title in history. The Pats rank 31st in yards allowed; out of the 45 Super Bowl champions, 11 ranked 1st in yards allowed, 5 ranked 2nd, and 6 ranked 3rd in yards allowed for the season. Thirty-eight, or 84% of them, ranked in the top 10, that’s something to say when the Patriots rank 31st out of 32. So with a healthy Eli Manning looking to outdo his brother and a solid receiving bunch to go along with a running game and the better defense, I pick the Giants to win!

I will shortly defend the Patriots here. They have Tom Brady; enough said! The Patriots also have Rob Gronkowski who in my opinion was a candidate for MVP of the year, maybe the best year a tight end has ever had in history, breaking the touchdown record for all tight ends this season. The Patriots have a weak running game with the Law Firm and at wide out a small yet extremely productive receiver in Wes Welker and an aging Deion Branch. The Patriots rely heavy on screens and short passes, and their tight ends are the key to success. With an injured Gronkowski, it may be tough.

So that’s it folks; I am taking the Giants over the Patriots 24-20.

I hope everyone enjoys their party; it is a great time to get together with friends and family. It is a great time to enjoy pizza, burgers, steak, and pork chops, Rotel dip with sausage, BBQ meatballs, chili, and red Solo cups full of beer. We all love the Super Bowl and football, we love family and friends so when the biggest game of the year comes along we jump at the idea to mix friends and football and have a party. However you get down, it does not matter; youth groups gather at churches to enjoy the game, sick people in hospitals tune into the game, people from other countries stream in to see what all the hype is about, some folks go all out. Just remember when “The Star Spangled Banner” is sung on game night, you live in the best country in the world and most people in the world are struggling. So God bless this country, God bless gun rights, God bless football and God bless friends and family.

Peace, Love and Train Daddy!