Nobody would even try to calculate the odds of brothers quarterbacking in the NFL, let alone taking turns capturing the Super Bowl MVP.
But former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning is now the proud father of the past two consecutive Super Bowl MVPs, Peyton last season with the Colts and now Eli with the Giants.
``I never thought about them even playing college ball, much less pro football, much less winning Super Bowl MVPs,'' Archie said.
``It wasn't in the plan. We tried to raise kids. We raised kids just like other parents raised kids. I can't explain it.''

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Not that the Patriots and their organization were on the confident side, but at halftime __ leading 7-3 __ the New England public relations department passed ``game notes'' they might want to have back.
Under the heading ``If the Patriots Win Today, They Would'' ... and then listed six different accomplishments.
There were three others about what a victory would mean to owner owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.
Guess they can keep it their system should they return in the near future. Just might want to wait and pass it out after the game is over next time.

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Know how coaches are always saying you have to play until the game's over?
Guess that means unless there's only 1 second left.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick, and most of his team, ran off the field with a second left and one more play to be run.
He never came back, as the Giants finally ran out the clock.
Belichick is never one to fill up the notepad, but his postgame press conference consisted of about five questions, all greeted with one-sentence answers.

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Be honest, if someone had told you the score of the Super Bowl would be 7-3 going into the fourth quarter, you would have figured it as a super bore.
But there was always the threat of someone breaking a play at any moment that kept the suspense up. And then of course, came the payoff.
That last quarter made this one of my favorite Super Bowl games ever. One team making a dramatic drive, the other answering in the final seconds.
There have been so many poor Super Bowl games, it was great to watch one with some genuine dramatics.

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The print media hammers out their stories in one of those giant white tents that you normally see for some big bash.
It's hardly a party in here, though, just a lot of writers on deadline trying to act cool under pressure. They print out over 60 pages of quotes from players of both teams, and if you actually took the time to read them all you'd ever make deadline.
We sit on those cheap, white plastic folding chairs that seem favored at weddings. Only several hours on one of these things and your rump is wishing to be anywhere else. Even another bus.

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A requirement for all this blogging, of course, is the ability to get on-line. Also very useful for filing stories.
The NFL, in all its largess, apparently can't afford a proper wireless system.
It was a problem all week at the convention center and threatened to become catastrophic after the game Sunday. Right on deadline, it went down. Over and out.
The NFL had to create some other system just so frantic sports writers wouldn't riot. It took about 10 precious minutes. See, I'm really blogging this as way of whining to my editors.

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The thing about the Super Bowl most people would be disappointed to know is, it's better watched from home in front of the big screen.
Everything around the stadium is a zoo and mass confusion. Most of the press is in aux box in the highest level of the stadium and in a corner behind the West end zone. Not a good view. You'll see better, and probably know more, than 99 percent of the media crammed into the stadium watching on TV.
Maybe you'd want to experience it once, but the Super Bowl is better viewed with friends back home. Also, dramatically cheaper.

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