SR: Well, that sucked. Oh, I know it was a great game. And I know it was a close finish. And I know the Giants earned it. But it still sucked!

We had a chance to see sports history made. To witness a perfect season and to gain a memory that would likely go unmatched. Instead, we got Eli Manning topping Tom Brady to take honours as the Super Bowl MVP. That's the sports equivalent of James T. Kirk losing to Harry Mudd. And now we have to spend the rest of our lives listening to those bastard 72 Dolphins.

I'm despondent.

But not bitter. Nope. Not a bit.

Sure, I want to paint the words 'Wrap Him Up' on Adalius Thomas's house. I'd like to kindly inquire if Matt Light intends to jump every time Osi Umenyiora sneezes for the rest of his life. And, I am curious to know if Bill Belichick considers kicking a field goal to be somehow beneath him.

But I'm not bitter. In fact, I'm doing great (the doctors say in a week or so, I'll be allowed to take short walks outside as long as I don't disturb the other patients).

Frankly, I should have seen it coming. After all, I had bet on the Patriots and if there's one certain way to know what will NOT happen, it's to wait for me to predict it. (Which reminds me: Elisha Cuthbert will not start writing me filthy dirty emails).

Fittingly, I will end my season the way I played it: by being wrong. It's been a riot fellow Couch Boy. See you next season for the triumphant rise of the Rams.

SF: Yes, if it weren’t for the fact I talk with you every day and constantly email you and dream about you dressed as the Indian from the Village People for some reason, I’d probably feel a little melancholy about the end of our shared enterprise. Not since I worked for the Liberals have I had such fun making so many mistakes.

Aspects of Super Bowl XLII that will endure in my memory:

1. The Catch II. Eli Manning somehow escaped the clutches of what appeared to be 4,000 New England Patriots and threw deep to David Tyree, who caught the football with his head. ESPN Classic may not be sufficient. We may need an entire new sports channel just for this play.

2. Belichick’s sucky fit. Bad enough that The Genius was outcoached by Tom “Didn’t They Fire Me Last Year?” Coughlin. Bad enough he couldn’t come up with any adjustments to neutralize the New York pass rush. Bad enough he declined to kick a 49-yard field goal on fourth and, like, 32 or something. Then Bill goes and leaves the field with one second left on the clock. Dude, you’re like school in the summer: no class. (Also, that orange shirt thing of yours was butt ugly. There, I said it.)

3. The bruise I got from punching the wall when Asante Samuel could have intercepted that Eli Manning pass in the fourth quarter, but instead didn’t do that.

4. My doubts about Eli Manning. I admit to a full measure of bitterness here because I wanted the Pats to win – but let’s be completely honest, Giants fans: Manning threw up three or four passes in the fourth quarter that made you suck in your breath and go, “Holy crap, that one’s going to be picked off for sure,” right? We’re talking wounded ducks flip-flapping their way toward nobody in particular. He’s a hero today – the Drudge Report was calling him “Superman” – but anyone engaging in an honest viewing of that fourth quarter would have to admit that only luck or fate or destiny or Peyton Manning blowing really hard from the luxury boxes kept the ball from the hands of the Patriots and Eli from a Favrian type of infamy.

5. Ryan Seacrest's intro. During the pre-game show, Fox host Curt Menefee cut to “to a guy who everyone respects: Ryan Seacrest.” I thought that was just about the funniest thing I have ever heard. What a weird thing to say! Did Ryan write that introduction himself? Did he insist on being described “a guy who everyone respects” in an effort to combat the prevailing societal view that he is “a guy who would French kiss the corpse of Bette Davis if doing so would extend his hold on fame for five more seconds.” A guy everyone respects -- I just loved that!

Final word goes to a loyal reader, T.V., who emailed today to share the following:

"Think of Tom Brady, specifically his chin. My daughter is in a gymnastics class and one of her fellow four-year-old classmates said during a football game one day, 'Why does that man have a vagina on his face?' Thus, there was a lot of laughter at our house last night when old 'Vagina Face' lost the Super Bowl."