Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Wild Shocks at the Super Bowl

Wild Shocks at the Super Bowl is an article written by Hunter S. Thompson where the Good Doctor sounds off on the Superbowl and all it's hype. Here's a bit:
One thing we can say about this year's Super Bowl: It sure as hell was a lot more exciting than last year's farce between Tampa Bay and Oakland, which was more like a psychotic episode than a football game. And it wasn't even close. It was excruciating to watch and embarrassing to pay off...

In truth, I won all the bets that mattered to me. The others were just show business -- a result of last week's shrewd decision to lay off the Patriots and start taking Carolina with seven points, which turned out to be the decisive ones. The Panthers beat the spread, and New England did not. The Patriots won, but not by enough -- despite Brady's spectacular MVP performance and some of the most elegant fingertip catches by Pats' receivers in the second half.

New England did look like the best Team in the league on Sunday, but not by much. Carolina would have won the game if they hadn't missed twice on ill-advised two-point conversions in the second half, which cost them four points. They only lost by three. Maholo...

The football season is finally over and good riddance. The hottest sporting event for 2004 is clearly the Presidential election. That will be Big, very Big, and I will be on it like a shark on fresh meat. But that is another story, and we don't have time for it now. It is 4:22 a.m...

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