The View From the Cheap Seats: Super Bowl Musings
By Eddie Mayrose
It’s frustrating, sometimes, to have a sports column that prints on Thursday when the previous weekend’s action was especially compelling. You don’t want to rehash events that are, now, four days old, but you have some strong opinions you’d like to share. Generally, the focus shifts elsewhere. However, after the up and down story that was the Giants’ season, after the comeback successes of both Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning that culminated with such an incredible game, it’s time to make an exception.
Could not have disagreed more strongly with the notion that Ahmad Bradshaw should have stopped at the 1 yard line instead of scoring the go-ahead touchdown in a Super Bowl. Ask Ravens’ kicker Billy Cundiff if a short field goal at the end of the game is a sure thing. If you get a chance to take the lead in a championship game, you pounce on it, no questions asked …