Posted on February 4, 2012
By Michael Lewis
TropiGol.com Editor
The New York Giants are going to lose the Super Bowl.
That’s right. The Giants are going to lose the Super Bowl.
I am convinced of it.
If you are a football fan — that American gridiron version — you have probably heard that from Patriots fans the past two weeks.
Well, I am a Giants fan, a real, dye-in-the-wool Giants fan who goes back to the days of Y.A. Tittle, Del Shofner and Frank Gifford.
So, I will be rooting for them on Sunday.
I will explain my logic — or is it illogic — as to why I fear they will not win.
Every time they have won the Super Bowl in the past I have been out of the country or left the the next day (actually, morning).
This is my history:
* When the Giants defeated the Bronocs, 39-20, in 1987, I was on a vacation in London. I watched the game via some some of international TV feed with Gifford as one of the broadcasters. The game kicked off something like 11 p.m. and I stayed up until the not-to-so bitter end. I watched from my hotel room and I discovered at least one other Giants fan in the establishment, because every time they scored I heard someone thump the floor in celebration.
* When the Giants beat the Buffalo Bills, 20-19, in 1991, thanks to an 11th-hour missed field goal, I was in Banff, Canada, covering the New York Rangers. They were on a western swing to the wintry lands of Edmonton and Calgary, and since they had several days between games they decided to go to this western winter wonderland for several days. I watched with a couple of other writers, players and hotel guests in a room with with a few televisions.
* When the Giants overcame the Patriots, 17-14, in the waning seconds in 2008, I was at a Super Bowl party. The next day, I left for Dominica for a World Cup qualifying match between the Caribbean nation and Barbados.
The control part of my experience, when the Giants were drubbed by the Baltimore Ravens, 34-7, in 2001, I was at home.
This year, there is no international travel planned. On Tuesday morning, I returned home delayed from Vancouver (via Salt Lake City) from the CONCACAF Olympic women’s soccer qualifying tournament. I don’t know if that is close enough to keep the streak going.
I was hopeful of a trip to the Caribbean for a unique story, but unfortunately, that fell through.
Guess we’ll have to see how things work out on Sunday night.
Yes, even sportswriters still can be fans after all these years, as superstitious as any other fan.
Go Big Blue! Even if the stars and my international travels are aligned against them.
Categories: Editorial
Tags: Buffalo Bills, Del Shofner, Denver Broncos, Frank Gifford, New England Patriot, New York Giants, New York Rangers, Super Bowl, World Cup qualifying, Y.A. Tittle
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