Super Bowl: who will you be rooting for?

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I hadn't made this thread yet because I didn't want to be hypocritical (no way I would have rooted against the skins if they had made it to the superbowl against the pats), and then I kinda just got lazy and didn't post sooner .

I started rooting for the Pats right after the Baltimore game. In addition to getting ever closer to the perfect mark, they were on pace to break numerous single season records. I found myself rooting for the Ravens during that game, but I sure am glad the Pats pulled it off at the end.

Why?

Because every time a team goes beyond 9-0 the Dolphins are brought up. For I don't know how many weeks they had a different member of that Dolphins team on TV asking them about the Patriots. They achieved their record in the 70's, yet every time a team starts sniffing the possibility of getting close to such a feat they're brought up (rightfully so).

So who am I to root against a team that's going for perfection? In a MUCH more dominant fashion that the Dolphins ever did. I forget the details, but was the Pats-Giants game not THE (or at least one of the) highest rated regular season games in history?

The NFL doesn't really need the help, but a team like the Patriots is GOOD for the sport. If you're a fan of footall you WILL root for the Pats. It doesn't matter if you don't like the players or the coach, because you're on this site reading this thread, so I assume you LOVE football.

Regardless of how you feel about the Patriots, you are about to witness history. Something that has NEVER been done before. We're not talking about a 14-2 or 15-1 team winning out.

You're in the position to be part of a historic moment for the NFL. A moment that will be talked about for decades to come. To root against history being made is an outright crime.


PS: This whole concept of rooting for perfection (and annoyance at people who eternally root for the underdog) first occured to me during the Mayweather - Hatton fight.