Please, no more requests for an autographed copy of the Globe's never-to-be-published "19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots." (Catchy title, no?) It was 75 percent done.
Wes Welker is the Patriots' answer to Bruce Hurst. Hurst was set to be named World Series MVP in 1986 when things fell apart for the Red Sox in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 6 at Shea. Welker looked like a cinch for Super Bowl MVP before Eli Manning found Plaxico Burress alone in the end zone with 35 seconds left.
The Globe's talented Christopher L. Gasper has to be the only beat reporter in newspaper history to write his first losing game story at the Super Bowl. Gasper did a tremendous job for a guy who never had written about a hometown loss.
At 61, Coughlin becomes the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl.
Pop (culture) quiz: You might remember Three Dog Night's "Eli's Coming." Who wrote the song?
How does Junior Seau travel with all those hats? He said he has 350 lids, and most of them would need a hatbox or a trunk to stay in shape.
Personally, I thought Super Bowl XLII was better television than the last "M*A*S*H" episode.
Senator Arlen Specter worked on the Warren Commission, and before he's through, Mr. Single-Bullet Theory might be asking Belichick about grassy-knoll tapes. Any chance Matt Estrella and Abraham Zapruder are related? "Arlen Specter" is an anagram for "learn respect."
Canyon of Heroes or Canyon of Zeros? Depends on your perspective.
Ernie Accorsi went from Lou Gorman (Jeff Bagwell for Larry Andersen) to Red Auerbach just about overnight. In the middle of the 2007 season, the former Giants GM was being ripped for his costly acquisition of Eli Manning, but today Uncle Ernie is a Gotham genius. Eli had a better game than Joe Namath did in Super Bowl III.
Am I correct in noting that the commissioner neglected to mention the worthy losers when he was presenting the Lombardi Trophy to the Giants?
How'd you like to be Cooper Manning, the only brother without a Super Bowl MVP award?
