Unfuckingbelievable

I'm not going to blather on tonight. I'm far too dizzy to make any possible sense (and, yes, dizzier than usual, I agree.) Fuckin' amazing game. As I'm sure will be said many many many times in the coming days, across the TV box and the internet tubes, this was an Instant Classic. Here are some early thoughts from some sports blogs I particularly dig:

The Sports Frog gets the award for ShortnSweet, certainly echoing my sentiments regarding Tiki Barber.

Can't Stop The Bleeding had this to say about the NFC and AFC Championship games (the AFC take is particularly sharp), both written by Gerard Cosloy, co-head of Matador Records.

Predictions later (perhaps, and more thoughts as well), but I'll say this: I think the spread is gonna open at Pats by 9. 18-0 aside, I'd be very surprised if the oddsmakers give the Pats a double-digit spread. They made that mistake giving the Rams -14 back in 2002 (final score: 20-17, Patriots). Whether the Giants win or lose, it's gonna be a close game. They only lost by 3, back on December 29th, and they hung 35 points on that defense.

Fuck. I haven't cared this much about football in general or specifically for years.

(UPDATE 01/21/08: Bodoglife.com has the line today at Pats -12. The AP is reporting that Vegas sports books are going as high as -13 or -14. Sigh...oh well.)