I could not have been more pleased with the Super Bowl matchup yesterday. Four years ago when the Giants went up against the Patriots, and the heavily favored Pats fell was one of the happiest sports moments of my life. The Patriots are the 800 pound gorilla of the NFL. Money makes the world go round and the Patriots have tons of it, so naturally, they stack their line up. Welker, Gronkowski, Gostowski, Hernandez, Wilfork, and Brady are just a few examples of players that are all at the very top skill level at their respective positions.

Tom Brady is absolutely my least favorite person in sports. I’ll be the first to admit that my hatred of Brady is completely unfounded. In interviews on and off the field he seems like a perfectly nice fellow. He’s a very good quarterback with his three Super Bowl rings, though I couldn’t make a very good argument why he doesn’t deserve them. Yet, I hate him anyway. And as long as he plays for the Patriots, I will continue to hate him.

So the past four years have been great for me, watching Brady and the Pats get to the playoffs then choke before they even get to the big time. This year, more thanks to Billy Cundiff missing a 32 yard chip shot of a field goal than good play on the part of the Pats, they made it to the Super Bowl to recreate XLII against the Giants.

As soon as the Giants hit the field goal in OT and took the NFC championship, my adrenaline started pumping. The rematch was happening. I could not have been more excited at kick off yesterday.

What an exciting game it was. I was the edge of my seat at every play. The amazing TD catch by Victor Cruz, the crucial sack by Justin Tuck that put the Giants on the board first, the go for two attempt by the Giants that failed at the end kept my heart racing and my adrenaline pumping.

That was a great team effort by the Giants, and I now have trash talking rights to all my Patriot loving friends and relatives.

For me, this effectively ends the debate of who is the better Manning, Peyton or Eli. If you disagree, just look at the numbers. Peyton beat Rex Grossman and the Bears for a Super Bowl, then lost the Saints, a much better team, the next year. Eli has faced down Tom Brady, who is easily one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, twice. Then Eli and the Giants took him down both times. Eli Manning for the win. Two Super Bowls. Two wins. Go home again empty-handed, Brady.