Wait, Eli did what?

If I was just a bit more motivated, I would have gotten this up sooner in the day, just so it didn't seem like I spent all morning scouring the Internet to build a case and then try and run with it.

I'm just not that motivated.

But, unlike Super Bowl victories, judging what the media will do next is really easy to predict. The blogosphere is as easy, if not more so.

So, here's my version of the prop bets for what to expect in the next week and beyond.

From New York:

* Tales of the "never say die" Giants, primarily focusing on Eli and Strahan (Come on, that's a total gimme and it will be just as bad as press for the Patriots, if not worse)
* A push to make Eli a legitimate star. This will be awkward and hilarious. (I'd like to see it set to rap/rock so it will look more like the montage in the middle of movies like The New Guy.
* Fans using this as leverage against the Yankees collapse in 2004.
* A sudden exodus from the remaining Jets fans who don't give a crap about football.
* Story after story about how Eli is now an elite QB (he's not), how he's caught up to Peyton (he hasn't) and how the sky is the limit for the Giants now with such a young QB (it's not - they are a suspect team, just like they were before the playoffs).

From New England:

* Brady was hurt.
* The Pats lost the game, the Giants didn't win it.
* Brady was at fault for being too distracted / not into the game enough / hurt. Pick one.
* The coach wore a new sweatshirt.
* The Pats didn't deserve to win, so everyone should stop paying attention because it's being handled by angry fans.

From Everywhere Else:

* This is karma for winning so much lately.
* This is karma for cheating during the season.
* This is karma for all the ads, being too cocky, etc.
* The Pats have lost focus.
* Did New York win or did New England lose (Deadspin Commenter Slapfight Division)
* It is somehow Randy's fault (Minneapolis Bloggers Division).
* This is what happens when fans tempt fate with the whole undefeated thing.
* This is the ultimate karmic payback for Pats fans being so unbearable all season.
* The league is rigged (I'm nearly on board with the VanPete theory here, hatched after the Falcons' trip).

And Further Along the Line:

* Long, boring submissions about autumn in New England, mortality and the quest for perfection.
* Long, boring submissions about how one person or another personally jinxed the team (Bill Simmons Division)
* Pointless soul-searching for a scrap of meaning the likes of which we haven't seen since the Buckner Game.
* Letters of resignation to allow people to spend time living quietly in a small shack in the Carribean (Tiki Barber Division).

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