Now that I'm out in the burbs, there is never really a big celebration for anything. Even when the Sox won, there wasn't much of anything.

Last year I remember there were people celebrating outside my apartment building until early morning. This year, I didn't see any of that or hear about that anywhere else.

It's kind of too bad that people have become so accustomed to this. You don't see runs like this very often in pro sports.

Today is the worst kind of day . . . the improbable cover, but your team still loses the game. so I won all my bets, got to laugh at everyone else who called me a retard for taking the six and a half, but still got to see philly lose a game that was theirs for the taking. Rough.

I predict that I won't care who wins although I do agree with the comments about Tom Brady. :p

A few years ago, prior to a Bronco's Superbowl win, we media types were having a meeting at the Denver Cop Shop to talk about pool and unilateral coverage for the welcome home parade and celebration.

The meeting just ahead in the same room -- which ran over a little -- was contingency planning for potential rioting or violence following the game.

They (the police brass) were doing a quick recount of where they would have command posts and where their reaction units would be and how they expected the crowds to react and where the hotspots and movement would be.

It was amazing. Listening to radio reports and watching TV coverage after the game -- they were exactly right. Almost scary.