My apologies. It has taken me nine full days to process the Giants win over the Patriots. In many ways, I still can't believe it.

When you are at a major sporting event like a Super Bowl as a reporter, it is much different than being a fan. You have major deadline pressure to deal with and it's hard to totally relish the moment. But I must say, as a lifelong Giants fan, whose Dad had season tickets, it was a bit surreal being down on the field next to Giants players holding the Lombardi Trophy. I totally expected that piece of hardware to be hoisted by the Patriots.

I have had some Giants fans ask how I possibly could have picked the Pats to win. Well, lets see...they were 18-0! Please. As much as the Giants improved and as well as they played in the Super Bowl, you can't convince me (still) that they are a better team than the Pats. But they were in Super Bowl XLII, and that is all that matters.

Patriots fans can dissect the end of the game and some of the breaks the Giants got. But the bottom line is this: The Giants made the big plays when they were needed (see David Tyree catch above!). The Pats did not.

And how bout those Huskies! I guess Jim Calhoun still knows how to coach, Connecticut. This popular notion of a weeks ago that somehow the hall of fame coach could not connect with today's players seems as ridiculous as the once widely held belief that the Giants could not put any pressure on Tom Brady. Big Blue sacked Brady 5 times and Coach Calhoun is sacking his critics 5 times over.

With a big time point guard in AJ Price and a big man in the middle like Hasheem Thabeet, the Huskies can beat anyone. I am not suggesting that National Championship number three is on the way in 2008. But if all of these guys come back, watch out for another ring in 2009. For now, all I am saying is that on any given night or day come NCAA Tournament time, the Huskies are capable of playing with Memphis, North Carolina, Duke or any of the other teams that may get number one seeds. At the least, it's fun to see these kids winning. They sure took their share of lumps over the last season and a half.

By the way, I still don't know how David Tyree caught that ball!