One thing that Bokolis just cannot stomach about the NFL is the way it allows for people other than players to decide the outcome. Almost on cue, we were thrown today's Liverpool-Tottenham match. The way that disaster played out, it almost conditions us for some nonsense to happen in tonight's super bowl.
Eagles (+4.5) over Patriots - The playoff season is sitting at 5-4-1 (6-4 really), meaning Bokolis must hit this game to say I've done something this playoff season. As such, I cannot cop out by offering what I'd do in real life, which is to buy two points on both sides and play Patriots -2.5 and Eagles +6.5, hoping to hit the middle while laying 3-2 odds on each side.
Even with two weeks to sit on this, Bokolis has a weird feel on this game. Similarly to how I felt about about the second Giants-Patriots matchup, the sense I have is that the Eagles will play at least as well as the Patriots in this game, but it just won't work out for them. Of course, the Giants wound up winning/covering that game, but it was as close as Wes Welker getting two hands on a pass he couldn't hold to going the other way.
After the fiasco of last year's super bowl, where the vagaries of the NFL allowed for a team that was mauled for three quarters to win the game, it is quite easy to succumb to the notion that the Patriots will find a way to scam themselves another championship.
It may indeed play out that way, but Bokolis is going to bank on the Eagles staying close regardless. I'm also asking the Eagles to keep up the effort they've put in during their home playoff games and asking Foles to continue his uptrend.
