Though I'm sure you've all been absorbed in the Kasparov-Karpov chess rematch in Spain these past few days, I'd like to talk about a less-followed sport: primetime football.
It's rare that any Dallas game lives up to the hype that surrounds it, but the Cowboys-Giants game was a fast-paced thriller. The 33-31 final, which favored New York in the end, was a back-and-forth scoring frenzy - with no team ever leading by more than six points. Although quarterback Tony Romo seemed to make every mistake he could to give the game away - throwing three picks and 16 incompletions - the Dallas running game dominated. It seemed the only thing that could bring down running back Marion Barber was a quad strain that caused him to fall short of what otherwise would have been a sure second trip to the end zone. He left the game with 124 yards, but no matter - Felix Jones was averaging an absurd 13.7 yards per touch.
Oddly, it wasn't the Giants' "two-headed dragon," consisting of running backs Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw, that won the Giants the game. It was the unlikely gunslinger Eli Manning throwing for 330 yards and two touchdowns to - wait, who plays receiver for New York again? With Plaxico Burress on his way to jail and Hakeem Nicks injured, Manning dominated with a less than impressive receiving corps (
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