So maybe you made it through the world’s longest pre-game show. And since when exactly did the NFL and Super Bowl come complete with the red carpet treatment?

Then you struggled through some of the worst commercials to grace the big game in a long time. Anyone else glad they weren’t the ones signing the check for $2.7 million it cost to get 30 seconds of air time during the game?

And then you struggled to pay attention to the first half of the game amid the gluttony that is the other staple of the game, wings, pizza, chips, dip, beer, soda.
And of course you checked out the halftime show featuring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and tried desperately to explain to your kids who this old man was.

If you did all of that, you were rewarded with something special. A second-half of the game that lived up to its name: Super.

Of course, if you were me, you are taking everyone’s word for it, since I managed to fall asleep with about 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, in the process missing all the drama.

But I have a theory about the game, one that Eagles fans are not going to like.
That’s because I believe the unbeatable Patriots, the team on a mission, marching toward an invincible mark of 19-0, were done in by one of our own.

That would be Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. If the name sounds familiar, it should. He learned his craft, the one that so confused the Patriots and Tom Brady (maybe the only time this year I’ve seen Brady in this position) at the hand of the master. That would be Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson.

Spagnuolo was on his staff before taking over the Giants defense.

Try that one on for size this morning. A former Eagles assistant devised the plan that toppled the mighty Patriots.

Unless of course you just think it’s because the Patriots weren’t allowed to cheat this time around.