Don't Go Looking For Snakes You Might Find Them

America loves an underdog story. There's nothing better to us than someone fighting through all the odds to make the seemingly impossible come true. Even better if those odds can be personified in a big bad adversary to take down along the way. And nowhere is this personified more than in the world of sports.

There's nothing better than seeing a team come out of nowhere to take down the unbeatable favorite. Holding them off the whole way, only to weaken at the last moment before pulling through on some miraculous play at the end. Hmmm, that sounds familiar . . . where did I see something like that? Oh yeah, the Super Bowl.

Six years ago.

That's right sports fans, it wasn't that long ago that the Patriots were that underdog. They were that David battling the hated Goliath. They were the team that galvinized our nation and had everyone behind them. How quickly things change.

You see, since our country's inception, America has been obsessed with celebrity. One needs only to look at our first president to realize this. But the obsession has always had a dark side, as obsessions tend to do. And a lot of that has to do with the nature of celebrity itself.

Celebrity is like a weird kind of drug. I know its a cliched comparison but bear with me. There are some who can live without it, but most would do anything to get a taste. And once you get a taste, you'll do anything you can to get your hands on more. And on it goes, until you've reached the point of oversaturation. Which is what happened to the Patriots.

They started out as everybody's underdog. But when the underdog keeps winning, it becomes the favorite. And that's when people start to turn on you. Call it jealousy, call it a desire for something new, but that's what happened. Maybe they brought it on themselves too. They let the fame and the accolades get to their heads, they got too good too fast. Whatever it was, the American public wanted to see them get taken down. And this Sunday, they got their wish.

I'm not sure I like the message this says about our culture. "Its ok to be good, but don't try to be great, cause everyone's gonna turn on you." Then again, that might be what makes true greatness. The ability to perservere despite everyone rooting for you to fail. But I guess the Patriots will never know.

Now, all of this is just talk, as the fact still remains that the New York Giants are your Super Bowl Champions. So congratulations to all you Giants fans out there. Just don't get too comfy at the top. There's an entire nation waiting to drag you back down.