Looking back at two days before the game for the last few SB’s this is what I remember. SB 36 – I was hoping we wouldn’t get embarrassed and hopeful for a good game. SB 38 – I was confident we would win. SB 39 – I thought we would never lose. SB 42 – It felt like a coronation. SB 46 – I wanted revenge for destroying our perfect season. SB 49 – Pride in this team. The mental toughness carried over from 2013. They will be ready to go and it will come down to a handful of plays one way or the other

That sums it up. Say what you will about the Patriots, but the amount of fight in them is unequalled. I never thought we’d lose either of those two Super Bowls, but especially SB46, because a win would’ve just been so poetic.

Now, I realize nothing is assured, even if the Patriots are due to play a Super Bowl where they make the clutch plays and get the clutch bounces. Both of the last two they played tight for most of the game. Nothing is assured, but I am proud of this team and how they’ve had to weather incredible controversy once again.

A win Sunday would be a beautiful thing but it will certainly not come easy. All I know is that the Patriots will fight down to the final whistle. Will it be enough? We’ll see.