And you thought Super Bowl XXXVI was good. Holy shit!

Two things first. I'm putting it right in the table for these two. The two missed field goals from Adam Vinatieri nearly became the Bill Buckner of this Super Bowl. And second, and maybe most important, that Carolina Panthers team is phenomenal. Better than the Rams were two years ago, no doubt.

Probably the best Super Bowl ever, and yes, we said that two years ago, kept us scoreless into the second quarter, the longest any Super Bowl has ever gone scoreless. Incredible.

And when it was tied at 29-29, with about a minute left in the game, Tom Brady drove the ball done the field again, and Adam Vinatieri, with eight seconds left booms a 41-yard field goal to win it all. You New England Patriots are once again Super Bowl Champions. Congratulations Patriots Nation! We have done it once again!

Tom Brady, 32-48, 354 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT is once again your Super Bowl MVP, and well deserved. He played with more poise and greatness than anything I have seen in some time. The runner up has to be Mike Vrabel, a throw-away linebacker in Pittsburgh, but one helluva Super Star here in New England. He had two sacks, a forced fumble and an offensive touchdown catch. Incredible.

This game was supposed to be a giant defensive battle, and the first quarter and most of the second was scoreless. Then the heat turned on the offensive strides, and Brady found Deion Branch in the endzone. Jake Delhomme would find Steve Smith in the endzone to tie things up. Brady found David Givens to go ahead and the Panther booted a field goal to bring the score to 14-10 at the half.

The third quarter was scoreless, and in the eleven seconds into the fourth, Antowain Smith rushed in the endzone for a Super Bowl touchdown. 21-16. Then the Patriots are driving into the endzone again, and Tom Brady is picked off in the endzone that led to a Panthers drive of 95 yards to a touchdown to take the lead. Carolina can't convert the two-point conversion and the score is 22-21. Carolina gets another unanswered touchdown with another failed two-point conversion. But that would be it for Carolina, who would have to sit back to watch New England score a touchdown with a two-point conversion and then of course the massive Adam Vinatieri slap in the face, field goal to win the big one. Goodnight, this one is over.

This one was go-go-go from the opening kick off and never ended until the clock struck zero. If there was ever a great Super Bowl with all the suspense, it was this one. And all the players who were here in 1996 to play in Super Bowl XXXI: Vinatieri, Willie McGinest, Tedy Bruschi, Ty Law, Ted Johnson, Troy Brown. And those who carried the Lombardi Trophy in 2001: Tom Brady, Antowain Smith, Richard Seymour, Roman Phifer, Mike Vrabel, Larry Izzo, Bobby Hamilton, Kevin Faulk, Joe Andruzzi, Matt Chatham, Damien Woody, and so many others. And now the new guys: Christian Fauria, Daniel Graham, Bethel Johnson, Rodney "The Greatest Sign Ever" Harrison, Tyrone Poole, Asante Samuel, Eugene Wilson, David Givens, Deion Branch, and so many more you just can't mention them all in the proper light.

Champions. Once again. Champions. The Best Team in the National Football League. How can anyone in New England say thank you, how can any of us be more grateful to the players, the coaches and the owners? And the Ultimate Man of the Hour, the very brilliant head coach Bill Belichick. How could anyone thank him more? We can't, but let me try: Thank you Coach Belichick. After years and years of championship heartache and heartbreak, you have given us a reason a hold our heads up very high, and for that, we could never, ever thank you enough.

Your New England Patriots. My God! We're World Champions again.

Favorite Stat - Very late in the second quarter TOTAL YARDS: Carolina 88 Yards, Deion Branch 88 Yards.

Worst Moment - The Halftime Show. The WHOLE show. It sucked, NFL. It sucked sooooooo bad! Until Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson's bra and exposed her breast. Nice move!

Best Commercial - None. All of them were re-hashes. What's up with that!?

No complaints about the National Anthem. Beyonce did a fantastic job.

Why not use Aerosmith for the pre-game? Use them during the halftime show. They're better than Janet Jackson any day!

- Barry Sanders on learning of his induction to Canton.

1. New England Patriots: World Champions for Super Bowl XXXVIII. Dear God....

2. Deion Branch, ten receptions, 143 yards and a touchdown. What a clutch performance.

3. Mike Vrabel, one giant impact. Just awesome!

4. The Super Bowl party at Heise Manor had the WBCN broadcast over the CBS video, and that was one helluva way to watch a Patriots Championship.

5. Add 'em leave. Once again, the best clutch kicker in the history of football, Adam Vinatieri, kicks a game winning field goal, one of the biggest he could make. Awesome.

6. Both the Panthers and the Patriots came out as a team, no one player announced. I think this might be a trend - one that was started two years ago with the Super Bowl XXXVI Champion Patriots.

7. If I had my choice to play these Panthers or the 2001 Rams - or even the 2002 Bucs, I would take the Bucs or the Rams. Bravo to the Panthers. What a great team.

8. 15 in a row, If the Patriots go 3-0 next season, that beats the 1972 Dolphins. Amazing!

9. Two-time Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady. He plays for our team!

10. Once again, congratulations Patriots Nation. World Champions again.

ejh