The Super Bowl, the Real World Challenge and the Eerie Concidences Surrounding these Two Important Events

I love two things more than anything else in the world, Football and Real World / Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III. My two loves are the most entertaining things on television. Best of all, this year’s Super Bowl gives me a perfect opportunity to tie the two together. The Gauntlet pits the Rookies against the Veterans just as the Super Bowl features a Giants squad with virtually no Super Bowl experience (Rookies) against a Patriots team that has been here and done this before (Veterans). There are also player by player similarities, which we have painstakingly put together below.

The Giants:

Eli Manning ‚ – Kenny -No one expected much out of Kenny when he appeared on Fresh Meat, just as very few people thought that Eli would go this far. Both proved the doubters wrong and established themselves as game competitors.

Michael Strahan  -Coral – Challenge fans know Coral as the hard-headed veteran who is constantly getting in arguments with every other Challenge member. Despite her bitchy attitude, she always puts together a very strong effort and normally ends up hanging around until the finals. Much in the same way, Strahan pissed off teammates and management by holding out, yet once again, he put together a strong season next to Osi Umenyiora, and has lead his team to the Super Bowl for the second time.

Corey Webster – Adam – Despite his diminutive frame , Adam used his quick feet to his advantage and nearly advanced to the finals in the Challenge version of Powerball in the season premiere. Jason used his quick feet to pick off a Brett Favre pass in overtime that allowed Lawrence Tynes to turn from goat to hero in one kick.

Aaron Ross – Eric – In the season preview for the Challenge, Eric is shown getting violently ill. MTV makes the viewer believe that Eric is close to death during this season, when he probably just had a bad case of the Hershey squirts. Aaron Ross got the flu on the team flight and delayed it departure by an hour. They are officially brothers in puke.

The Patriots:

Evan -Tom Brady – Both of these guys are very affable, good looking dudes. (And I mean that in the straightness way possible ladies) They are always in it until the finish, and in the Super Bowl and the Gauntlet III, they will be the favorites to take home the gold.

Randy Moss  – CT – CT and Randy generally rub people the wrong way. Randy may or may not have rubbed a young woman the wrong way, and CT definitely rubbed Davis the wrong way when he punched him in the face in the last challenge.

Beth – Matt Light -These two fit perfectly together because they are each other’s equal in terms of attractiveness.

Diem -Tedy Bruschi – Tedy and Diem are both on the “potentially life threatening illness team” as Diem survived cancer and Bruschi survived a stroke. Thankfully, both recovered and returned to their respective livelihoods.

Brooke  – Mike Vrabel – Brooke, the supposedly goodie-two-shoes southern belle of Real World Denver, ended up making out with a chick in the Challenge’s first episode. Mike also likes to play both ways, as he is a goal line threat for the Pats.

Brad – Junior Seau – Brad has been a solid competitor in the Challenges, nearly advancing to the final on a number of occasions. In his 18 year career, Junior has always been a bridesmaid. For their sake, I hope they can make it to the altar in their respective professions this season.

And last but not least…

Belichick – TJ Lavin – Both Belichick and TJ know their way around a bong. Belichick is familiar with the buddha because his son was charged with possession and intent to distribute. Lavin is familiar with weed because he smokes around 2.6 pounds every day. These men are also drawn together by the fact that everyone thinks they are huge douches.

Enjoy the Challenge this week, I know I will.

The Angry T

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