The Pittsburgh Steelers, Cryptodynasty … almost
Slate had this great article on “crypto-dynasties” in sports — the teams/players who do consistently well, but never actually manage to win.
Over in cycling, Poulidor comes to mind as the greatest crypto-dynast, with Jan Ullrich coming close, with that one pesky Tour win nagging at him.
Kind of a disappointing Super Bowl from a game perspective — defense was very good on both sides, but it’s more fun to see great defense battle it out agains great offenses, not offenses that just barely manage to get things done 90% of the time. I was pulling for the Steelers, so that’s cool, though. Ah well, my sports-viewing time can now swithc to a brief Olympic binge, followed by once-a-week cycling coverage through the spring, then the full-on Tour De France binge-viewing come July.
