How about that for a championship Sunday? Finally we are down to just two teams who will be playing in Glendale, Arizona for the Lombardi Trophy. Most of us saw the Patriots making it this far; none of us saw the Giants making this improbable run. But before I digress onto the Giants win over the Packers, let’s go back the noted Pats.

18-0 huh? The Patriots are on the verge of making some serious history. When the discussion of greatest teams ever arises, certainly 19-0 is a good place to start for the Pats. They’ve manhandled everything thrown their way in a variety of fashions which, as we saw yesterday, extend beyond Tom Brady and include the often forgotten Laurence Maroney. Maroney was in full beast-mode yesterday, carrying the Patriots while Brady struggled his way through a surprising three interceptions. Give credit to San Diego, they played this Patriots team about as tough as humanly possible and if it weren’t for a few mistakes in the red zone, the Chargers could have very well won this game. In the end, however, it was the Patriots who were triumphant. I’ll go ahead and say it right now; this team isn’t beatable. There are frankly too many weapons at Brady’s disposal for this team to slip up.

On the other side are the unheralded New York Giants. The G-Men have fought their way through the entire playoff run, beating Tampa Bay, Dallas, and Green Bay all on the road. Yesterday’s game at Lambeau was one of the coldest ever played with temperatures dipping below zero. It was so cold that, halfway through the second quarter, I found myself reaching for a sweatshirt because I was getting cold just watching the game. God knows how all those Packers fans sat through that entire game in the stands. That seems like it might have been the most miserable situation ever; sub-zero temperatures and a heartbreak loss in overtime after the Green Bay God throws a pivotal interception. This Giants team is feisty. Eli Manning has come into his own; not making mistakes that he so often made earlier in his career. Ahmad Bradshaw has been a pleasant surprise at running back for the Giants and certainly made his impact in yesterday’s game with a few key first down runs. And how about the fact that the Giants have done all of this without their homophobic loud mouth tight end, Jeremy Shockey. Pretty impressive.

So the table is set for the final showdown. Will it be the unbeaten Patriots or the underdog Giants? Whatever the result, it should be a good one.