Kirk Bowman's blog

I was rooting for the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. I'm not really a Patriots fan but I wanted to see a team pull off a perfect season. They were so close.

I love to see great achivement in anyone and can have respect for the Patriots even though they are not "my team".

I understand the guys pulling for the underdog Giants and certainly have to tip my hat to them for playing a great game and winning.

In Australia, there is a term called the "tall poppy syndrome". Whenever anyone rises above the crowd there is a tendency to want to pull them back down to size. Like crabs in a basket. No one gets out because the others always pull them back down.

I remember watching a guy so gleeful when Tiger Woods made a double bogey in the 2000 US Open. I was there at Pebble Beach watching that event which Tiger went on to win. It was strange to watch a guy delight in the mistake of a champion.

I like underdogs as well as the next guy. But I also like champions who rise above the crowd and do something special.