Believe in Green!

As some of you know, since spending a lot of time in the city some years ago I'm a big fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. That's American Football, for the uninitiated. An excuse, then, for a gratuitous photo of an Eagles cheerleader.

In American football the holy grail is the Super Bowl, which the Eagles have never won - a major letdown for the hugely passionate Philadelphia fans. I remember watching the 2005 Super Bowl with good US buddies Pazen and Andrew, all the way from Chicago, when the Eagles could (should) have beaten the New England Patriots but choked when it mattered.

The eagles, after an unmemorable regular season, secured a wild card spot in the playoffs a few weeks ago thanks an the unlikely combination of a win over Dallas coupled with other results going their way. A 26-14 win over the Minnesota Vikings was followed by a 23-11 divisional playoff victory in New York on Sunday - against top-seeded the Giants, winners of last year's Super Bowl.

So there's one more game to go to decide whether the Eagles will be going to Super Bowl XLIII on February 1. A visit to Phoenix on Sunday to play the Arizona Cardinals. The Eagles beat the Cardinals 48-20 on thanksgiving weekend, but since then then Cards have been on fire. Like the Eagles, they sneaked into the playoffs, so it's a game that's too close to call.

James and I will be glued to Sky from 8.00 on Sunday night hoping that an impossible journey doesn't end in the desert.

Of course I'll also be believing in blue, as Rangers take on Falkirk tomorrow...