BRIAN'S BLOG

In Superbow XLII, Ron Jaworski picked the Patriots to win by 20 points. Dan Marino had the AFC Champs winning by 2 TDs. Mike Golic, Chris Carter, Dan Dierdorf, Chris Collinsworth and many other ex-football players and professional prognosticators picked the Patriots to beat the Giants. It seems like the only people who didn’t pick the Patriots to win were the Giants themselves.

And that’s why they play the game!

Throughout history, underdogs have risen up to beat opponents so invincible, that one was sure the outcome was decided long before the event took place. Who didn’t think the Patriots were a mortal lock to win Superbowl XLII??

The 1966 Texas Western Men’s Basketball Team, the 1969 NY Jets and the 1980 U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Squad were three teams involved in the greatest upsets of all time. Victory came when almost everyone in attendance, and the millions of people watching on TV, thought the underdogs had absolutely no shot at drinking from the cup of champions. And yet, those teams proved the critics wrong, just as the Giants did last night.

There is a valuable lesson, for all entrepreneurial companies, in the effort put forth by Eli Manning and his teammates in this year’s Superbowl.

No matter what the experts say, no matter what the research tells you and no matter how much people think you will lose, play the game. On any given day, it just might be your moment in the sun.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. It’s the only way miracles can happen.

Brian Moran
President
Moran Media Group