SUPER, THIS BOWL

ESPECIALLY FOR THE ECONOMY. UP TO $400 MILLION SPENT IN GLENDALE, AZ. IN THE NORTH PART OF THE VALLEY, A PGA GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL BRING IN MORE FOR THE COFFERS. LAST WEEK, ALSO IN SCOTTSDALE WERE THE CAR AUCTIONS GENERATING MORE DINERO. ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY WHERE I PLAYED GOLF ON A FRIGID AZ WEDNESDAY, HOME BUILDING WAS SOARING. NOT HUGE MANSIONS, BUT MIDDLE CLASS HOUSING (is there still a middle class?). SO I'M WONDERING WHERE THIS LOUSY ECONOMY IS. I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE WEST.

OF COURSE, PRICES FOR EVERYTHING THIS WEEK HAS ESCALATED. SOME GUY ON THE NEWS HAD RENTED HIS GLENDALE HOUSE FOR $3, 000 A DAY. AIRLINES HAVE RAISED THEIR PRICES TO $2,700 PER FLIGHT (pity those who have to make the trip to Phoenix and could care less about the two Eastern teams playing here). TICKET PRICES RANGE FROM $3,500 FOR UPPER DECK SEATS TO $12,000 FOR A SEAT ON THE 50 YARD-LINE. GO FIGURE.

I'M GETTING A HAIRCUT THIS MORNING, AND I EVEN EXPECT TO PAY MORE SINCE IT'S SUPER BOWL WEEK. NAUGH, GIO WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ME. BUT IT IS CRAZY.

NOW ABOUT THE GAME. THE PLAX SAYS THE NY TEAM 23-17. OUR SON SAYS THE PATSIES 48-13. I SAY, WHO CARES?

I DO LIKE ELI EVEN THOUGH HE DISSED THE CHARGERS ON DRAFT DAY. I DON'T LIKE bratty, the Patsy qb. NOR THEIR CHEATING, CONIVING COACH. THE GIANTS COACH EARNED MY LIKE FOR HIM WHEN HE SUFFERED A CHAPPED FACE AT GREEN BAY. IS BLOOD RED CHAPPED?

BUT I REALLY DON'T CARE. OK, I DO. BUT I'VE HAD SUCH A ROTTEN NFL ROOTING SEASON, THAT I'M ACTING BLASE ABOUT IT. THANKS FOR BRINGING THE SUPER BOWL HERE, MR. COMMISH ROGER, BUT YOU SCREWED UP BADLY ON THE PUNISHMENT YOU POURED OUT ON NEW ENGLAND FOR CHEATING. IF THERE IS JUSTICE, YOU'LL BE FIRED AND THE GIANTS WILL WIN ON SUNDAY.