Just call NFC Championship the Disbelief Bowl

EAST RUTHERORD, N.J. - Oh, goody. It’s the “Waaah, Waaah, Waaah, Nobody Believed In Us Bowl…” brought to you by the National Football Conference.

In the green corner, thanks to their 23-11 Divisional Playoff win Sunday over the defending Super Bowl champion Giants, we have the Philadelphia Eagles.



At one point this season, they were 5-5-1. Franchise hood ornament Donovan McNabb had been benched (deservedly) and he and coach Andy Reid were being ridden out of Philly on a very wide rail.



When everyone turned their back on them (including those who picked them to win the Super Bowl, ahem), they went 3-1, took the back stairs into the playoffs with their 9-6-1 record, won a pair of games and are now 60 minutes from a Super Bowl berth.



“Y’all didn’t believe in us!” reminded Eagles rookie wideout DeSean Jackson as he paraded toward the visitor’s locker room at Giants Stadium.



Yeah, right, stupid us. You guys were so formidable in that tie with the Bengals, how’d we ever let our faith waver?



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