Hondo took a split the hard way on Championship weekend, getting shut out in Pats-Chargers before rallying with a two-pointer in Giants-Pack to remain only a game behind wilting Wimbish in the BG O/U standings.
While at 3-7, Mr. Aitch may not be dazzling the postseason spread sheet as he heads into Super Sunday, he feels compelled to share that all three of his victories have come as a result of his Giant plays.
That includes his near direct hit with a 24-21 forecast in the NFC title game. Therefore, pay attention when Hondo-damus (a distant relative of Nostra) predicts:
GIANTS 38, PATRIOTS 35: How can you get behind a team with the Coach/ Cheater of the Year, a gimpy QB, an underachieving WR, a dirty, late-hitting safety and other assorted villains, especially when they’re giving an overly generous 12-point spot against America’s beloved Giants? And how do you not back the Big Blue Magic Bus, which is fuel-injected by the 3Ms of Manning, moxie and mojo, and has been mowing down all in its path since a narrow loss to New England in the regular-season finale?
If Mr. Aitch’s ruminations are correct, the Jints will turn the Patsies into just another, 18-1 team (like the ’85 Bears, minus their Lombardi Trophy).
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HondoNation SuperSelections: Mrs. Aitch: Giants, 27-14; Mr. Aitch’s First Heir: Giants, 34-30; Mr. Aitch’s Second-But-Equal Heir: Giants, 27-24; Dan Berger (former winner of the now-defunct Fans’ Corner): Patriots, 34-20; BarkingMut: Patriots, 37-22; Frank Ibbetson (3-1 as a guest selector, which is far superior than his mano a mano record against Hondo on the golf course): Patriots, 31-17; Warren “King” Tuttle: Giants, 34-31; Mick Buckmir (elder half of the Brothers Buckmir): Patriots, 31-10; Ed Buckmir: Giants, 30-27; Susan Clute: Patriots, 19-16.
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Dan Marino took some heat because his cell phone went off during CBS’ halftime show of Pats-Chargers. It was just good to see Dan finally get a ring.
Mick Buckmir says if the Pats win, there’ll be a new engraving on the Lombardi Trophy: * Caught cheating.
Nice work by Obama on his SuperSagger snag. Ted Kennedy’s endorsement pretty much locks up the old-drunks-with-massive-man-breasts-who’ve-gotten-away-with-killing-someone vote for Barack.
MSNBC treated Kennedy’s endorsement as the equivalent of getting anointed by the Lord. Somebody might want to inform Chris Matthews, who was frothing in a full-blown gush, that the distinguished and bloated senator from Mass. has been irrelevant for quite some time.
From e-mauler Ed Buckmir: Despite leaving the race, John Edwards vows to continue his personal war on poverty and will do so between getting $400 haircuts.
Props to Mike Francesa for his contract extension. Sources say it’s for “enormous” money.
There seems to be a dispute brewing over the cause of death of Christian Brando, son of Marlon, with some saying he died of pneumonia, while others suggesting the possibility of foul play. All this might have been avoided if only the person who discovered the body had had the presence of mind to put in an immediate call Mary-Kate Olsen.
Susan Clute of Pa. says she would have called Ashley Olsen, who seems to be a little smarter than Mary-Kate and might have thought to dial 911 instead of her NY security team.
Roger Clemens talked to some Little Leaguers Wednesday at Houston’s Minute Maid Park. Juicers are always welcome at Minute Maid.
Rapper L’il Wayne was busted for having pot, coke and ecstasy on his tour bus. He must get his buses from the same dealer Willie Nelson uses.
Toe-tapper Larry Craig loves the Super Bowl, even when his teams – the Browns and ‘Packers – aren’t in it. That’s because of the long halftime show, which gives him time to go out and do some stall-peeping and maybe take a wide stance or two.
Hondo’s guessing that even some Giants would admit the loss of Shockey has resulted in addition by subtraction. Of course, when he returns next year, it’ll be a case of division by addition.
Mike “L’il Him” Lupica’s political column Wednesday was reduced to a “web exclusive,” which was the Daily Ruse’s way of saying, “This predictable drivel about Rudy’s failed campaign isn’t worth wasting newsprint on.”
[For more on L’il Him and his big ego, see Media Ink on Page 34.]
With Santana, the Mets are hoping they now might be able to hold onto a seven-game lead with 17 to play.
The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91, has stepped down as head of his transcendental meditation organization. Word is he ran out of mantras.
A German travel agency has begun booking flights to a resort on the Baltic Sea. Does anything say good times like a plane-load of naked Germans?
Coincidentally, as Dubya works feverishly to push his economic stimulus package through Congress, crazed campaigner Bill Clinton is looking to take a break so he can devote more time to his own stimulus package.
Peace till baseball.
hondo@nypost.com