There were only 25 arrests for public intoxication and one for "attempting to light a fire" at 16th and Mission Streets (Note to this genius: in the immortal words of Yoda, "Do. Or do not. There is no try." When it comes to fumbling with a matchbook in the street, maybe just don't, mmkay?).

Contrast that with the arrests of a very different nature (hey, remember this fine fellow?) after the Giants' World Series victory in October, 23 of which were on felony charges involving firearms, arson, vandalism and assault and battery against police officers, and San Francisco's response to our Super Bowl loss starts to look positively demure.

Niners' fans appeared to be wandering home in varying degrees of quiet dejection, perhaps too bummed out to do much else. And I'm pretty sure I saw all those 25 publicly intoxicated people on the same block of Haight alone, and none of them looked capable of getting into a cab, let alone assaults on person and property.

How are we to interpret the city's muted reaction to the Niners' fall from grace? Do we maybe, deep down, care more about the Giants than the Niners? Did we somehow feel we didn't deserve two championships in one year? Perhaps we're still exhausted from near-constant sporting domination? Or is victory just a better catalyst for rampant destruction than sobering (heh) loss?

We may never know. But I for one suggest we try it all again next year to find out more.