~Last night's game was the best Super Bowl I've ever seen. My top three are now:
1) Giants-Patriots (Super Bowl 42)
2) Patriots-Rams (Super Bowl 36)
3) Giants- Bills (Super Bowl 25)
So any Super Bowl that involves the Patriots and/or Giants will automatically be awesome in my opinion.
~The last four Patriot Super Bowls have all been decided by three points exactly. I was convinced the Patriots were going to win yesterday by three points and get their fourth Super Bowl crown.
~Bill Bellicheck is one of the most hated men in sports right now. He is a true villain in the sports world, which made this loss in the Super Bowl all the more satisfying. This wasn't just a David versus Goliath mathup. It transcended that, and became a good versus evil. And the NFL couldn't have scripted it any better. A coach people love to hate, a QB everyone is jealous of, records falling left and right against the team everyone wrote off (including myself), led by the country boy from Mississippi and a band of rookies and seasoned vets. Just a great story and a wonderfully happy ending.
~I am ridiculously happy for Eli. He's out of the shadows now and a legit QB in the NFL. Even if he has a 5 int game next year, people can't knock him the way they used to. The title "Super Bowl Champion/MVP" will ring true forever.
~David Tyree is my feel good story. The guy caught only four balls all year, was injured, and his mother passed away during the season. Then he goes out and catches three balls, one for a TD, and the other that will be shown in NFL Films for decades and decades to come. What an awesome feeling for the guy.
~I love how into the game Peyton Manning got. How can you not like Peyton? Which begs the question: How come nobody was sitting remotely close to Peyton? Why was he shoved into a corner??? And where was Archie?????
~Plaxico Burress get the game-winning TD in the Super Bowl. GO GREEN! GO WHITE! Gotta represent.
~Why did Bellicheck not kick the field goat on 4th and 13 from the 31? That was more than within the kicker's range. I just don't understand...and Bellicheck's mumbling response about field position doesn't make sense to me either. As a Giants fan, I was happy when he brought the offense back on the field for that 4th and 13, because that is a ridiculously hard conversion, even for the Patriots. And I also don't understand Bill Simmons. He said the Patriots were passive? In what way??? Going for it on 4th and 13 screams aggressiveness to me. I thought the Giants took a page out of the Jaguars' and Chargers' books and let the Patriots have small passes to Welker and the such, which the Pats took, but that doesn't mean they were passive. The difference to me was Maroney not being able to run the football. In the two previous games, Maroney was the difference maker. This time he was shut completely down.
~Was that not the most entertaining 7-3 game through three quarters ever? Great stuff. There were hardly any penalties and turnovers, just great back and forth play between the two teams. I was rivetted.
~ I like what Sean Salisbury said on Sportscenter (yeah, never said that before, I know). I'll paraphrase: "The Giants hit the Patriots in the mouth, the Patriots hit back hard, and for the first time all season, a team got up from the Patriot's punch and hit them back even harder." It's true, too. When that Pats scored in the 4th, there was almost 3 minutes left. You just had a feeling something might happen...at least I had an inkling...that for the first time all season a team had the opportunity to lay the knock-out blow to the Patriots- and the Giants connected big time.
~Last night was also why I will always love professional football over college football. There's a finality, and the world knows it. We have a champion, and it is the New York football Giants.
~I'll end it with this: Eli Manning's scramble-David Tyree's catch. Name me a better play than that in the last five years. Seriously, that shit was amazing.
Satisified,
Mikey D
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I agree that the game was really good through all 4 quarters. The first two went by really quickly.
I know Belichick is hated, but I really stand by him on the whole "leave the field" thing. Everyone on both sides were storming the field - he shook Tom Coughlin's hand and should be able to concede the last second. I think it was a college game I saw where they allowed this to happen because the losing coach did the same thing Belichick did. He didn't "abandon his team". People just hate the guy and are looking for something to rip him on.
I kept saying over and over "I can't believe Eli Manning just won the Super Bowl... and was the MVP!" The only way he wasn't the MVP is if you could give the award to their defensive line. THAT was the story of the game because they dominated the Pats O-Line on almost every play.
I also loved Peyton's reaction. It was much prouder than Eli's last year, although Peyton has a ring on his finger to keep him happy.
Yes, I did predict the Pats to win, but I am not surprised the Giants won. (Which is what 80% of NFL fans are saying today, but oh well). They have been the hot team for weeks and they had much less pressure than the Pats.
No doubt about it, the Super Bowl was incredible.
My prediction was that the Giants would be down by four with 2 minutes to got, (I said 24-28)and that they would have a chance to win, but Eli would throw a pick and the Patriots would win.
My prediction was almost right, but Eli's pass went right through the pats cornerback's hands. (I think it was Asante Samuel who dropped it)
I never been more happy to be proven wrong though. Tyree's catch was amazing(Simmons is right, this play needs a name), and when Plax caught the TD with 30 seconds left I was jumping around the room. I didn't sit down until the game was over.
I think Peyton was in the corner because he was trying to be inconspicuous. Trying not to steal Eli's moment. (Although the camera still flashed to him after every other play)
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