Posted on 02/02/2008 4:33:25 PM PST by mainepatsfan
OFFICIAL FR SUPER BOWL XLII LIVE THREAD
NEW YORK GIANTS VS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Sunday February 3, 2008
At University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale, AZ
6:17PM ET
TV Network: FOX
Don’t we just read her
like a pamphlet?
I don’t buy it. If the play call is a pass, you pass. You don’t show up your coach and not run the play he calls.
Go ahead and head hunt on him. Don’t be surprised when Vince Wilfork blows out a few opposing QBs knees in return.
Well they were for stuff like dinners, pizza, some golf balls. I did bet straight up, not very smart, but luckily the G-Men bailed me out. If I was in Vegas I would have bet the giants to cover the spread and the over. I thought it would be 38 to 28 pats. Next time I’m going to do whatever Plaxico Burress tells me to do.
Congrats on the pick by the way.
Based on what I saw in that single game, I predicted the Giants would win the Super Bowl -- and by THREE POINTS, too!
The Patriots this season were one of the most overrated teams in NFL history. Their running game wasn't very good this year (as it also was a few years ago in one of their championship seasons), and their defensive unit has gotten old and stale.
It would have been hard to argue against that selection. How odd would that have been -- when you consider that Tuck is technically a backup player on the Giants?!
We had a conversation about Super Bowl MVP awards on another thread a couple of days ago. This isn't the first time a quarterback was given the MVP award solely on the basis of a last-minute scoring drive. Go back and check out Brady's numbers in the Patriots' Super Bowl victory over the Rams a while back. He only completed 16 passes for about 145 yards, and yet he was named the game's MVP simply because of the winning scoring drive . . . even though the winning points were scored on a long field goal by Adam Vinatieri.
Sometimes there’s no justice in the NFL. If a team goes 15-1 in the regular season and then goes on to win the Super Bowl, people will rank them among the best of all time. If a team goes 16-0 in the regular season and then loses in the Super Bowl, they’re really nothing more than a footnote in the history books even though they only had one loss on their record.
Come on now! As a lifelong Jets fan I take offense to that statement. When it comes to finding creative ways to lose and pulling defeat out of the jaws of victory few teams can hold a candle to the Jets. Compared to that, the Giants are amateurs.
“Belichick has NONE.”
It was great to see that cheater lose.
Now I am shopping on line because baby needs a new computer. :D
I won my bet: $5 that the Giants would win. Wish I had bet more than that.
Is there any way that you could put up a picture of Gisele wearing a Justin Tuck jersey with her underwear? That would completely tick off my brother-in-law!
That is the question everybody in Boston is going to be thinking about for the next six months...
Thanks for that remark....Yep, I am a Colts fan who was pulling for the Giants. No hatred of the Patriots. They have had a fine season. I just wanted Peyton’s brother to win one. And had very little confidence he could do so - but he proved me wrong. Way to go, Eli!
Wow - am going to have to search out a replaying of them reading the Declaration of Independence!
No I don’t know what blonde woman you are talking about - unless it is Tom Brady’s girlfriend. Others have posted about her on this thread. (thinking she was a distraction for Brady)....if that’s the woman you are asking about.
I think the “contraction” of “Slant & Go” is “Slo-Go” in footballese. It was a nice route. As an old corner-back/safety, I could relate to the poor defender.
Strahan eventually came back, and after the first couple of games he was playing well. As a result, the Giants had this extra defensive end who they rotated into games on a regular basis. And on passing downs they often lined up in defensive formations in which all FOUR of their linemen were natural defensive ends (Strahan, Umenyora, Tuck and Mathias Kiawanuka). This is one reason why they had the best past rush in the NFL this year.
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