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Super Bowl XLII Live Thread (New York Giants win 17-14)
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Posted on 02/02/2008 4:33:25 PM PST by mainepatsfan

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OFFICIAL FR SUPER BOWL XLII LIVE THREAD

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NEW YORK GIANTS VS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Sunday February 3, 2008

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At University of Phoenix Stadium

Glendale, AZ

6:17PM ET

TV Network: FOX



TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: football; giants; livethread; nepatriots; nfl; nygiants; patriots; sports; superbowl; superbowl42
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To: the OlLine Rebel

What’s pathetic is how people like you elevate paid athletes into some level of a moral example on how we ought to live and try to liken him to a guy who ran for office. Not even closely related. He’s not out there making speeches, he’s not endorsing candidates or causes. He plays football and otherwise keeps his mouth shut. You feel the need to judge him for a situation that you know very little about all of the details save for what you reaD about on the internet or People Magazine. It’s his business, not yours and nor mine.

However, if you want to start looking for flaws as a way to lessen people perhaps we should turn our attention to people like Rush, Ann Coulter, VP Cheney and anyone else who doesn’t live to your standards...


2,761 posted on 02/04/2008 9:00:19 AM PST by misterrob (Mitt Romney-My Favorite 3rd Choice!!!)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Amazing photo. Even more amazing is that Strahan can still make plays like that at the age of 36.

That guy is the best pass-rushing defensive end I've ever seen . . . and that's saying a lot when you consider that I've seen the likes of Richard Dent, Reggie White, Bruce Smith, etc.

2,762 posted on 02/04/2008 9:02:05 AM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: misterrob

Brady doesn’t hold himself out to be a role model? As of Dec 2007, I think he did:
“You look at Joe Montana, who was one of my role models growing up, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods,” Brady said. “They’re all great role models for children and adults with how they handle themselves every time they step out in public. It’s flattering to be mentioned in their company.”


2,763 posted on 02/04/2008 9:02:21 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Violated rules without any benefit from that violation? Oh, the humanity of it all!!!!! The Pat’s defeated every opponent during the 2007 year without using a single clip from any illicitly gained video, and you want to make them out to be the worse cheats in the world. I like the way you used the little (I don’t care how you rationalize it) cry to defray any problems with facing reality. But, then whiners do that.

So, you wish to dump on all the the players of that franchise for what one player did in his personal life - and you don’t have any information regarding the particulars of what went on in that relationships or who decided what in breaking it off. I don’t hear you crying about all the illigitimate children coming out of Hollywierd!!!!! Do you, then, not watch any movies or television programs? If you do then you’re nothing but a hypocrite. You can’t have it both ways. So, put that in your pipe and smoke it. Now, flame away.


2,764 posted on 02/04/2008 9:04:06 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: Right Brother

Is that BS the best you can do? How pathetic.


2,765 posted on 02/04/2008 9:04:49 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: RetiredArmy
Oh, so that’s where you take this? Personal attacks? No wonder you have so much vitriol and hate in your heart.
2,766 posted on 02/04/2008 9:06:01 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

I think he didn’t. He just paid respect to those guys and said how flattered he was to be considered in their class.


2,767 posted on 02/04/2008 9:06:15 AM PST by misterrob (Mitt Romney-My Favorite 3rd Choice!!!)
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To: SoldierDad

Go kiss Bellyache’s ass. Your a Pat’s fan and cannot stand that your beloved losers LOST! Live with it pal. They got their asses handed to them by the Giants.


2,768 posted on 02/04/2008 9:07:33 AM PST by RetiredArmy (America wants socialism. It wants it all for free. It wants the government to provide all.)
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To: misterrob

You still don’t get it, do you?

The guy is out there in the public eye. He can’t avoid having his “business” found out. Too bad if it “has nothing to do with his real business”. If it gets out, it gets out, and is fair game.

BTW, what do I need to know about him to know he’s screwing around and that that’s immoral? He has a bastard child and it’s HIS fault as well as the woman’s - unless it’s even worse and he raped her. Bottom line, we all know about it, and it’s immoral - and the child who had no choice is the reason it’s immoral. And I wouldn’t want a kid idolizing a “man” like him, who IS going to find it out, even if we try to hide it.

“who doesn’t live to your standards...”

Oh heavens. My morals are just so hard to live by.


2,769 posted on 02/04/2008 9:08:04 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Alberta's Child
I know it. The last two minutes of that game, boy. THAT was a Superbowl!!! Just unbelievable plays by so many guys who worked extremely hard for their 42 ring.

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2,770 posted on 02/04/2008 9:08:44 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: SoldierDad
I woke up this morning still smarting a bit but as I picked up my 18 month old son who ran into my office saying "Hi Daddy" I got things into perspective rather quickly. Sports are but a diversion in life for us.

It's a game.

2,771 posted on 02/04/2008 9:09:19 AM PST by misterrob (Mitt Romney-My Favorite 3rd Choice!!!)
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To: misterrob

Well, he didn’t deny it.


2,772 posted on 02/04/2008 9:11:38 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

It only matters because “need to get a life” ers like you read about his life in the tabloids and need to feel indignant and morally superior.

Have a good one...


2,773 posted on 02/04/2008 9:12:29 AM PST by misterrob (Mitt Romney-My Favorite 3rd Choice!!!)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Now you are reaching....


2,774 posted on 02/04/2008 9:13:29 AM PST by misterrob (Mitt Romney-My Favorite 3rd Choice!!!)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Two things that stood out IMO was the Pats going for it on 4th and 13. IIRC, they were in FG range so why not try one.

Secondly, at the end of the game, with 35 ticks left, it appeared that Brady and the Pats just plain gave up. There was no fire to attempt to get within FG range. Sure there was pressure, but Brady could have tried something a little more than he did.

I gues that having spent a good deal ot time picking yourself off the turf, you tend to get a bit gunshy. And the Giants had plenty of them to go around. As a cowboys fan, I say gongrats to the Giants. Way to go. You brought another Vince Lombardi Trophy to the NFC East. The NFC East still holds more of those trophies than any other division.


2,775 posted on 02/04/2008 9:14:17 AM PST by NCC-1701 (PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Oddly enough, Strahan had a reputation for being a lazy bum his first couple of years in the NFL (I seem to remember him being very injury-prone, too). The turning point in his career came when former Giant defensive end George Martin — who was one of the most well-respected players in the NFL but toiled in obscurity on bad Giants teams for most of his career before the team won Super Bowl XXVI after the 1986 season — send him a personal letter telling him that he was destined to be one of the greatest players of all time if he put his mind to it.


2,776 posted on 02/04/2008 9:15:10 AM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: RetiredArmy

I’d like to resort to your brand of vitriol, but I just can’t bring myself to lower myself to your level on this argument. The Giants won that game, no doubt about it. The Pat’s didn’t bring their “A” game, which I knew they would need against a very good Giants team. Yes, I’m a Pat’s fan. No, I’m not crying about the loss. Yesterday the better team won. Now, go kiss your own arse.


2,777 posted on 02/04/2008 9:16:04 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: misterrob
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2,778 posted on 02/04/2008 9:16:27 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: SoldierDad
Whiner? Who's the whiner? It IS rationalization. How do you know I don't get pissed about all the screwers from Hollywood from just talking about 1 guy on a sport team? Incidentally, I hardly ever watch TV and almost NEVER go to movies (maybe once every 3 years). (And not only because of their morals, but because of their blatant politicking and preaching in those shows/movies.) I despise mag's like People for gushing over these assholes. Actually, I think largely the Patriots comport themselves in a good manner, at least on the field. I haven't heard too much about any of them except Brady, and the late accusations against Moss (which I can't say I take seriously as of yet). But if they were caught violating, they were caught, and that's that. I still say better for the Pats to lose even the SB after a great season than win it all (literally) and have this hanging over their heads - which WILL happen, no matter how many people you successfully convince "it all doesn't matter". (Psst - how do you know they didn't benefit from the violation? How long violating? Did they get a good foothold from "archive" stuff? And as the other poster said - breaking & entering is still B&E; doesn't matter that they didn't manage to take any stuff!)
2,779 posted on 02/04/2008 9:17:25 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: SoldierDad

I’d say what you originally replied to him was itself a “personal attack” with the smarmy attitude and inuendos (”what did YOU do”). You started it.


2,780 posted on 02/04/2008 9:19:20 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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