Super Bowl XLII Live Thread (New York Giants win 17-14)

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[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

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Sometimes it takes just one person to change your life.

[smartin]

How 'bout them Dolphins!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

[RetiredArmy]

Sure Mr. Perfect. You da man. Your perfect. No longer. Your 18-ONE now Bill. Get used to it. Your arrogance got whipped. Didn’t bring their A game???? What a farce! What a joke! They got whipped by the better team. Not prepared? All I heard all week was how great Bill Bellyache is with two weeks to prepare. His robot team did as ordered, destroyed the enemy. What a joke. Get used to it, the Giants kicked your beloved Pat’s ass. Not prepared had nothing to do with it. The BETTER TEAM won. The Giants D line kicked your Pat’s OL’s butt. Sure Bill, you da man. Go back to your hole.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Here is the one person whom I believe changed the Giant's year:

Lt.Col Gadson. Glad to see that he was at the game.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Don’t ASSUme.

How do you know I “need to get a life”. You know SQUAT about me or anyone else on this forum you chat with about 5 minutes.

I don’t READ the tabloids. You can’t miss their pathetic headlines when you go into every supermarket check-out line, if you haven’t noticed. Never mind what we hear about flipping past “news” channels and those catering to moral losers from Hollywood and sport.

[SoldierDad]

So, he and you and all the other whiners out there can say anything they wish without being held to task? And, if I or any other person who either are Pat’s fans or who don’t see this your way say anything, then we start the attacks? W/E

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Alrighty, onward to start my day. Just wish I was in NJ to continue the celebration!

[jennyjenny]

SoldierDad, the reality is that it was/is cheating. It is not a “non-issue”. People don’t like cheaters winning, especially a championship. Why you guys continue to defend Belichick is beyond me. You say you pity the people who take satisfaction in the loss, which is probably most people outside of NE, BTW, when probably the real pity should be directed towards real patriots fans who have a coach that cast a shadow on their team’s accomplishments.

[SoldierDad]

(Psst - how do you know they didn't benefit from the violation? How long violating? Did they get a good foothold from "archive" stuff?

Every team in the NFL has access to every other team's game films, and has for the past 30 plus years. You don't think that coaches from all teams are looking for signals being sent in on those game films and trying to make out what they mean? Head coaches, and assistant coaches have covered their faces since the advent of microphones in the quaterbacks helmets (which began in the 80's way before Bellichick's tenure). So, now people want to pile on the winner of so many games. People did similar things against the Steelers of the 70's, the 49er's of the 80's, the Cowboys of the 90's. Grow up. Join the adult world.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Okay, just one more:

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Okay, just one more:

[Ciexyz]

It was a splendid game last night. Both sides played their hearts out, although it seemed like the Pats fizzled out in the last 35 seconds. It was obvious that the Giants wanted to win more than the over-confident Pats.

But still, the players of both teams deserve our heartiest congratulations for playing a memorable game. Kudos to the Giants, and better luck next year to the Pats.

[misterrob]

The Pats went for the long bomb at the end of the game and if it wasn’t for a finger tip then Randy Moss pulls it in on the 10 yard line with 9 seconds to go. They also looked down the field on 2nd down and the Giants came up with a big sack.

What game were you watching?

[toldyou]

Check this out...funnier if you scroll down to see that Amazon recommends the “Better Together.”

http://www.amazon.com/19-0-Historic-Championship-Englands-Unbeatable/dp/1600781500

[the OlLine Rebel]

Read your reply to him. You made smarmy comments implying things about the poster. You attacked him himself for his view about the coach, just in that subtle, indirect manner, instead of his more blatant retaliation for the latter. Yours was definitely hostile. Sorry.

[Ciexyz]

This is a morbid question, but I've always wondered - have there been instances in sports history where a player of a losing team commits suicide after the game?

Sorry if this question is in poor taste.

[misterrob]

Your team got to lose 6 games this year but still get rematches with teams that beat them earlier in the season. The Giants got 3 tries against the Cowboys and two against the Packers and Patriots. Were you bumping your chest after they managed to go 0-4 in the regular season against all those teams?

[SoldierDad]

The “cheating” you refer to was a confiscated video taken before half time of the first game of the 2007 season against a team coached by a former assistant coach of the Pat’s. that video was never viewed by a single person on the Pat’s coaching staff. So, please explain to me how they benefited from that? The Pat’s beat the Jets without the video, and the won their next 17 games without any video as well. So, how did they cheat? Cheating requires a benefit from the act. If you just go by intent, well then there a lot of teams in the NFL and other pro sports who could be accused of having cheated. The NFL did not institute that “NEW” rule for the 2007 season soley on the basis of one team “cheating”. It was instituted because their was a wide spread practice of this tactic. Are you positive that no other team did the same thing this year? Or, are you and others only willing to pick on this team because of their record (without the benefit of a single video).

[misterrob]

Donnie Moore did it years later after never recovering from blowing the 5th game of the 1986 ALCS against the Red Sox.

[SoldierDad]

I think that the Giants having the ball on offense for more than 19 of the first 30 minutes resulted in the Pat’s D running out of steam in the 4th quarter. Then, the Pat’s O line couldn’t stop the Giants’ D line, and Brady kept missing open receivers. Then, there’s Moss returning to his old form of using alligator arms on passes thrown to him. The Giants played a tough smart game, and in the end wanted to win more. Both sides played hard to the end, but one came up just a hair short. I join you in giving Kudos to the winning team.