I thought that was one of the best Super Bowls ever. Even the halftime show was pretty spectacular. I couldn’t be happier. The biggest mistake the Patriots made was letting the Giants have the ball to start the game. They hardly had the ball in the first quarter and they were down 9-0 before they caught their breath. They came back, but they used all their energy to do it. Overall, though, both teams played extremely well. Tom Brady is now the mirror image of John Elway. Elway lost three Super Bowls before he won two. Brady won three before he lost two. Eli now has more Super Bowl rings than his big brother Peyton.
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Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl – in older brother Peyton’s house, at that.
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too bad you got yourself banned with the spam.
I’m no fan of Madonna, but she really did a perfectly subdued busby berkeley, almost or actually soothing compared to most superbowl crap. I’m so grateful to her for showing some low-keyed ostentation.
Brady needed two minutes, two time-outs to make a better ending, tho I loved how that Giants’ dude hesitated to make a touchdown beforehand. Best part of the game.
Credit to Eli. Giselle?
The production was very impressive. And forcing the whole country to L-U-V her was hilarious.
Yo?
Like I said, she’s not my type. Or better yet, as “Sarah Proud and Tall” said, “her madge looks good, but I bet she’s bony in bed, and grabbier than seagulls on a french-fry.” Or something.
Still, she did well.
you’re grossing me out.
OH, come on. That was a REALLY GOOD halftime show. Remember last year, and the Half-Assed Peas? Wow, what a lame pile of geezer trash. This was SHOWTIME, BABY!! Really good, over-the-top spectacle. And I didn’t even notice the 1FS.
over-the-top production. Kudos.
Now, let’s get back to financial collapse, unlimited.
So how did the NYPD handle the revelers. How many got pepper sprayed? How many got randomly thrown to the ground and arrested? Did they kettle the crowds in the street and have a mass arrest?
You have to give it up to the Giants, especially Eli and the coach. 7 and 7 after week 15, and now Eli has beaten Tom Terrific twice. No more second fiddle stuff for him! Very well played game. I hope the two Giants injured do get to play next year.
Yup, Eli bought them back with his third-string Tight End on the field because the other two were injured. No sweat.
Also, I’d like to give a shout-out to Steve D’s daughter who has had a rough month and is one of Tom Brady’s biggest fans. I’m sorry Tom couldn’t win for you, but he’s still the greatest quarterback to play this game.
I didn’t think deferring the choice at the coin toss was a bad idea when between the NE drive at the end of the half, the 35 min halftime, and another long drive and score to start the second, left Manning and the Offense on the bench for probably 90 mins.
Both great teams who play the game as intended. Very tough and smart. Neither quit when I know I would have. Giants just tougher with a bit better playmakers at the receiver position.
And that throw from Manning to Manningham was better than hitting a 3 pointer to a moving basket from the beer stand in the lobby at the buzzer. Holy crap that was put in just the right spot, at the right on time, from downtown.
Andy, they wound up with 22 minutes of possession to 38 minutes for the Giants. Remind you of the Bills game?
If you are the Ravens or the 49ers, then you want your defense on the field to start the game because you’ll probably wind up with better field position than after returning a kickoff. But when your team is last in the league in giving up yardage, it’s insane to give Eli the ball.You want to go down and put up seven points and hope to never look back.
The Pats did a great job at the end of the half and beginning of the third quarter, but they had nothing left after that. And their defense was gassed in the fourth quarter.
If the Pats could change anything, it would be kicking off to start the game.
All true. I was just saying what I thought at the time.
I also thought it was pretty wild that the Pats deferred, but then I was thinking maybe it was genius when it turned out Manning was going to be off the field for ever. THAT reminded me of the Bills Super Bowl and what the Giants did to Kelly.
TOP was really amazing. I saw that playing out in the first quarter when with 2:00+/- left the Pats had had the ball for one play and that was a safety.
since you are a genuine Giants fan
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Great game. Really. No bullshit, just football.
But the halftime show!!!???
Obama just won the election.
How?
The Halftime Show.
Magnificent. Including the “World Peace” ending.
Uplifting.
Perfectly rehearsed.
Marvelously performed.
Amazingly organized.
The best Super Bowl halftime ever!!!
And absolutely false.
All pre-recorded, all adjusted to eliminate human error. Clones and drones, dancing and mouthing lyrics.
America 2012.
False as Madonna’s hair color.
False as geriatric Dirty Harry hyping Chrysler and Detroit.
False as Obama’s populism.
Nice.
America.
Love it or loathe it. Yer stuck with it no matter what.
I keep longing for a little Cairo action, but it ain’t gonna happen.
Too well behaved, we are.
So it goes.
Down like a motherfucker.
Watch.
More football.
Less posing.
Please.
AG
Ever notice how eerily reminiscent football is of Hitler’s Nuremberg rallies?
no.
Not at all.
But then my German is horrible.
Gisele got a little testy with some Giants fans. Tom is going to have make some amends.
Tom needs at least one really good (and tall) receiver who will catch passes.
The Giants had several
Well, congratulations on the victory. I didn’t have a strong rooting interest, but I did want the Patriots to win – Tom Brady was QB at Michigan while I was in school there, so I always root for him.
Regarding the Patriots giving the Giants the ball, they always defer when they win the toss. The last game they did not do so was the game that Bernard Pollard destroyed Tom Brady’s knee, effectively killing the Patriots season. Bill Belichick doesn’t strike me as the superstitious type, but superstition is more rampant in sports than anywhere else, so maybe that’s why, maybe it isn’t.
Eh, a few days late but I figured I’d pop in and commiserate for a sec with a fellow Giants fan.
Not in a million years, or in all the different scenarios I played out in my head for how the Giants might beat the Patriots, did I think they would repeat the magic of the 07 game. That was just flat out fantastic.
Eli Manning is one freaky, calm football player, man. I’m almost at the point where I don’t blow a heart valve when they’re behind in the final minutes! Almost! Man, after the games I sat through this year I have to figure my life is going to be a little shorter than it was before this season played out :o)
It’s great to be a fan of the NY Football Giants! Hope you enjoyed the season and the Super Bowl as much as I and my brainwashed, Giants fan, kids did!
One other thing, now that you’re a Papa. You’re going to absolutely love and cherish every game you watch with your son!