Surrounded by da great white dad, da great white babe, and a bunch of friends, I kept thinking to myself, "Holy shit. Can you believe this shit?" I think a lot of people were thinking the same thing.
Although it was one of the greatest games I've ever seen, it was even greater that I got to be there with my dad to see it. But it was also nice having the great white babe there too... especially since we are over the whole "is the yellow line really on the field" thing. It ended up being the not just the most watched SB of all time, but second all time behind
One great surprise was the text messages and calls I got not just from my friends that were Giants fans, but from Eagles fans. It pretty much assured me that a great percentage of football fans were against Brady, Belliache, and the racist cesspool that is Boston and its football team going undefeated.
That being said...
Last night's game may go down as the best Super Bowl ever played. You or I were not around to see the Jets/Colts game of SB III. But we were around for the Rams/Titans showdown, where Who? Mike Jones! Mike Jones! made the tackle at the 2 to preserve the win for the Greatest Show on Turf. But last nights game had it all. A team full of superstars vs. a bunch of rag-tag underdogs. It had record-breaking performances by individuals and teams, and it had the best element any game on that level could have: the ability for each team to win the game on one play.
Al Pacino during his soliloquy from Any Given Sunday reiterated that football is a game of inches.
Never more was that true on the Eli escape/Tyree catch, or the Asante Samuel missed opportunity, or even the Brandon Jacobs 4th and 1 conversion. But football is also a game of heart. Last night, the Giants showed that they had more heart than the Patriots. The Giants made plays when they needed to, and they were resilient like no other team has shown this season. No team has ever won 10 straight games on the road before the 2007-08 New York Giants.
The Giants did exactly what they needed to do last night. Control the ball (30+ min. TOP). Limit turnovers (1). And more above all... get to Brady.
WR David Tyree makes the play of a lifetime in one of the greatest Super Bowls of all time. With Pats' S Rodney Harrison on his back, Tyree, with the aid of the side of his helmet, came down on his back with the ball all after Manning escaped a possible takedown on 3rd down. I spy camel toe??
By now, you have heard everything there is about last night's game, but here is something you won't hear...
If you just took the season from the beginning of January until now, the Giants should have won this game. And I know that if these two teams played 10 times, the Giants would win probably 6 or 7 out of 10 of those times. While Eli was the MVP, Osi, Tuck, Strahan, and Mitchell were the VIPs. New England was unable to control the pass rush, which not only rattled Brady, but also the offensive line, resulting in multiple false start penalties. It's really early to predict what will occur in the offseason, but if the Giants lose Michael Strahan to retirement and Amani Toomer to free agency, they might end up alright with DE Justin Tuck and WR Steve Smith as replacements. Besides the play of Tyree, I was most impressed with Smith, as I have been all year. He missed most of the season with a broken shoulder blade, yet time and time again has should great field presence, something which has made Toomer a multi-millionaire (just look at Smith's play on the first down catch in the flat in the red zone on the final drive to stay in bounds).
Eli recognized that he had Plaxico one-on-one with Ellis Hobbs... and Plax sold the inside slant, running a perfect fade route to score the GW TD.
So what does this all mean? Well, the Giants are the best team in football. For all I heard this morning on the radio about the Pats being in a weak division and getting 6 wins automatically from the Fins, Bills, and Jets... they were still unlike any team we've ever seen. Let's not forget the accomplishments the Pats made this year. I don't think we will ever see the dominance that they illustrated in the beginning and middle of the season ever again. But big teams need to perform in big games in order for them to be called great. That's what the Giants did last night.
"Speak softly, carry a big stick (no homo)" -Teddy Roosevelt. No other player epitomized that better this season than Super Bowl XLII MVP Eli Manning.
P.S. If someone told you the Giants would only score 17 points, and Steve Smith and David Tyree would be making the game changing plays last night... would you even think the Giants would have a chance to win? Oh and how dumb does Tiki feel?
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