This for sure was one of the best SB in a while.
I understand the people that say it sucked or that it was boring, because those people want to tune in and see a score fest and probably don't understand the individual plays as much, but that is cool.
That 4 and 13 would have been a big deal if the Patriots would have lost by 2 or 1, but since they lost by three and were up by 4, it is not going to be remembered as a bad call, especially by this team which has gone for it on 4th and long all season.
As for the Patriots getting "screwed" by the refs, which I am already starting to hear, there are only TWO plays in which this might have been the case... The fumble by Bradshaw, should have been called NE ball, however there was no ref in the vicinity to call it, so the Giants got lucky that Bradshaw had the strength and the sack to get it back from the defense before a ref could get over there. The other play was the no call on the blow to the head on TB in the end zone. I hate that fucking rule, but the way it has been called the last couple of years, that should have been a 15 yarder.
THAT being said... KUDOS to the officiating crew for letting the players determine the outcome of this game. (They easily could have blown the play dead when Manning got all Houdini, as I have seen them do before)
And double KUDOS to the head Ref, who's name is totally escaping me, for being the 1st black head ref in a SB, and doing an OUTSTANDING job.
The Giants won that game. Let me repeat that. The Giants WON that game. The Patriots did not loose it.
The D-line for the Giants played better than any other unit has all season against anybody. This was even a better performance than they had against the Eagles when they had 12 sacks, because the O-line of NE might be the best in the league. They were getting pressure with 4 almost the whole game, allowing all the coverage they needed against Welker and Moss. Stallworth wasn't even a factor...did he even play? They also shut down the running game.
And after the only turnover the Giants had, the D promptly when out and got a 3 and out. BADASS JOB Giant D.
On the flip side, the O-line of NY was just good enough to keep Eli unrattled. Steve Smith, out of USC, had a FANTASTIC game, and more than made up for the INT he caused. Tyree, who made probably the best catch in SB history against 1st ballot HOFer, Rodney Harrison, also played an awesome game. Plaxico Burress has done what he has done all year, not practice because of two bum legs and come out and be a major factor. The rookie TE that replaced Shockey, who may have just become expendable, also had an outstanding game, receiving AS WELL as blocking.
That leaves Eli. Charger fans are gonna hate him even more now, even if he has garnered a little more respect from them. But you have to give it to him, he didn't change his ways, even in the relentless face of the NY media and fan base. He has certainly emerged from being just Payton's brother, just as Payton talked about in that commercial when he said he went beyond just being Archie's boy.
But that one play, man, that one play. That just took Eli to a whole other level.
What I like the most about this win however, is that it was a true team win, but not just in this game. Look back at the last two years of the Giants and you will see a team that was about to fall apart. The coaches and players hated each other. The players weren't getting along with each other. So what did they do? They god damned compromised. The coaches softened a little, the players hardened a little and they changed the whole culture and atmosphere of their team. They made themselves into SB champs, and not buy going out and buying high priced help, but with taking what they had and working their asses off. That you just have to love.
Tom Petty is no Prince.
What was with that one fat girl jamming to the stage?!?! I think Mike said he noticed her too.

Some one at my party said she must really like Tom Petty, I then said, "No. Someone probably just left food on the stage."
The commercials sucked this year. I didn't see one that got more than a chuckle out of anyone I was watching with. Even the cute ones were "meh". The Terminator fighting the Super Bowl bot was the best bit of advertising by far.
Oh wait... The Coca-Cola commercial with the blimps of Stewie, Underdog and Charlie Brown was GREAT.
Peyton Manning sitting all alone in his little corner was great. We were talking about what it would be like watching the game with him... what are you gonna say?

You certainly wouldn't try to talk "shop" with him. "Man Eli should have thrown that to-" "Look idiot. There were two rushers coming in from his blind side and they were in a cover 3 over the top with a safety trailing his primary. The mike had his secondary covered and his third read ran the wrong route. So shut the fuck up."
And GR, yeah Eli didn't deserve the MVP, but A) You can't give it to 6 guys (The D-line) and B) That last drive was just fucking awesome, which is why he won it. I was throwing my vote in for Steve Smith for most of the game actually.
One other thing, about the magnitude of this win... This will go down as the biggest upset in SB history. Not because of the point spread (The spread against Namath and the Jets was bigger), not because of the 4 road wins (The patriots did that in 2001, and the Steelers a couple of years ago), but because of what they stopped. An 18 game winning streak, including an undefeated regular season. A fourth SB win in 7 years by the current NFL dynasty. Keeping Brady out of the same breath as Montana and Bradshaw. And at the same time as all that creating their own record with 11 straight road wins.
EDIT: I would have paid money, to have video feed into a couple of NE bars just to see the faces and hear the silence at the end of the game.
