Him, and Paul Zimmerman of SI:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html

Never doubt Dr. Z.

“Get him! Hit’em! Get himmmmmmm! Knock his dick off! Shit. C’mon you guuuuuyssssss. Just hit him…. Fuck.”

They done did get ‘im. Oh boy, they done got butt-chin but good. I hate the damn Giants, but that was beautiful to watch.

No more Eli’s comin’, the brother already showed on up.

Eli’s escape from the sack might have been the best SB moment ever.

Watching Brady walk down the tunnel with his head hanging was one of the most satisfying sports moments EVER!!! I’m going to go have a cigarette…..

And Don Shula smiles.

So do I. Take that, Randy Moss!

“Eli’s escape from the sack might have been the best SB moment ever.”

And that’s because Tyree caught the ball against his helmet.

I was too young for the Jets, but boy oh boy, that’s an upset … ranks with ‘Nova in ‘85.

Oh, and before the Pats show up, if Eli was in the grasp, Brady fumbled against the Raiders.

A Super Bowl that had me on the edge of my seat. I haven’t been able to say that alot over the years.

No, I don’t have to admit. As a fan of neither team, I saw a good final five minutes preceded by 55 minutes of watching paint dry.

History made. Archie Manning had both sons win Super Bowls back to back. Pretty stunning. New England has the record for the best won/loss record for a Super Bowl loser.

Punk ass Belichick left the field before the last play.

ROFL.

I must admit, I’m feeling pleased.

Oh yeah.

They sure got him.

Mrs. Tbogg must be really, really happy.

As is everyone with a soul.

All hail Eli!!1!1!!

We can only pray the same thing happens with the Red Sucks this summer…

Third quarter, Pats with the ball, 4th and 15 at the NY 40, plus-minus. They go for it and come up short–no field goal try. Final score, 17-14. Me no get.

And I’m down with Archie, too. I remember his sad days with the Aints. Never had a winning season (I think) but he’ll definitely die a happy man.

“No, I don’t have to admit. As a fan of neither team, I saw a good final five minutes preceded by 55 minutes of watching paint dry.”

Really? That was one of the best and well-played games I’ve seen, and boy howdy, I’ve seen a few.

Each possession was gold; each play was key. I found it to be riveting sport and spectacle. Back to back fourth quaterter drives, mixed in with enough violence to make you say ‘ooooooh’ over and over again.

Chess match with live men.

Adalius Thomas, Steve Smith (you should’ve seen that boy dunk when he played in high school at Taft), the Giants D-line.

Riveting stuff, quite a game.

Third quarter, Pats with the ball, 4th and 15 at the NY 40, plus-minus. They go for it and come up short–no field goal try. Final score, 17-14. Me no get.

Ball on the 40 yd. line = 59 yard field goal.

And @ Pachacutec: yeah, I agree. I thought it was pretty shitty of Belichick and most of the Pats to leave the field.

I would have loved to have watched it, but I had to stay out of the room, as I cannot be allowed to be near a TV when the team I’m rooting for is on the field. (Commercial breaks are OK.) The Giants won because I stayed out of the room, aside from commercial breaks, throughout the second half.

Get a load of K-Lo being, well, K-Lo: http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2.....th-a-bone/

That’s funny, because you know that there are many somewhat sober dudes running around Brooklyn and the Bronx tonight saying “see dude! I told yiz that if we sat on the fire escape, Eli would feel our vibe!”

I inherited it from my mother. She couldn’t be allowed to watch the Vikings on TV because the second she’d walk into the room Tarkenton would get sacked or throw an interception. We figure we helped account for two of the Vikings’ four Super Bowl losses, though it would have helped if Tarkenton hadn’t shown up drunk off his ass for at least one of them.

Yeah, really. There were 19 possessions. Of those, eight ended with a punt and two others were just running off a few seconds at the end of each half. There were only five drives of mroe than 50 yards in the whole game. It’s not just that nobody was scoring for most of the game, it’s that no one was even threatening to score for most of the game.

And yes, I’m also one of those dullards who can’t appreciate the beauty of a nil nil soccer match played entirely at midfield.

This Raider fan is looking forward to work tomorrow morning. Randy Moss got punked and all those belligerent Patriots fans in my office will probably call in sick.

“Ball on the 40 yd. line = 59 yard field goal.”

If I remember correctly, that ball was on the 31-yard line, that’s a 49-yard field goal.

Fourth-and-six? Go for it. Fourth-and-13? Kick the field goal.

And Jacob? I saw two teams fight for every inch, great punting = field position = great defensive play = Brady getting clocked over and over again = exciting play.

Two turnovers between both teams, few penalties, but adjustment after adjustment, from rush packages to cover packages to watching Wes Welker play like he was back in Texas trying to win a title in the prep championship game.

Except for me, of course.

I’d quit my day job if I had one.

Well, the Patriots did that sort of thing all season long. They have the offensive weapons to make going for it the conservative play, and up until tonight, they’ve made it work.

Best non-Steeler win result ever.

Fan-fucking-tastic.

Thanks be to that which caused Belicheat to lose and leave Chuck Noll’s 4-0 Supe record intact.

Dirty fucker never deserved to win a game in this league, let alone his Cheater Bowls.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the guy who got the Browns run out of Cleveland meets Brian Griese’s waterboy at Michigan=eternal greatness? Fuck that.

Fuck the fucking dirty cheating fuckwad ass-chin Patriots.

I’m sure Steve would agree.

Arlen Specter is next in line.

You think the Senate has better things to do?

A multi-billion dollar business has had its integrity called into question.

Are sports trivial and stupid? Absolutely.

Are the giant stacks of money they create trivial and stupid? Not so much.

Business fraud at this level demands investigation.

Those fucking cheaters will be found out and will have their titles stripped.

Most of us hate Brady because he’s a cheater.

The coach who got the Browns run out of Cleveland meets Brian Greise’s waterboy from Michigan. All-time greatness ensues?

I’m not buying that bullshit.

Shady Brady and Belicheat got together on a little cheating scam. The Hoodie knew there was no way a pro like Drew Bledsoe would go along with his little signal-stealing scheme, so as soon as Bledsoe was hurt Brady was in for good. You seriously think Belicheat was such a prophet he would pick a no-name chump like Brady over a veteran Super Bowl QB without a concrete reason? If the rest of us had hunches like that we’d be World Series of Poker champions fifty times over.

Ever notice how those Pats teams always seemed to be down at halftime and needed a last second field goal to win?

That’s because they sucked until the cheating staff made its video presentation at halftime, instructing Shady on recognizing the oppposition’s blitz signals so he could check off into proper protection or audible into a play that wasn’t vulnerable to the particular blitz package being called.

I’ll admit that after they got caught this season it was whoop-ass all the way, but that’s only because they finally gave Shady some weapons and a running game (and don’t give me Corey Dillon–that guy disappeared in big games). This season, they’re legit.

The previous three? Three dollar bill credibility.

BTW, the Bradshaw haters need to STFU. Fourth all-time in Super Bowl passer rating among QB’s with 2 or more starts (112.8) with the highest gain per attempt (11.1 YPA) and touchdown percentage (10.7 TD%) among same.

Higher than Brady, higher than Aikman, higher than Favre, higher than Elway.

One out of every ten attempts went for 10+ yards or a touchdown.

Not to mention not having shit teams like the ‘90 Broncos or ‘94 Chargers to beat up on.

The only QB in the conversation with Bradshaw as far as big game clutch performances is Montana. Period

I didn’t get to see much of the game and I hate to go all Project Runway here but the Patriots deserved to lose just for that hideous red garment their coach was wearing. What in god’s name was that thing?

the Patriots deserved to lose just for that hideous red garment their coach was wearing.

By this standard the Patriots should go 0-16 every year. I have no problem with that.

That was different: a Super Bowl where the game was great and the commercials sucked!

(FWIW, I thought Tom Petty’s half-time show was competent but dull–it’s like he decided to play every song in heavy rotation on every Clear Channel station in the country. The set desperately needed a song like “Breakdown” or “Refugee”)

No way Bradshaw wins with the ‘81 Forty-niners. That makes Montana the winner. The Steelers were so good on both sides of the ball Ronald frickin’ REAGAN could have won just PRETENDING to be a quarterback. Oh, that was mean. I guess Bradshaw is better than Reagan

At least that was better than the Orange Bowl halftime show this year. Used to be that the Orange Bowl got the Up With People chorus and gave them a half hour to play with. This year, they booked ZZ Top, and the network gave them only one song.

Tom Petty wasn’t too bad. I would have preferred more early stuff, like from this album! I Need To Know would have rocked! They are playing to the more generic fan in that showcase, however, and the most popular songs are probably the correct ones. Running Down The Dream was great!

How I remember Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

t–
order: you need to officially name eli’s escape…like “the drive,” “the catch,”
etc.
not sure if “the escape” really is it, tho. the tee shirt pull part needs to be included in the wordage somehow, and since it’s a 2 parter with a scramble and a heave/catch, you’ve got some work to do naming it.

Watching Brady walk down the tunnel with his head hanging was one of the most satisfying sports moments EVER!!! I’m going to go have a cigarette…..

Yes!!!!!!!

I liked the commercials.

Couple thoughts:
1. When Brady was sacked the first time, the camera panned in tight on him lying there on his stomach. He flipped the ball away and continued to just lie there for a second. I was struck by the expression on his face. He looked shocked. I think this is where the game began to go in the Giants favor. Brady went down not only on his face but in his confidence. He was proved vulnerable and it rattled him. Usually, that is Eli Manning, so nice twist, Fate!

2. When Brady was on the field trying to get momentum and do SOMETHING with the ball, Bellicheck was huddled over on the sideline with the defense. When the camera showed that, I thought someone was sick; all huddled up with his head down but the announcers identified the person as Bellicheck conferring with his defensive people. I thought that was telling. He was either a) assuming that Brady would get the job done and was taking time to strategize, or b) was big time worried and was doing what he could to staunch the flow of blood.

When NE surged ahead, I took the opportunity to do something else and came back when I heard my spouse say, “Holy shit!” I got back in the room in time to see the replay and watch the score go to its final result. Then, I got to watch Bellicheck run out onto the field with one second left and scurry off before the game had even ended. I hope parents everywhere turned to their sports playing children and told them NEVER to do that.

Four best Super Bowls EVAH –

Jets vs Colts

Steelers vs Cowboys

Broncos vs Packers

Giants vs Patriots

This game was won the way every team beats the Patriots — beat the shit out of Brady with the pass rush. Pound him into the turf, and those perfect passes turn into flutter balls.

Some random thoughts of my own ….

I am still unclear how Bradshaw ripped the ball from the Patriots linebacker on a fumble in the second quarter. That could have been the deciding play in the game.

Also, for the first time in 10 years I watched the game by myself, and I rarely watch more than snippets of NFL games during the season. I begged off watching with the buddies because I wanted to see a good game without all of our amateur color commentary. I haven’t enjoyed a televised sporting event like that since … well I can’t remember.

(Side note: if Emmitt Smith were not the all-time NFL rushing leader he would be laughed off the set at ESPN. He’s as vacuous and cliche-ridden as any wannabe Jim Rome type. I cringe to hear him speak because his empty analysis is exactly what you hear from the guy who nobody knows at the party but thinks he sounds smart after watching marathon sessions of PTI.)

The Pats spent the season running the run-and-shoot, and yesterday they ran the run-and-duck.

Asante Samuel dropped the game-winning INT one play before Eli did his best Houdini.

Belichick’s call to go for it on fourth-and-13 is still a dumb decision.

Mercury Morris needs to shut the hell up. That Dolphins team went undefeated, great job. Other than that, they don’t make my top 15 Super Bowl champion teams of all-time and would probably need lube to slip into the top 20.

Screen play anyone? Draw play? Counter trap? Those are great ways for an offense to slow down a fierce pass rush. Instead the Pats gave up on the running game, tried to protect Brady and then had to watch as Eli-I-can’t-close-my-mouth-when-thinking-Manning drove his squad 83 yards in two minutes.

I admit I cheered heartily when Plaxico pulled in that ball, I even threw in a “fuck yeah!” or two.

Who was that exceedingly beautiful woman dancing with the lizards?

I though Shack was funny, and the baby too, because clowns are fucking creepy.

Manning threw two of the best balls you’ll ever see — the TD to Tyree which was so tight the laces on the ball ended up knotted and that strike to Boss (a familiar face to Humboldt State fans who watched him run roughshod of the Lumberjacks while playing at Western Oregon) which led to the Tyree touchdown to open the fourth quarter.

Watching Peyton react to his brother’s success was touching. Classy group that Manning clan.

We are SO in agreement.

Bradshaw is definitely better than Ronald Reagan.

One of the best Super Bowls ever.

delicious!