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« Reply #345 on: February 04, 2008, 12:51:41 am »
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Oh and the Giants are one of the luckiest teams around. Eli Manning is a joke.


I posted this awhile ago. I guess the joke is on me. Still don\'t like the kid but he played a hell of a game and that defense did not need any luck tonight.
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« Reply #346 on: February 04, 2008, 01:28:54 am »
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Incredible, amazing time at Super Bowl XLII.  Certainly the most unforgettable sports experience I\'ve ever been to.  What a production inside and outside the building by the NFL and what a game by the Patriots and Giants.  

Hard to believe the Giants won, but what can you do?  When you\'re such a great team over so many years as the Patriots have been, at some point you\'re going to take big losses along with big wins.  Eventually you have to, else you would just be winning championships every single year and obviously nobody does that.  Congratulations Giants fans.  

It could be a lot worse.  I could be a Seahawks fan, a Browns fan, a Redskins fan, a Chargers fan, a Dolphins fan, etc.  What would I have then?  Meaninglessness mostly.  Maybe a sense of backwards satisfaction from watching some team I don\'t care about win the Super Bowl, but nothing real.  Nothing tangible, nothing substantial, nothing mine.  No trips to the Mountain Top of sports.  A life less lived.  

I lost a tough game tonight, but my lot in life as a Patriots fan is awesome.  I lived through a season that others would kill to live through, and I just witnessed as spectacular a Super Bowl as there has ever been.  Life is good.  I\'m fine right now, though to be fair the hard part is going to be enduring the ceaseless coverage going forward, that might piss me off eventually.  I\'m going to need a week off from ESPN.  

It\'s been an amazing, unforgettable time here in Phoenix.  I encourage everyone reading this thread to do this once in their life.  Well, maybe not everyone.  First, look in the mirror, and ask yourself, in all serious honesty, "Am I a football fan?  Does it really matter to me?"  If you look yourself in the eye and answer yes, then you have to do it.  You have to get to a Super Bowl.  And know this: The more you think about it, the more you\'ll talk yourself out of it.  You might decide to wait until your team is in before commiting, that\'s understandable.  But don\'t over think it.  Just put your fist on the table, call your most key buddy in the world, and get it done.  You won\'t be sorry.  

Goodnight everyone!  Thanks for a great season and a great thread.

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« Reply #347 on: February 04, 2008, 01:51:13 am »
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Thanks To The Patriots For Making It A Great Game And Making It That Much Sweeter With All Your Best Season Ever Non-sense!

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Has the Giants trainer really been there for 60 years?  Holy shit!
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« Reply #348 on: February 04, 2008, 03:27:30 am »
I have had the pleasure of being in the Super Bowl City five times.
 In L.A.(1987,1993) and San Diego(1988.1998 and once was able to actually get in 2003 even though I was working I got to watch a bunch of the game).
I have to agree if you can you should try and attend a Super Bowl even if it\'s just The NFL Experience and partying hard in that city.
I had total strangers just ask me out of the blue if I had Super Bowl tickets as I was walking down the street a few days before the game in 2003.
It is a crazy time and I am sure it was a total blast for ya Seth even if it kinda stings right now.
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« Reply #349 on: February 04, 2008, 06:52:02 am »
I\'ve been to WS games and I\'ve been to SC games, but unless the Jets are playing in the SB, there seems to be no sense, to me, of spending all of that money to watch somebody else\'s team play.
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« Reply #350 on: February 04, 2008, 08:53:12 am »
I fucking hate the giants
i think it\'s turning back on me / i\'m down on the upside

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« Reply #351 on: February 04, 2008, 10:08:40 am »
that game was absolutely amazing...biggest upset in nfl history.

albany was nuts...i went cruising around to the student ghetto after the game to find about 20 cop cars in 2 blocks all with their lights on, about 1000 drunken fools screaming/fighting/cheering in the streets, and a lot of people being taken away in cuffs.

football is the greatest american sport, period.
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« Reply #352 on: February 04, 2008, 12:36:22 pm »
Not having a horse in last nights race, I decided to root for the Giants, my reason; the absolutely out of control ego\'s of Pat fans as best displayed by a seasons worth of Seth\'s tirades.  I couldn\'t be happier that the Giants spoiled their perfect season*, and shut the mouths of all those over the top pat fans.  

* = perfect if you don\'t mind cheaters

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at some point you\'re going to take big losses along with big wins.  


big loss may be an understatement.  Possibly the biggest loss in NFL history.

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biggest upset in nfl history.



pretty big, but IMO, Super III was bigger.  Colts were favored by 22.  Namath guaranteed a victory.

I don\'t know... the fact that the Pat\'s were going for a perfect season, may make it a push.
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« Reply #353 on: February 04, 2008, 12:44:08 pm »
cheaters, HA. everyone in the nfl does that. horrible excuse.

the giants played great defense, i\'ll give em that
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« Reply #355 on: February 04, 2008, 12:57:46 pm »
damn i would have bought that
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« Reply #356 on: February 04, 2008, 01:02:45 pm »
HAHA! thats a great example of why not to count your chickens before they hatch!

That loss was definately a DOOZE to the egos of Pats fans and I love it

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« Reply #357 on: February 04, 2008, 01:06:49 pm »
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Not having a horse in last nights race, I decided to root for the Giants, my reason; the absolutely out of control ego\'s of Pat fans as best displayed by a seasons worth of Seth\'s tirades.  I couldn\'t be happier that the Giants spoiled their perfect season*, and shut the mouths of all those over the top pat fans.  

* = perfect if you don\'t mind cheaters

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at some point you\'re going to take big losses along with big wins.  


big loss may be an understatement.  Possibly the biggest loss in NFL history.

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biggest upset in nfl history.



pretty big, but IMO, Super III was bigger.  Colts were favored by 22.  Namath guaranteed a victory.

I don\'t know... the fact that the Pat\'s were going for a perfect season, may make it a push.


The only thing more annoying than a New England/Boston Fan = New York fans. So it is a wash IMHO.

The patriots O Line is to blame for the loss or the Giants D line for the win. Brady had no time to make plays, they couldn\'t get a running game going. The Pats Defense was pretty good. They were just on the field for way too long and they didn\'t get the stop they needed in the final minutes

Having said that I do think the NFL needs to look at some rule changes. Normally in the regular season if a quarter back was in the grasp as much as Manning was on the final drive they blow the play dead to "protect" the quarter back. An argument could be made that the play should have been blown dead and with it the final winning drive of the Giants. So I purpose the NFL get rid of these types of protection penalties for quarterbacks so there is no well maybes and could haves etc.

Also the refs did blow quite a few calls. The too many men on the field that was missed. The blatant Offensive pass interference when the giants receiver pushed off to create separation, in almost all games this season (I watched) that would have been automatic. The Giants defense breaking the line of scrimmage and drawing the Pats offsides. happened atleast 1x at a critical moment and the pats got the penalty.

Having said all of that it was a pretty good game to watch. The only thing i was hoping for going in to the game was that it wouldn\'t be a blow out.e
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« Reply #358 on: February 04, 2008, 02:03:52 pm »
I thought it was one of the most boring games I have seen until the 4th Quarter. Spent a majority of it just hanging out at the party and trying to get The Puppy Bowl on.
If you like defense I can see this being a great game for you. For me I like  alot of Offense.
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« Reply #359 on: February 04, 2008, 02:22:30 pm »
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I thought it was one of the most boring games I have seen until the 4th Quarter. Spent a majority of it just hanging out at the party and trying to get The Puppy Bowl on.
If you like defense I can see this being a great game for you. For me I like  alot of Offense.


see i disagree...since the giants were such an underdog, the fact that it remained close the entire game made it very enjoyable to watch because you couldnt predict what would happen, and in the back of your mind you were saying "man, the giants are holding their own, they just may win this."

its like a movie that is suspenseful the entire time, but nothing wild happens till the end.  your still on the edge of your seat throughout because the you dont know what will happen.
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