Super Bowl XLII open thread: The Giants shock the world; video added
posted at 5:00 pm on February 3, 2008 by Bryan
19-0 or 18-1? Will Manning the Lesser avenge his brother? Will the Patriots complete the first perfect season in a generation? Will any of the commercials live up to the hype? Could I ask any more annoying questions?
Yeah, but I’ll stop. Have fun, enjoy the game, etc etc.
Update (AP): If you’re looking for the ads, they should be available on YouTube either during or immediately after the game. Keep your eye on YT’s front page and their AdBlitz channel.
In the meantime, something to help you prepare mentally for the game.
Update: The end zone pass to Burress goes down as the game winner, but this is the play that saved the game and may make the Eli Manning legend. It was 3rd and 5, 1:15 to go and the Giants down by 4 on their own 43. The Patriot D blitzes and catches Manning in the backfield, but he slips out of the Patriots’ grip to haul a shot down the field to David Tyree. Tyree makes a miracle catch, the Giants get the first down and go on to win.
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Football to LA!
Nonfactor on February 3, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Yea Giants
dentalque on February 3, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Bill Belichick is a sore loser.. what a lady.
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:16 PM
For all you toothless hicks out there…
Corky on February 3, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Doug Williams – there’s a guy who overcame big odds to win the big one. A classy guy to present the trophy.
fiatboomer on February 3, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Get bent.
Corky on February 3, 2008 at 10:17 PM
A. B. M. Anybody But Moss!
oakpack on February 3, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Woah, Belicheck went out onto the field, did the congratulatory dance with caughlin, then went into the locker room. The field was in chaos and 1 second left? He should have stayed true, but it wasn’t classless.
Mordart on February 3, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Karma finally caught up with the Patriots. CHEATERS NEVER WIN!
SDnocoen on February 3, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Trolling a Super Bowl thread, pal? Get a life.
fiatboomer on February 3, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Glad that’s over.
Grayson on February 3, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Congratulations to the New York Giants. Best football game I’ve ever seen.
infidel4life on February 3, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Only 18 out of 19 times :P
lorien1973 on February 3, 2008 at 10:19 PM
BelliCHEAT was a poor sport. He just had to get off the field and go find his mommy so she can hold him while he cries.
Kasper Hauser on February 3, 2008 at 10:19 PM
18 out of 19, but not the one that really, really mattered.
Kasper Hauser on February 3, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Hey Corky: F.O.A.D.
infidel4life on February 3, 2008 at 10:20 PM
I live on Long Island – happen to enjoy auto racing – I’ll just assume you mocking the libs out there who think only hicks watch NASCAR.
kc2ige on February 3, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Aw c’mon – someone on the Giants D-line should have been MVP. Those guys won the game.
fiatboomer on February 3, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Kraft and Steinbrenner now have one more thing in common:
The best 2nd place team money can buy.
Kowboy on February 3, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Best Super Bowl evah. Wonderful game. Congrats to the Giants.
Bear Fan…
Jaibones on February 3, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Sublog-
4 and 13? will be on Belichik’s tombstone, I’m guessing.
profitsbeard on February 3, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Yeah. MVP should have gone to Strahan.
Slublog on February 3, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Poor sport….give the Giants credit.
Patrick S on February 3, 2008 at 10:22 PM
I agree fiatboomer. The Giants’ D did it for em.
oakpack on February 3, 2008 at 10:22 PM
There is a God. NE cheated at the beginning of the season, and they finally got their due. I felt strongly at the time that they should have had that victory stripped from them (the principle of the matter, not that the Jets were even close to deserving it from them). I was upset at the time that they got to keep the game, but I’ll accept this fate as an alternative.
Think of it this way: our record books have been spared an asterisk. Thanks to that cheating scandal, there always would have been an asterisk at least suggested for the record books had New England won tonight. Funny enough, that cheating scandal involved the other NYC area team. If anyone is avenging anyone else, I’d say the Giants avenged the Jets tonight more than Eli avenged his older brother (although that surely counts, too).
Of course, I’m biased. My neighbors here in NJ are going *wild* right now. I’m pretty happy myself, of course.
flutejpl on February 3, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Yup. One of the worst coaching decisions I’ve ever seen.
Slublog on February 3, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Oh well, it’s martini time.
fiatboomer on February 3, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Somewhere my late husband is grinning like a fool and doing the happy dance! What a game!
dustoffmom on February 3, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Oh, and I’d love to be Archie Manning right now. Two fine sons, two super bowl rings, one season apart. That’s a pretty good accomplishment as far as fathering goes, I’d say, and I bet his face can’t contain his smile.
flutejpl on February 3, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Ooh! Analogy! Bill Belichick falling down Death Star II’s reactor shaft thingy and exploding.
fiatboomer on February 3, 2008 at 10:25 PM
How many piss-poor play calls did I see tonight?
Oh well, there will be a lot of clothing going out to the Third World.
steveegg on February 3, 2008 at 10:26 PM
yeah. My 1985 Bears were 18-1, but they won the Superbowl, over the Patriots no less. Sorry New England, take a seat as the THIRD greatest team ever.
Mallard T. Drake on February 3, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Somewhere my late husband is grinning like a fool and doing the happy dance! What a game!
Well he can’t be in Hell then, because everyone knows the denizens of Hell support Boston.
Kasper Hauser on February 3, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I guess you give Eli the MVP, but if Tyree doesn’t bail him out on that amazing catch, the Giants would have lost.
Jaibones on February 3, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I predict Boston fans will chant “4 and 13″ at Belichick during next week’s parade.
Slublog on February 3, 2008 at 10:27 PM
And what did Archie play, like 48 years and never got to the play-offs? lol
oakpack on February 3, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Makes up for the mediocre commercials, big time.
“Won’t Back Down“- David Tyree’s theme for that miracle catch.
profitsbeard on February 3, 2008 at 10:27 PM
I love the call. Now we can say with great confidence that our boys would have slaughtered this Patriots team, too.
Jaibones on February 3, 2008 at 10:27 PM
+$100 on NYG +12
+$350 on NYG straight up
+$300 on NYG winning by 1-6 pts.
Living in Reno so you can bet legally? Priceless.
p0s3r on February 3, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Giants were first team to really get to brady consistently all season long, the biggest difference in game. Why they didn’t have those big plays to Moss like they had all season
jp on February 3, 2008 at 10:28 PM
The only negative?
Another Manning with multiple endorsement deals.
Slublog on February 3, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Congratulations to the Giants, they wanted it more and played harder and pulled off the upset. Their recievers were great. Jailbones, you are dead on right, the “Helmut catch” was the key play of the game. I can’t believe Tyree pulled that off. There were also some other great Giants catches where they were very careful about keeping feet inbounds that made a LOT of difference. Good job NY.
Bikerken on February 3, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Sweetness is smiling from Heaven
Mallard T. Drake on February 3, 2008 at 10:30 PM
LMAO!
profitsbeard on February 3, 2008 at 10:30 PM
There’s always TENNIS for y’all staring into the abyss of no sports.
SouthernGent on February 3, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Manning should not be the MVP. The Giants D-line should be. They pressured Brad all night. Manning got lucky with several of those deep passes. The D-Line should be MVP.
cannonball on February 3, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Somebody help me with the “4 and 13?” Belichick insults? What does this mean?
Jaibones on February 3, 2008 at 10:31 PM
How is that a negative? Peyton and Eli commercials have been awesome.
p0s3r on February 3, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Amen. Look for Manning double team in multiple commercials.
Mallard T. Drake on February 3, 2008 at 10:31 PM
That was a very good game. Congratulations to the Giants. The Patriots played a good game. I hope all the fans make it home safely.
Thanks Bryan.
Zorro on February 3, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Depressing
RightWinged on February 3, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Chris Meyers let Belichick off the hook. “Coach, what the hell were you thinking on that 4 and 13 call?”
Mallard T. Drake on February 3, 2008 at 10:32 PM
I’m a Bear Fan too.. Well..
Bear and Colt fan.. One for NFC one for AFC..
Cut me some slack, i’m originally from Indiana I gotta go for the home team as well.. Although I have been Bears Fan Longer. :)
Happy to see Brady, and Belichick get reduced to losers.
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Heh.
Patrick S on February 3, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Can’t remember which quarter it was, but when the Pats were 4 and 13, they went for the touchdown instead of going for a very easy field goal.
If they’d made that field goal, they probably would have won the game.
Slublog on February 3, 2008 at 10:33 PM
All that money Belichik spent on charm school down the drain.
oakpack on February 3, 2008 at 10:34 PM
I like the Manning commercials.. :)
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Very good game for a Superbowl, or any other game for that matter. Have fun celebrating Giant fans. I have a 3 hour drive to Portland ahead of me tonight. I am really disappointed that I will have to miss what promises to be a stellar episode of House. /sarc
Mallard T. Drake on February 3, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Earlier in the game, the Pats had a 4th down and 13 to go in field goal position, but chose to go for it, unsuccessfully. We would be watching overtime right now if Bellicose hadn’t made that stupid decision. Overconfidence vs. risk. Risk won.
mogilla on February 3, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Am I the only one here that thought that on the whole, the ads sucked. There weren’t any real stand out ads. A lot of weird ones though…
rbb on February 3, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Hey! Don’t EVAH knock House!
Kowboy on February 3, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I don’t know but i’, tempted to check out that GoDaddy Danica Patrick web ad… :) :Drools:
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:37 PM
LMAO
abinitioadinfinitum on February 3, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Am I the only one here that thought that on the whole, the ads sucked. There weren’t any real stand out ads. A lot of weird ones though…
rbb on February 3, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I thought the gps one with Napoleon was pretty funny.
oakpack on February 3, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Have you ever even been to a NASCAR race?
malan89 on February 3, 2008 at 10:37 PM
House is one of the few good shows out there.
And the ads pretty much sucked.
alilianstrom on February 3, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Perfect
Ending.
jgapinoy on February 3, 2008 at 10:39 PM
The Pepsi ads were the best.
jgapinoy on February 3, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Suck on that Patriots… Man this is almost as good as if Allah or Bryan had made a thread about my hitting number 8 on the charts yesterday… Well now that I have dropped to number 9 and an just another nameless faceless looser that is…
doriangrey on February 3, 2008 at 10:41 PM
the freekin squirrel ad was good
AMartinez on February 3, 2008 at 10:42 PM
rbb-
Ads sucked. Game, not so much.
Kowboy-
HOUSE is “Holmes” (homes=house), as in Sherlock.
Although he doesn’t have a real Watson yet.
Nor a Dr. Moriarity, except maybe Illness itself.
Damned good actor, Hugh Laurie.
(Nifty in old “Black Adder” episodes, with original English accent, too.)
profitsbeard on February 3, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Thanks, Slu; it finally registered. I didn’t know the yardage. Still buzzing over the great ending. And hats off to the Pats; they looked unbeatable all year.
Jaibones on February 3, 2008 at 10:43 PM
BTW, I wonder what Rudy & McCain wagered on the game?
Rudy took the Giants.
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Opening drive of the 3rd quarter. 10-3 at that point would have demoralized the Giants.
steveegg on February 3, 2008 at 10:43 PM
BTW, I think Tom Petty did pretty good..
I didn’t look at this thread what does everyone else think?
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Dude, I never knew that Stephen Walker was YOU. You Rock!
abinitioadinfinitum on February 3, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Nice to know someone else has heard of Blackadder.
Kowboy on February 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM
I was rooting for the underdog, as is tradition in sports, but I was awed by the Pats. They won me over with their greatness. Don’t know how they lost, and I watched it.
Gotta give enormous credit to the Giants defensive line. Not many teams can stuff the run and rush the passer at the same time. Strahan’s amazing.
Jaibones on February 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Damnnnnnn. As a Manning fan, I’m reveling in two good years. Yee haw.
marykatharine on February 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM
That’s that Cajun Blood, Baby.
abinitioadinfinitum on February 3, 2008 at 10:47 PM
who’dve thunk it, marykatharine
AMartinez on February 3, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Thank you, nobody else knows I’m me either…Sometimes I’m not eve sure if I’m me… ;p
doriangrey on February 3, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Seriously? How great was that game?
I love that the Team of Destiny came up one game short.
Awesome.
Thank you New York Giants for ending the most undefeatedest team EVER!
SimplyKimberly on February 3, 2008 at 10:50 PM
I like the Giants defense because it reminds me of the Bears.
The Bears are who we thought they were, the Bears are who we though they were.. (Remember Dennis Green having a fit after that MNF game?) We let ‘um off the hook!
LOL
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Mr. Bean lives on!
mogilla on February 3, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Pretty much agree oak, except for that Shaq being a jockey commercial, I LMAO thru the whole thing, that was great one, he was bigger than that damn horse!!!!
Bikerken on February 3, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Kowboy-
If you’ve never seen it, check out the DVD of the movie “Jabberwocky” by some of the Monty Pythons.
Not superior, but a similar raunchy Adder-ish period feel.
Probably one of the most historically accurate films ever made.
(In a fetid way.)
profitsbeard on February 3, 2008 at 10:51 PM
OMG!!! did that jockey at the end of the commercial, hit Shaq in the “jimmy” or in the backside? :OUCH:
Chakra Hammer on February 3, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Good show there, Ramona!
Patrick S on February 3, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Ok, I’ve said it every win………
NYG FTWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH BABY!
I even won my office pool. I called it Giants by 3!
I loooove non-political stuff on occasion!
Levinite on February 3, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Heh heh heh well ya knows, a redneck gots ta do what a redneck gots ta do…
doriangrey on February 3, 2008 at 10:55 PM
I’m a lifelong Python fan and have seen all their movies. Even own a directors cut of The Holy Grail.
I was exposed to British humor young as my grandfather (Mother’s side) was a British immigrant.
Kowboy on February 3, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Weel ya don’t look redneck to me, brother…in fact you look like me two years after I escaped high school…..
Patrick S on February 3, 2008 at 10:57 PM
A great evil has been vanquished.
AbaddonsReign on February 3, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Boy how I miss cell block h and Benny Hill!
AMartinez on February 3, 2008 at 10:59 PM
It’s in ma roots…I was born in Yakima Washington, raised pretty much in InSane Diego, but I moved out to the country side in 2000, been a gettin in touch wif me roots ever since…
doriangrey on February 3, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Rawr!!
frreal on February 3, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Ann Coulter on Massachusetts: “…North Korea…”
No matter who you were cheering on, you’ve gotta love New England going DOWN!
NYG FTW!
Levinite on February 3, 2008 at 11:04 PM
My goodnight question to all: does this loss by the Pats mean that we have to put up with the pathetic/senile/retarded Dolphins retirees cheering the first loss of every team again next year?
Or do they have to shut up now, since the Pats won more games before losing?
Jaibones on February 3, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Mitt is next to pull the upset!!! Yeah Gints.
voiceofreason on February 3, 2008 at 11:06 PM
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