1-Early in the football season, Eli Manning did an "unstoppable" commercial for Citizen watches that received a fair amount of mockery from sports experts. Phrases like "pretentious" and "unproven" were thrown about. Several commented that it was the wrong Manning in the commercials. Then the Green Bay game happened and now the Suepr Bowl where, let's face it, Eli Manning played an incredible game. I just hope Citizen had some money on the game.
2-If I were Manning or Coach Coughlin, it would be wonderful to give a gigantic middle finger to the NY Sports Media, who basically said they suck and are the reason why the Giants are going to be awful until they get a real quarterback and coach. Add to that the free pass and endless man-love for clubhouse-cancer Tiki Barber, who somehow earned "Captain Intagibles" status despite tangibly calling out his teammates.
3-Even if you know nothing about football, it was clear the Giants defense was amped up and out for blood. They made a very solid O-line look like a pack of overwhelmed toddlers. If that whiny, little pissant Phillip Rivers was playing in the Super Bowl, they may have literally killed him.
4-I feel a bit bad for Randy Moss, especially since he's one of my heroes for actually attempting to run over a meter maid. But karma may have been afoot not from that incident but from his lack of effort in Oakland--somewhere, Raiders fans feel just a little bit better.
5-It's funny: when Tom Brady leaves his pregnant super model girlfriend to date some other super model, no one calls him out. It is only when he loses the big game that he earns a bit of scorn. For him and big-earred comtemporary QB Tony Romo, this year was the curse of Victoria's Secret.
6-It's clear Pierre Woods couldn't catch a pillow covered with glue, let alone hold onto a fumble. Where's the Buckner-esque scorn?!
7-A. Toomer on the Giants: you suck. Actually, you're really good but you waited until the playoffs to shine. All those weeks you racked up 2 points on my Fantasy Team in the regular season were just a fluke, right? Right?
8-As history has come to prove, it's fair to say that when they are winning, NY and Boston fans are equally as despicable.
9-I like the Giants "retro" logo, though the previous logo gets points for using the same exact font as old Nintendo Power magazines. If the Pats had just put Pat the Patriot on their helmets again (admittedly one of the ugliest mascots ever) perhaps they would have been humbled enough to focus more on the game. Instead, they went with the robot Elvis logo and history has spoken.
10-It's been two weeks and its nice to see Tom Coughlin's face is almost thawed out from the Green Bay game.
