GIANTS VS PATRIOTS SUPERBOWL XLVI

[leaffan]

2011 giant fans = easiest to troll fan base ever?

 

[shag773]

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say "least worthy". For me, a 9-7 team getting through the playoffs and a SB is just as worthy a recipient as a 15-1 team doing the same thing. That's what makes pro sports playoffs so great, the regular season and the post season are properly weighted.

You go 15-1 in the regular season? Great, here's your division championship, your bye week, and your home field advantage throughout. You earned it, now win the games you are supposed to win and get the championship you are favored to win.

You squeeze into the playoffs at 9-7? Ok, you might get a division championship, but you most likely will have to win 3 straight road playoff games just to get to the SB, where you are going to play a team you are probably not favored to beat. But if you get through that, you get the championship nobody thought you'd win.

Either way, you earn the championship on the field, which makes the argument of worth irrevelant.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

You complain about the BCS and complain about a legit playoff...

The Giants beat everyone in front of them...y u mad yo?

 

[jms493]

he is just trolling......ZB and RamJam are the worst posters = fact

 

[shag773]

he is just trolling......ZB and RamJam are the worst posters = fact

I do kind of smell a "trying to get FT to argue the BCS with me again" type of vibe here...

 

[EmpireWF]

:dance:

 

[jms493]

Eli so doesnt look like an athlete...

 

[shag773]

:dance:

Groaned because I've actually gone out of my way not to see one pic from that parade, and here it is. Yeah, it hurts about as much as I thought it would.....

 

[EmpireWF]

:yao:

 

[shag773]

bastard....

 

[Bigpapa42]

I don't know about "worst". They never did feel like a great team, but I don't think there was a great team this season. It does feel like they got "lucKy" and had stuff bounce their way to sway close games, but I think a bit of that is lingering bitterness from the NFL Championship game. Best... worst... lucky... whatever... fuck it. They won and you can't take that way from them. In the end, that's what matters.

 

[ZoneBlitz]

Wait, you're saying that the Giants took advantages of the opportunities that other teams gave them? I've never heard something so preposterous that usually the team that does that wins the game... oh, wait. That's usually what happens.

There is a difference between outplaying your opponent, and your opponent self-destructing.

 

[FirstTimer]

Honestly, on record and resume...you'd be hard pressed to find a worse SB winner

 

[killgod]

Honestly, on record and resume...you'd be hard pressed to find a worse SB winner

Luck is definitely a big factor in sport, especially in a parity driven league.

The Giants certainly had some horseshoes up their ass this season.

From the Romo miss, to the Packers playing poorly, to the 49ers ST fumbles, to the Welker drop and getting away with 4 fumbles.

That's a pretty big stretch of favorable situations. Putting aside opinions on the quality of the team, you cannot deny the facts of what happened.

 

[EmpireWF]

JPP's block of the Dallas Field Goal in the first game...forgot that one

Giants all over Green Bay in the rematch, holding their vaunted offense scoreless until the refs give them some terrible calls, prolonging drives that result in 2 scores.

Giants shut down Matty Ice, Roddy White, Gonzo, Turner and Jones....zero points.

On the road against the best defense in the league, they come through in the clutch, creating success.

At the same time, look at what could've been in the regular season. If the Giants defense isn't balls, maybe they go to OT with GB and win. If Justin Smith doesn't knock down a pass on 4th down, maybe they beat San Fran.

If such things happen, all of a sudden, this is a 11 win team.

Can have it both ways.

 

[jms493]

there is nothing sweeter than hearing everyone complain about the Gints winning....

 

[FirstTimer]

there is nothing sweeter than hearing everyone complain about the Gints winning....

Uhh...WTF are you talking about?

 

[mgoblue2290]

Hakeem Nicks catch should have been a touchdown. Then Bradshaw's first run should have been a touchdown, giving them 58 seconds and two timeouts. I don't get why coaches never let the other team score until its too late.

I was pumped when Belichick did it. There has been a few games this season where coaches haven't and should have let the other team score.

You know, it doesn't make sense in hindsight, but every coach should tell you play defense to the end, and stop a score (I'm talking about that whole drive, not when it became obvious that they had to let them score and get off the field). I mean, why not let them score on a quick 80 yarder and take the ball with two timeouts and 3 minutes left, by your logic? Rhetorical as that may be, the fact is no points are guaranteed. You can't assume Brady will drive the distance and score a TD after the Giants score early, again there is no guarantee. It didn't work for the Packers in SB XXXII letting Davis score a TD with 1:58 left. Though the Colts never let the Saints score per-say, it didn't work for Manning when he had over 5 minutes left at the end of that SB. In summation, I say play your best defense for as long as possible.

Another point, you can't force a team to score a TD when they are running plays to control the clock and specifically not score quick.

2 minutes and two timeouts gives you a way better chance than 1 minute and 1 timeout. It allows to you use the middle of the field if you want and forces the Giants to not specifically cover deep and the middle. Once the Giants were inside the 30, Pats should have let them walk in or made half hearted attempts to tackle to force them in.

 

[Rudi]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr-kM13H5Sg"]Based God on Fox 5 at Giants Parade - YouTube[/ame]

TY BASED GOD

 

[Champ]

Supposedly there is a Sound FX where the ref said there wasn't holding on that 3rd and 1 but the umpire said there was. They asked Wilfork and he said he wasnt held.


Edit:
Just watched the video and if you start at 1:20 you can see see what im talking about. They ask Wilfork at like 2:08.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d826c94b6/SB-XLVI-Sound-FX-Patriots-fire-back