Give it a rest, their good fortune in recovering fumbles down the stretch more than evens things out. Going back to the 1st Dallas game they recovered 75% of opponents fumbles (a couple of those unforced), and lost none of their own 7 fumbles.

I think it would’ve been more exciting if the Saints were in it vs the Patriots or even Green Bay.

But hats off to the Giants they were the real deal.

So glad they still lost despite the poor call.

“When was the last time you saw an intentional grounding call on a pass thrown in the field of play 35 yards downfield? That call amounted to 9 gift points for the Giants. It may have been the right call, but you never actually see it called.”

You mean like the ‘Tuck Rule’?

He helped make the broadcast a resounding success…

This has nothing to do with ratings, but I feel like someone needed to give the guys his kudos.

When was the last time you saw an intentional grounding call on a pass thrown in the field of play 35 yards downfield? That call amounted to 9 gift points for the Giants. It may have been the right call, but you never actually see it called. The rest of the game, the refs pretty much let everyone play.

If anyone should’ve “won the game going away” last night, it was the Pats. 2 balls on the ground the Giants recovered, amongst other potential breaks.

Give the Giants credit but let’s not suggest that either team should’ve blown the other out last night. That game was on the verge of getting out of hand in the first quarter for the Giants and in the third quarter for the Pats, but neither team could keep the momentum.

Advnatage NFL!

It’s ashame too because I thought NBC did a really good job presenting the game, and it sounds like Indianapolis was a heck of a host as well.

Hopefully New Orleans gets zip lines next year too!

Anyone else think that they Raymond Berry Super Bowl “Trophy Walk” was one of the weirdest moments this year in sports?
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I actually thought it was incredibly sad. To really see how ravaged the guy’s body is after all the years of football, that walk looked really painful for him.

Would have loved to have played SF on a neutral turf with better officials (like yesterday, even though I still feel as though the Patriots got calls), because the officials definitely did their best to keep GB, SF and NE in these games. The Giants should have won that game going away last night.

And as much as 49er fans like to blame Kyle Williams, the officials kept two drives for SF going with bogus calls, which resulted in 10 points. The only true score they had was the Davis TD on blown coverage by Rolle.

We all saw what happened in the GB game.

NE only gets called for holding once all game — and it wasn’t even the most blatant offence (Waters undressing Pierre-Paul), as JPP and Joseph were getting stripped like they were preparing to board a plane last night by NE linemen.

Let’s not even talk about the facemasks that weren’t called and the PI on a couple of different drives that ended up stalling.

What I hate is these pantywaists who complain that the game was “boring” because it wasn’t a 48-45 FINAL. That was a GREAT game.

Um, NO! That was an incredibly boring game from beginning to end. It was a travesty.

(Oh, and what are we supposed to do if that affirmation lasts longer than four hours?)