Giants/Pats: The game named after a bouncy ball and obfuscated with a roman numeral

[TripletDaddy]

Wes Welker Gisele

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[SeattleUte]

lol! This kind of writing is why I love the Times.

The setup seemed standard enough. The Giants were trailing by 2 points, there was just over a minute remaining, and the Giants had the ball on the New England Patriots’ 6-yard line. Quarterback Eli Manning took the snap, handed the ball off to running back Ahmad Bradshaw, and as Bradshaw began his surge, the game suddenly turned on its head.

It was like opposite day. The Patriots defenders, trained their whole lives to try to push and claw and fight to bring down the ball carrier, stood up and opened a double-wide hole for Bradshaw to reach the end zone.

Bradshaw, trained his whole life to sprint into the end zone whenever he could, pulled up just short of the goal line and tried to fall down.

Even the players and coaches on the Giants’ sideline, who had spent their whole lives cheering when their team scored, did not know what to do when Bradshaw failed to slam on his brakes in time and fell, almost dejectedly, into the end zone for a touchdown.

The scene was surreal; the Giants had just taken a 21-17 lead in the Super Bowl and no one was celebrating. Bradshaw did not even know whether to spike the ball.

“It was a little strange,” offensive lineman Kevin Boothe said.

“It was definitely weird,” running back Brandon Jacobs said.

“It wasn’t exactly what we were looking for,” tight end Bear Pascoe said. “But it worked out great.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/sp...y.html?_r=1&hp

[Eddie]

I read this in Bill Simmons' column and it's a thought I had last night.

Did Tom Coughlin intentionally have 12 guys in the game on the second to last play? You give up a five yard penalty but you have a better chance at stopping the Pats' offense and you take time off the clock. With such little time left and downs not being an issue, why not just "accidentally" put 12 guys on the field?

I think all defensive penalties inside two minutes should require the time be put back on the clock after the play has been run.

They were talking about this on the radio this morning - I think it was Mike and Mike as I was switching stations around. Basically Mike said that at one point his coach had sent 15 guys onto the field at the same time at the end of one game because he didn't mind a 5 yard penalty but wanted to be sure that the team didn't score.

If it was that easy - once you are down to the last couple of plays what is to keep a team from kicking deep and then simply giving up 5 yards at a time while keeping the offense from ever gaining more than 5 yards while giving up time. I get that the game cannot end on a defensive penalty - so eventually you have to give them one final play.

But Mike and Mike were acting like it was an obvious decision to put 12 on the field and a brilliant strategy to give up 5 yards while taking 9-10 seconds off the clock. They also said that this was something that needed to be remedied.

[All-American]

I read this in Bill Simmons' column and it's a thought I had last night.

Did Tom Coughlin intentionally have 12 guys in the game on the second to last play? You give up a five yard penalty but you have a better chance at stopping the Pats' offense and you take time off the clock. With such little time left and downs not being an issue, why not just "accidentally" put 12 guys on the field?

I think all defensive penalties inside two minutes should require the time be put back on the clock after the play has been run.

If it wasn't intentional, he should tell people it was.

[MarkGrace]

Maria Menounos

Had I known this was going to happen I would have finally found a reason to cheer for one of the teams in the SB. And it would of course been the Giants.

[Surfah]

that dude on the slack line lives here. we see him all the time in ipanema

He's from California and lives in Moab, Utah.

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[Uncle Ted]

He's from California and lives in Moab, Utah.

That dude is crazy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

That dude is crazy.

He is definitely going on my death pool next year. If he is still alive that is...

[FMCoug]

Ouch.


http://larrybrownsports.com/football...rs-drop/115018

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Ouch.


http://larrybrownsports.com/football...rs-drop/115018

Attach a value to Wes Welker's drop (wasn't the ball somewhat behind him?) and then multiply it about 100x and then you come up with the magnitude of Kyle Williams' idiocy in refusing to stay away from a punted ball that was bouncing around on the ground.

[TripletDaddy]

Tebowing: OUT
Bradying: IN

http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/ar..._craze/9807775