Eli at some party...I am 96% sure he is intoxicatedWe now know who will be playing opposite the New England Patriots on February 3 in Glendale, Arizona. The New York Giants outlasted the Green Bay Packers last night in a pretty good game. Eli Manning manned up and told the -24 degree wind chill that it was no match for the co-owner of the DSRL (Double Stuff Racing League). Many analyst last night (really only Jimmy Johnson) claimed that the loss in the final regular season game to the Pats is what gave Eli and company the confidence to come into the playoffs and extend their road game winning streak to an impressive 10 games. I am not sure how a loss inspires confidence but whatever...it was pretty cold last night so I will give him some slack.
Brett Favre played a great game as well except for two interceptions that cost him his dream season. The edge should have been with Green Bay seeing how they were playing at home in conditions that only people in Wisconsin would like. However they could never capitalize on chances that were handed to them on golden platters...or maybe silver platters. Lawrence Tynes (who in the same game lost his job then got it back) missed two field goals in regulation that Green Bay was unable to turn into points. They had home field advantage at Lambeau Field which used to mean something. They won the toss in overtime which gave them the ball first (for you non-NFL fans, in overtime it is the first team to score who wins). The nail in the coffin was when Favre threw the interception in OT that gave the Giants the opportunity to win the game and Tynes took advantage of that and won the game with his foot...a 47 yard field goal that erased the two easier ones he missed earlier (after further review...the laces in fact were out).
Oh yeah...New England beat San Diego...the only person who was surprised by that was Mike Ditka who on ESPN predicted Saint Diego (I think its German) would win. Yeah...and he was a NFL coach?? There wasn't much to say about this game except that New England scored more points and Phillip Rivers doesn't have much to say to the fans of the opposing team when he loses.
So the Super Bowl is set. A rematch of the last regular season game. I have a gut feeling Eli and the Giants have a decent shot of beating New England. I am not sure I want to put New England on upset alert...but I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled it through. I will let you know later if I change my mind. My predictions, it turns out, are not very good. I just hope that we get a few Peyton Manning commercials between now and then. That would be sweet and unexpected.
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Did anyone else notice Tom Coughlin's (Giants head coach) face? He was sporting some massive raccoon eyes. It might have been the wind and cold, but no one else seemed to have the red face. Just an observation.
