Wow, what a finish. When a game is close, everyone is on the
edge of their chairs, waiting for the clock to hit double zero and to see the
result. But when a game is close in the Super Bowl, people are having
mini-heart attacks between each play. One team will be cheering at the top of
their lungs while the others will be wondering what went wrong. The Giants, who
were once 6-6 looking like a team taking a nose dive, were the victors in the
biggest game of them all. It all turned around in an action packed night in
Dallas where one team needed just one win to clinch the division, and the
other, the New York Giants. As Dan Bailey’s kick fell to the ground short after
a Jason Pierre-Paul block, the fortune of the Giants would forever change.
After that night in Dallas, the Giants would then be the hottest team in the
NFL. They embarrassed the Jets. They killed the Cowboys. They ended the seasons
of the Falcons, the 15-1 Packers and the surprise San Francisco 49ers in the
NFC Championship game. The team no one saw coming, the 9-7 Giants, would represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. They’d be playing a
familiar foe, the New England Patriots. As the game began, it was clear that
the crowd was pro-Giants from the start. Eli Manning had the sharpest performance
in recent memory, hitting every receiver he needed to keep drives alive. No one
thought they’d be in the playoffs, but they made it. No one thought they’d make
it to the Super Bowl, but they made it. And no one could have predicted that
they’d be in the exact same situation as the 2007 Super Bowl, but we were all
witness. Eli Manning did what Eli Manning does best, make every Giants fans
dreams come true, and every Patriots fans nightmares. Who knew the opening song
for the Giants would tell the story of the Super Bowl, their destiny truly was “Written
in the Stars.”
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