Best win - XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI?

Aside from the fact that it was a great game, it was just an unbelievable storybook ending to a tumultuous 2007-2008 season.

4-2 in the super bowl but I get your point. They lose to the Bears in 85 and Pack in 96. As is, they are 3-4 in the big game...which is kind of hilarious. They could be 5-2 but NOOOOOOOOOOOO....

that there is actually a debate about which super bowl means the most to you when super bowl 42 is probably the most amazing moment in NFL history over the past 40-50 years. Giants fans have witnessed 3 of the greatest super bowl victories of all time and that doesn't count super bowl 21 which houses the greatest QB performance of all time and a team that dominated the postseason like no other team did.

Super bowl 46 is kind of bla bla when compared to the other 2 classic finishes. That's pretty crazy.

The Pats lost to the Bears after the 85 season

It was a fairy tail run to the SB, and part of the magic was that expectations were so low. I don't think any of us thought that 2007-08 would be our year or our SB. As a result, most Giants fans approached each game with the sense of "If they lose this, I'll be glad they got this far, and if they win,...holy shit."

Then every single game came out on the "Holy shit" side.

The sweet defeat of Dallas: Terrell Owens and the popcorn, crying, "That's my quarterback"....bwaaaaaaaa!

After they won in Green Bay, when Eli failed to get the memo that he couldn't throw passes in freezing cold weather, and Favre forgot how to...and Tynes kicked field goals until his foot was black and blue because in that cold the ball might as well have been made of cement...and we fucking WON!

I was like, OMFG. We're going to the Super Bowl!

And Michael Strahan was like, "We goin' to da Supah-Bowl!"

And I was like, "OMG. We could win this. This team can win that game...they ended the last game with the Patriots only 3 points down. They know how to score on those fuckers. We can win this."

Holy SHIT!

My brother, Riffy, actually went to the SB that year...wearing a photograph of our Dad, who had passed away in Jan 2007, during the Giants-Eagles playoff game (with the Giants up by 7). So my emotional and physical DNA was at that game.

And then...Slip & grip! The helmet catch! And Plax's gorgeous fade.

Then my brother comes back from the Super Bowl victory to my apt in Brooklyn, and I declare: "We're going to the victory parade, RIIIIIIGHT?"

And we go to the parade...and then we're cold and tired and go to a nice Irish Bar & Grill off Wall Street, we walk in, the place is empty, we hope they'll turn the TVs to the Giants pep rally at City Hall. We order our lunches and go to the bathroom.

And when we come back, the entire place has filled up with euphoric Giants fans, and all TVs are tuned to the Pep Rally, which we watch and cheer, with delicious food (corned beef & cabbage, w/the cabbage boiled in the corned beef broth and nice and al-dente) and Bass Ales, and surrounded by our fellow fans, and immersed in a Giant Fan Epiphany.

"We are going to STOMP YOU OUT!!!"

Then that night, we're at Lincoln Center, as my mom had previously bought us tickets to see the NY Philharmonic. I'm still wearing my Giants Super Bowl victory t-shirt, because I figure, that IS my formal wear.

And as we ride in the elevator up to our seats, the elevator operator asks if I went to the parade earlier that day, and I say yes and point to Riffy:

"He actually went to the game!"

At which point 15 octogenarians in the elevator, in front of us, turn around with astonished looks on their faces and say, "REEEEEEEALLY?!?!"

And we remember: Lincoln Center is in New York City. These Orchestra afficionados are all GIANTS FANS!!!

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooot!

Definitely 42. It was more personal.

because I love it (20 seconds of AWESOME):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chNPAQ4pmLk

Obviously Superbowl XLII is extremely special since I actually went to the game and had my Dad's picture with me to honor his passing a year earlier. Plus the other details that Schnitzie eloquently pointed out above also help with my strong feelings for that game.

But I think the best win for me was against Buffalo in Superbowl XXV. No one expected us to stand up against the Buffalo juggernaut, who had scored an absurd amount of points against their playoff opponents. They were a great team that year, but the Giants knew how to win with adversity. To be down by nine points, and come back with two long time consuming drives to end the 1st half and start the 2nd was amazing. Sharing that victory with my Dad, in Bills country, and telling all those Rochester based front running Bills fans to eat it was just too sweet. It is my favorite Superbowl victory for the G-men.

Agreed.

That will never happen again in the history of the league.

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is your favorite. Just can't be done. I agree with everyone's comments about all four games - I love them (the games, not you BBIers) equally.

1. XLII
2. XXV
3. XLVI
4. XXI

Our 42 team or 46? The 46 team features a more polished Eli, and a big play WR corps. The 42 team has the better front 7. Both are red hot though.

best sports moment of my life and it's likely that it will never get passed. Just the way it all came together and culminated in the greatest Super Bowl moment of all-time (Eli to Tyree) was amazing.

But I can't stress how sweet 46 felt. It was just a team deciding that they wanted to wear that belt again.

The Falcons win was a warning shot to the rest of the league. The Packers win was a straight asswhooping of the defending Champ. The Niners game was an epic street fight that the Giants won on the road. The Pats game was a legendary game where Eli decided that he'd stick them with a dagger again. Eli to Manningham was the greatest pass I've ever seen.

This team has been filled with ups and downs in the "Eli era". But the ups have been so so special. Moments I'll always cherish. Hopefully Eli still has some magic left in that arm.

but the other three were all great. Moreover, all three of them had great playoff runs (at SF in 91, at Dal and GB in 08, at GB and SF in 12).

8, will also be sweet.

I was talking about BB's legacy with the Patriots, not prior seasons....

XLII - new golden age of Giants football and Eli becoming the man as we defeated the Goliaths.

XXV - another underdog victory over a much favored powerful AFC opponent

XLVI - amazing postseason but somehow we now own Brady and the Pats

XXI - game was over by halftime

The game was tight in the first half, with the Broncos holding a 10-9 halftime lead, the narrowest margin in Super Bowl history.

Yuu're exactly right ... except I had the same feeling that it was over at halftime ... I felt Denver threw all they had up against us ... and that was the best they could do ...
The scoreboard said we we down by one but my gut said we were up by 14 ...

For more like may others here 42 was easily the best ...
storybook season ... with a lot of interesting side effects ...
the inspiration of Greg Gadson
Eli's fiancee moving from the superstitious seat in GB...
Jerry's buying tickets for Dallas
Strahan's holdout
Tiki's retirement
Shockey out
Tyree's pregame practice
Peyton in the stands
Eli and Peyton right after
many more ...

Nothing sports related beats that moment ever.

Ever.