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Watching 2000 NFC championship game

Fort Mill Mike : 7/25/2015 10:34 am
On YouTube. Never gets old. Haven't seen it for at least 10 years and can't believe all the things I forgot about that game:
* E-Mack ripping the ball out of Carter's hands
* Moss pulling up to avoid getting blown up by Stoudmire, causing an easy INT by Garnes
* Learning that Glen Parket broke two ribs the week before
* Lomas Brown re-injuring his back
* Armstead, Strahan, Hammer and Griffen playing lights out
* Ron Dixon making the first down signal in the wrong direction after a catch - then spinning around in the right direction and looking genuinely confused going back to the huddle

Just to name a few. The poster fast forwarded past the ads, but not the Samuel Jackson "show me" NFL promos and halftime report.

Good times.
2000 NFC Championship game - ( New Window )
Oh, and this tidbit  
Fort Mill Mike : 7/25/2015 10:36 am : link
John Madden talking up Jason Garrett as a future head coach.
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Eric from BBI : Admin : 7/25/2015 10:40 am : link
Still a great game to watch.
Pretty Sure  
mrvax : 7/25/2015 10:42 am : link
the link is incorrect.
14-0 after what  
bluepepper : 7/25/2015 10:53 am : link
4 minutes? 34-0 at half. 41-0 early 3rd. That's my kind of championship game. Forget this OT or last second FG stuff.
The Collins throw to Hilliard down the left sideline was sooo sweet.  
arcarsenal : 7/25/2015 11:11 am : link
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Correct link...  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 7/25/2015 11:12 am : link
Thanks for posting the correct link  
Fort Mill Mike : 7/25/2015 11:27 am : link
Not sure what happened there - I used the share/copy link tool.
Anyway, it's just amazing how Minn. quit so early. And on that final drive with the third string in, pretty much any one f us could have taken a handoff and gained a couple yards.
14-0  
bluepepper : 7/25/2015 11:32 am : link
after 2:13! Forgot we scored on the very first play after the fumble.

Strange that compared to the '07 and '11 teams, the '00 team
1) had better regular season record by 2-3 games and 2) had much easier time in the NFC playoffs.
That's the best crowd I've ever heard in my life.  
Dave in Hoboken : 7/25/2015 11:58 am : link
Wow.
Crazy that 210 pass yards a game  
Sonic Youth : 7/25/2015 12:04 pm : link
was good for 13th in the NFL. Man, times have changed. 210 yards a game nowdays for an offense would be one of the worst in the league.
It was a magnificent performance. Awesome in fact.  
Big Blue '56 : 7/25/2015 12:06 pm : link
However, because of what occurred 2 weeks later, I have never re-watched, as the ensuing disaster kept creeping back into my consciousness..
Too this day I think Collins threw  
SwirlingEddie : 7/25/2015 12:09 pm : link
as nice a ball as any I've seen.
Does anyone else remember  
BlackLight : 7/25/2015 12:55 pm : link
a period of weeks/months following this game, where some Viking fans were claiming the NFL was investigating the Giants for having tapped into their radio communications and knowing the plays in advance?
RE: That's the best crowd I've ever heard in my life.  
dpinzow : 7/25/2015 1:11 pm : link
In comment 12385206 Dave in Hoboken said:
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Wow.


That and a couple of other times

Ron Dixon's opening kickoff return TD the week earlier vs the Eagles

Beating Dallas in 1981 on the last day of the season to stay alive and eventually get in the playoffs for the first time in 18 years
I was most definitely  
est1986 : 7/25/2015 3:35 pm : link
In the Mezzanine that day!
RE: Does anyone else remember  
bluepepper : 7/25/2015 4:27 pm : link
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a period of weeks/months following this game, where some Viking fans were claiming the NFL was investigating the Giants for having tapped into their radio communications and knowing the plays in advance?

I remember hearing this on the internet a couple of days after the game. No mainstream reporters mentioned it at first. After a couple of days a few referred to it and were dismissive. One writer said he contacted the Vikings for a comment and their rep just started laughing.

This was one of the incidents listed on that site a Pats fans started about other teams cheating. I think that was the first I'd heard of it in 15 years.
Dayne  
GruningsOnTheHill : 7/25/2015 4:55 pm : link
I forgot how brutal this guy was...
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OBJ_AllDay : 7/25/2015 7:08 pm : link
best game I've ever been too. place was INSANE. and ive been to some good ones including the shockey over dawkins, clinching of first seed vs carolina in 2008, lambeau for the playoffs in 2011
Sat in sec 129  
micky : 7/25/2015 8:05 pm : link
still have ticket stub. Nobody sat in whole stadium up until halftime. Miss the ole stadium and the character of it. That was intense from the tailgate to end that game along with several other games that era in that stadium.

Remember seeing Carter and Moss sitting on bench with towels over their heads and Giants fans serenading them.
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Danny Kanell : 7/25/2015 10:16 pm : link
Best sporting event I've ever been to.
RE: That's the best crowd I've ever heard in my life.  
Giants2012 : 7/25/2015 10:25 pm : link
In comment 12385206 Dave in Hoboken said:
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Wow.


Nothing will ever top it.

RE: RE: That's the best crowd I've ever heard in my life.  
Dave in Hoboken : 7/25/2015 10:50 pm : link
In comment 12385254 dpinzow said:
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In comment 12385206 Dave in Hoboken said:


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Wow.



That and a couple of other times

Ron Dixon's opening kickoff return TD the week earlier vs the Eagles

Beating Dallas in 1981 on the last day of the season to stay alive and eventually get in the playoffs for the first time in 18 years


Those were great, too. But this game the crowd was like this literally the entire game. Even when it was over early, the crowd was still very loud, which was awesome.
RE: RE: That's the best crowd I've ever heard in my life.  
micky : 7/25/2015 11:03 pm : link
In comment 12385789 Giants2012 said:
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In comment 12385206 Dave in Hoboken said:


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Wow.



Nothing will ever top it.


1986-87 NFC Championship Game
Yep. best game ever. my dad and i were in the Mezz  
ballanda : 7/25/2015 11:51 pm : link
After going up 13-0, we high fived each other so hard we both fell over. What a day. All capped by Wellington's speech for the ages.
RE: RE: That's the best crowd I've ever heard in my life.  
OBJ_AllDay : 7/26/2015 12:12 am : link
In comment 12385789 Giants2012 said:
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In comment 12385206 Dave in Hoboken said:


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Wow.



Nothing will ever top it.


EASILY
I was there from 8 a.m.  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 7/26/2015 1:12 am : link
If you were there, it's one of those games (and days) you'll always remember.
RE: RE: That's the best crowd I've ever heard in my life.  
JohnF : 7/26/2015 1:16 am : link
There's a story behind that...

The Giants had two lousy years before 2000. If I remember correctly, Season Ticket owners at that time had to buy not only their season tickets, but playoff tickets as well. They had the choice before the season started (or sometime during the season) to decline first rights to playoff tickets and apply that money to next year's tickets.

A LOT of playoff tickets were declined. The Giants put them up (at least the NFC champion ones) on Ticketmaster after the playoff win against the Eagles. There were massive lines in NYC (blocks long...this was pre-internet sales, you had to queue up!)...but not upstate!

So I was able to get two tickets, as I got a short line at a ticketmaster by me. Seats in the lower bowl, right in the corner that the first quarter TD's were!

The Giants were also giving out towels for that game. Add all the new fans (who were going crazy after the planes buzzed over), mix in all the frustration from the last playoff we blew against the Vikings, and you had an explosive mixture. We stood all through the game, except for halftime, and screamed our heads off. I couldn't speak the next day!

Great game!

John I also could not speak  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 7/26/2015 1:23 am : link
the next day! What a day!
RE: It was a magnificent performance. Awesome in fact.  
gidiefor : Mod : 7/26/2015 11:23 am : link
In comment 12385213 Big Blue '56 said:
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However, because of what occurred 2 weeks later, I have never re-watched, as the ensuing disaster kept creeping back into my consciousness..


this ^^^
I've never felt sicker watching a game than watching this one
RE: Sat in sec 129  
Giants2012 : 7/26/2015 5:29 pm : link
In comment 12385572 micky said:
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still have ticket stub. Nobody sat in whole stadium up until halftime. Miss the ole stadium and the character of it. That was intense from the tailgate to end that game along with several other games that era in that stadium.

Remember seeing Carter and Moss sitting on bench with towels over their heads and Giants fans serenading them.


Sec 138 here. Hilliard's TD was right my father and I. Loudest crowd ever, IMO, b/c we were scared of Minny. It was supposed to take a monumental effort to win that game. Nobody took a seat (at least for very long).

It pains me to say  
David in LA : 7/26/2015 5:51 pm : link
this was one game that I missed. My mother would not let me miss my SAT prep class. I remember asking my friend for a recap when I was done, and I thought he was pulling my string.
RE: Does anyone else remember  
St. Jimmy : 7/26/2015 8:56 pm : link
In comment 12385244 BlackLight said:
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a period of weeks/months following this game, where some Viking fans were claiming the NFL was investigating the Giants for having tapped into their radio communications and knowing the plays in advance?
I heard this on WIP about the Philly game. Only time I heard it. Eagle fans can never give credit to another team. I think I heard it from one of the hosts or in a sports update.
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