All were amazing and joyful, as were the Championship victories over the Niners in 1990 and 2011, and the Divisional round win over the Cowboys in 2007.
not sure how you top 42. The first one was more of a coronation. '90 was more like validation. 46 was like a sequel that you thoroughly enjoyed but you knew wasnt as good as the first. 42 stands alone, always will.
Because it is not talked about as much as other plays, but the Safety early in the game was huge. New England had just gotten a big stop to force a punt and on the next play we get the safety. Coming off Super Bowl XLII and a Giants victory during the regular season I do believe that knocked the Patriots out of rhythm just enough that we were able to not get too far behind
XXI was the first & at halftime we were losing, lots of beer that game, especially before & first half as anxiety was high-not so much in the second half! XLII was epic as 18-0 became 18-1, Eli to Tyee"believe it!". XXV was BB's defense stopping a Bills team that had scored 52 points vs the Raiders in the AFC Championship...& then hanging on! Thanks Scott Norwood! XLVI Eli to MM & then AB falling (Against Eli's wishes) in the end zone..and sweating out the last minute,the last throw!
Still my #1 of all time,1990 NFC Championship Game "There will be no 3-peat" Hated the Niners then,still do! Thanks Eric Howard!
XXV - I was a freshman in HS and had taken a lot of crap that year because the Giants weren't a high scoring team and I always had to defend them. It went that way in the playoffs. No one gave them a shot against the Niners or the high scoring Bills. But I believed.
I was watching the game by myself in the living room, my brother had gone to his room to watch alone also because the suspense of the game was just too much.
I remember when Kelly spiked that ball for the FG attempt they went to a commercial break and those were the longest seconds of my life. My heart was coming out of my chest thinking of what was coming next. All that years struggle sticking up for my team at school, and believing they had the stuff to do it, the Niners game, losing Simms...all coming down to this kick.
As soon as I saw the kick sailed wide it was the greatest release of anxiety I've ever had......
Until SB XLII
I never thought I'd feel that feeling of joy again. This time, unlike in 90, I didn't believe but I hoped. I loved Eli, I loved that team and always felt they could get there eventually but I never thought it would be that year.
Instead of having to endure a commercial break waiting for a FG kick I had to endure a long, painful drive. This time I was in a room with a bunch of people but for that drive I was in the fetal position on a recliner watching. I remember ignoring people that were trying to talk to me. I wasn't ignoring them on purpose but I just couldn't physically respond. I was so frozen and focused on every play of that drive knowing this was it.
Then as soon as Eli released that ball and the TV panned to Burress behind the CB I got up and knew it was a TD. That feeling was something I'll never forget.
the last two championships were thrilling but neither feels as compelling as the first two wins. Younger fans probably feel the last two are more compelling.
XXV - I was a freshman in HS and had taken a lot of crap that year because the Giants weren't a high scoring team and I always had to defend them. It went that way in the playoffs. No one gave them a shot against the Niners or the high scoring Bills. But I believed.
I was watching the game by myself in the living room, my brother had gone to his room to watch alone also because the suspense of the game was just too much.
I remember when Kelly spiked that ball for the FG attempt they went to a commercial break and those were the longest seconds of my life. My heart was coming out of my chest thinking of what was coming next. All that years struggle sticking up for my team at school, and believing they had the stuff to do it, the Niners game, losing Simms...all coming down to this kick.
As soon as I saw the kick sailed wide it was the greatest release of anxiety I've ever had......
Until SB XLII
I never thought I'd feel that feeling of joy again. This time, unlike in 90, I didn't believe but I hoped. I loved Eli, I loved that team and always felt they could get there eventually but I never thought it would be that year.
Instead of having to endure a commercial break waiting for a FG kick I had to endure a long, painful drive. This time I was in a room with a bunch of people but for that drive I was in the fetal position on a recliner watching. I remember ignoring people that were trying to talk to me. I wasn't ignoring them on purpose but I just couldn't physically respond. I was so frozen and focused on every play of that drive knowing this was it.
Then as soon as Eli released that ball and the TV panned to Burress behind the CB I got up and knew it was a TD. That feeling was something I'll never forget.
I loved watching that pass to Burress. The play unfolded like it was in slow motion. Burress waiting there wide open yet the ball was just hanging there, just slowly moving towards him. I felt like it was a movie using special effects.
XXI: Simms, the goal line stand in the first half with stops by 4 different LBs, the Safety on Elway
XXV: Hoss safety, 3-13 with Ingram, wide right
XLII: 1 second short of opening 10 minute drive that established who we were, Tuck and Strahan, Tyree play, 3rd and 11 with Steve Smith, the stupid 4th and 10 hurl into the EZ by Brady from the Giants 30 with Belichick eschewing a Gostkowski FGA from the 47 INDOORS, Alford, Plax sluggo and Brady's last two deep throws. Most importantly, Eli
XLVI: Manningham catch, Welker drop (lousy throw imo), Boothe Bogus hold. Most importantly, Eli
I'll add that Joe Buck rose to the occasion on that one - he got really excited before Plax came into view on camera, which really added to the moment. His whole call was fantastic, actually. What a night!
not sure how you top 42. The first one was more of a coronation. '90 was more like validation. 46 was like a sequel that you thoroughly enjoyed but you knew wasnt as good as the first. 42 stands alone, always will.
I agree. I was 19 (just shy of 20) for the first one, so I am old enough to remember all of them as an adult. There's no question that the improbable run culminating in beating an undefeated team was the best. They were all great, but that one will never be topped in my lifetime. It's not possible.
It's so damn hard, and I was thinking about this the other day. Gotta go with "feeling" on this.
1) 21 (one of the greatest seasons/memories of my childhood)
2) -- TIE -- 42 & 25
"4)" 46
So hard to choose between 25, 21, and 42 as the top choice. 21 wins IMO b/c of the team itself, all childhood heroes: Simms, Bavaro, Morris, LT, Banks, Harry Carson, Phil McConkey etc.
25 as another guy said was more of a validation, but it will always be a bit hollow for me as a fan as guys like Joe Morris, Harry Carson and Phil Simms were not part of that (much like the 96' Yankees championship WITHOUT Mattingly) but either way, that win was still EPIC.
42 was incredible, in every way, and 46 was another "validater"
The Great Escape and The Helmet Catch. Steve Smith stretching the field for the first down on the sidelines.
Plax's catch was anti-climatic when it went down. We all knew it was happening.
The first Super Bowl for me. Growing up a few blocks from Yankee Stadium I have seen ,or listened to every Giants game for almost 50 years. After following lousing team after lousy team from the Bronx into Ct.,then NJ,I never thought I would live to see the Giants get to the Super Bowl. I recall sitting in the Rose Bowl at halftime thinking we have to win this game because I may never get to see my team win again. Thankfully,I was wrong.
RE: Agree with the above thoughts on Plax's catch.
I'll add that Joe Buck rose to the occasion on that one - he got really excited before Plax came into view on camera, which really added to the moment. His whole call was fantastic, actually. What a night!
my ring tone for 2 years was: "Manning...lobs it...BURRESS ALONE...TOUCHDOWN NEW YORK!"
XXI: i was 4...so while there's picture proof that i was cheering along with my dad, i couldn't tell you i have any memory
XXV: i was 8 and this was the first season i knew start to finish in a season what the hell was going on so i was pretty excited but i'd say in hindsight didn't really understand fully how amazing those last 2 games were. (btw, hell of a way to be introduced to NYG football: start a season 10-0 and win a SB...ha)
XLII just is it for me. sports are in large part supposed to be a distraction and the 2007 Giants and that entire run came at the exact necessary time in life.
research was going bleh, had just broken off a 2 year relationship earlier that year with some crazy girl...and just needed *something* that could provide positive distraction (besides going out with my buddies). along came the 07 NYG.
to me, XLII is a culmination of what will likely go down as the greatest 1 month sports stretch of my life. you have a revenge tour playoff run - all on the road - shutting up Ronde (Eli can be had...?)...going into Dallas after being swept...going into GB after they kicked our asses in week 2...and so you have a divisional playoff and conference title game that are among the greatest games in the team's history in back to back weeks...and then you get this cherry on top: XLII.
i was quietly hopeful about the game. its the only time i can recall trying to absorb literally as much as possible in terms of the 2 weeks of coverage on NFLN etc (back when NFLN was good...) since from XXV to XLII, there's 17 years mostly filled with crap. so i was of the mindset that it could be a while again, so may as well soak it in.
then you get what i will call 1A or 1B in terms of all time super bowls. the game was tense throughout, throw in the context of the 18-0, the helmet catch, the final TD. i mean how can you beat that?
i think the 2 plays i went absolutely berserk on were the Plax TD and the Alford sack...i was too much in a "did that just happen..." to fully comprehend the helmet catch until well after the game...since well the drive was still going too...
i just think XLII has to be looked at not only in the context of an excellent game, but also in part because its likely the greatest playoff run in terms of memorable games any of us will ever see.
RE: RE: A few people bitch about XLII's boring middle
Out one side of their mouth and complain about the downfall of the NFL and lack of defense out the other. XLII was a hell of a game from all angles.
Bingo, but this is now a FF nation
FF a lot of players not true fans . If you heard Mike Carey during the game he said to another official "I don't know how this is playing out on tv?...but this is one hell of a game" IMO a great game all the way around!!
because we were David going against two great Goliath powerhouses.
For 21? At the end of the regular season, I fully expected them to win the SB. Anything less would have been a disappoinent. Which team did you expect them to lose to?
XXI - getting a call from my mother right after the game: "Your father would've been over the moon right now," she said.
XXV - watching the game live in Italy with Italian commentators. Wide right happened at 4:00 am for me, and the walk across town back to my apartment in Florence was a combination of euphoria, dizziness, and exhaustion.
XXXIV - sitting alone at a party, screaming at the refs for that bullshit call negating Keith Hamilton's potentially game-changing pick six.
XLII - leaving a super bowl party at halftime because I suddenly realized we had a chance to win the game, and I didn't want to be distracted by all the partying going on around me. I'd actually picked us to win the game a week earlier in a friendly betting pool, and I was looking forward to trash talking the haters in that group.
XLVI - Manningham's catch. I think we all knew it was over then.
After putting up with so much sucktitude for years then the rebuilding starts with Simms, LT, Banks, etc; getting closer each year and then to finally reach the top - very exhilarating.
XLII is next knocking off 18-0 Patriots. One of my fondest and favorite plays from that game was Alford's sack of Brady on that last drive. never gets old
XXI - the McConkey flea flicker followed immediately by the Morris TD run. The realization at that moment that the Giants were going to be SB champs.
XXV - Ingram's amazing 1st down
XLII - Alford's sack. 30 seconds left and one of the greatest offenses ever had 3 TO and just needed about 40 yards for a tying FG. The defense closed.
XLVI - the Manningham catch.
Fully expected a win with XXI but it still was the sweetest.
wildly celebrating the Armstead TD. Fitting that the best memory of that game is something that officially never happened. Also typical in a way of the Fassel era. He was so meticulous and prepared to the point of worrying about too many things. Leading up to the game he alerted the league to the tendency of the Ravens front to hold backs coming out as receivers. They got the message and called it - on us. Similar to the way he just had to bring in a new long snapper for the '02 playoffs. Always worried about every thing. Leave no stone unturned, even the ones that can bite you in the ass.
Love em all but 25 the most cus we beat the threepeats
When I read OP wasn't sure if you were looking for plays or games so I will give u both
-25-OJ's uppercut run.
-42- Alford sack on pats last drive
-21-martins safety
-46-tucks 2nd sack of brady
After the Giants take the lead, on the Pats final drive.
Watching Brady throw a 60 yard rope to an open Randy Moss and at the last second a Giants DB( can't recall who) comes over and tips it away...I almost needed CPR, but what a flood of relief.
For that reason it was a blast to watch. Especially since one of them was smart enough to realize the Giants forced the Bills to play their game. The stunned looks on their faces at the end was awesome.
For 42 my kids were both sick (they were 7 at the time) and trying to sleep. Man that final Pats scoring drive through the end I couldn't sit down or stop yelling. It was like I was at the game. I remember their mom (my now ex) telling me I had to quiet down. I looked at her and yelled "I can't be quiet when they're so close to winning the super bowl!" My sick kids heard that and came running down stairs. We watched them win together.
One of the top three moments with them in my life.
After the Giants take the lead, on the Pats final drive.
Watching Brady throw a 60 yard rope to an open Randy Moss and at the last second a Giants DB( can't recall who) comes over and tips it away...I almost needed CPR, but what a flood of relief.
God it's been a great time to be a Giants fan!!!
I believe it was the Gerbil, Gibril Wilson who came over to knock it away
After the Giants take the lead, on the Pats final drive.
Watching Brady throw a 60 yard rope to an open Randy Moss and at the last second a Giants DB( can't recall who) comes over and tips it away...I almost needed CPR, but what a flood of relief.
God it's been a great time to be a Giants fan!!!
I believe it was the Gerbil, Gibril Wilson who came over to knock it away
After watching and waiting for 22 years as a fan, it finally happened.
XXI
Exactly. For those of us who suffered through the 70's an for me to see my father get to experience this after being a season ticket holder since 1948.... XXI for me.
BTW, that XXI team would beat the XLII and XLVI teams if they faced each other.
There's a lifetime fulfillment that came with winning Superbowl XXI...
...it's a feeling no other can match. It was clearly the most dominant of the Giants Championship ballclubs as well.
Seeing Phil do what Giants fans knew he could but no one else believed was sweet. Satisfaction. The goal line stand was when the Giants said ok it's time to do what we do. The rest is history.
seeing your team win the Super Bowl in person is one of the greatest things in life.
But nothing beats 42, 6th seed, sneaking into the playoffs, amazing run, then beating an undefeated bunch of smarmy jerkoffs... Nothing will ever top that.
Pretty much everything from Saturday night until I was eating pancakes at a diner at 4am Monday morning with 3 friends.
My parents came into the city that day to watch with us. We watched SB XXI & XXV (on VHS) at my apartment in the early afternoon. Then got to the bar around 3, for the longest 3 1/2 hours in my entire life waiting for kickoff.
Down 7-3 at halftime felt like the Giants were leading. I didn't actually get nervous until Tyree's TD put the Giants ahead in the 4th. At that point, winning became a very real possibility, which is exactly when my nerves kick in as a fan.
Celebrating with my parents, remembering my grandfather (the biggest Giants fan I've ever known who'd passed away in 2006). I have a picture from that day with my folks and my friends that will be in my living room for the rest of my life. Just an incredible day.
I was at all 5 SBs and XXI was the best hands down for me.
2. San Fran 1990
3. San Fran 2011
4. Min 2000
5. wash 1986
1)XXI
2)XLVI - screw the Pats
3)XXV - what a game vs the powerful Bills
4)XLVI
In the end its like choosing between your children though.
1)XXI
2)XLVI - screw the Pats
3)XXV - what a game vs the powerful Bills
4)XLVI
In the end its like choosing between your children though.
2 & 4 are the same.
Still my #1 of all time,1990 NFC Championship Game "There will be no 3-peat" Hated the Niners then,still do! Thanks Eric Howard!
25- Mark Ingram's first down effort and OJ's long run and uppercut on Kelso.
42 - Plax TD reception for the late lead and Strahan's sack of Brady.
46- Bradshaw's "fall" into the endzone and the Manningham reception.
I agree and felt the same way
XXV - I was a freshman in HS and had taken a lot of crap that year because the Giants weren't a high scoring team and I always had to defend them. It went that way in the playoffs. No one gave them a shot against the Niners or the high scoring Bills. But I believed.
I was watching the game by myself in the living room, my brother had gone to his room to watch alone also because the suspense of the game was just too much.
I remember when Kelly spiked that ball for the FG attempt they went to a commercial break and those were the longest seconds of my life. My heart was coming out of my chest thinking of what was coming next. All that years struggle sticking up for my team at school, and believing they had the stuff to do it, the Niners game, losing Simms...all coming down to this kick.
As soon as I saw the kick sailed wide it was the greatest release of anxiety I've ever had......
Until SB XLII
I never thought I'd feel that feeling of joy again. This time, unlike in 90, I didn't believe but I hoped. I loved Eli, I loved that team and always felt they could get there eventually but I never thought it would be that year.
Instead of having to endure a commercial break waiting for a FG kick I had to endure a long, painful drive. This time I was in a room with a bunch of people but for that drive I was in the fetal position on a recliner watching. I remember ignoring people that were trying to talk to me. I wasn't ignoring them on purpose but I just couldn't physically respond. I was so frozen and focused on every play of that drive knowing this was it.
Then as soon as Eli released that ball and the TV panned to Burress behind the CB I got up and knew it was a TD. That feeling was something I'll never forget.
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We were so bad for so long, that watching us pull away in XXI had a surreal feeling to it. My list is:
1)XXI
2)XLVI - screw the Pats
3)XXV - what a game vs the powerful Bills
4)XLVI
In the end its like choosing between your children though.
2 & 4 are the same.
Oops, #2 should be XLII (not XLVI).
XXV - I was a freshman in HS and had taken a lot of crap that year because the Giants weren't a high scoring team and I always had to defend them. It went that way in the playoffs. No one gave them a shot against the Niners or the high scoring Bills. But I believed.
I was watching the game by myself in the living room, my brother had gone to his room to watch alone also because the suspense of the game was just too much.
I remember when Kelly spiked that ball for the FG attempt they went to a commercial break and those were the longest seconds of my life. My heart was coming out of my chest thinking of what was coming next. All that years struggle sticking up for my team at school, and believing they had the stuff to do it, the Niners game, losing Simms...all coming down to this kick.
As soon as I saw the kick sailed wide it was the greatest release of anxiety I've ever had......
Until SB XLII
I never thought I'd feel that feeling of joy again. This time, unlike in 90, I didn't believe but I hoped. I loved Eli, I loved that team and always felt they could get there eventually but I never thought it would be that year.
Instead of having to endure a commercial break waiting for a FG kick I had to endure a long, painful drive. This time I was in a room with a bunch of people but for that drive I was in the fetal position on a recliner watching. I remember ignoring people that were trying to talk to me. I wasn't ignoring them on purpose but I just couldn't physically respond. I was so frozen and focused on every play of that drive knowing this was it.
Then as soon as Eli released that ball and the TV panned to Burress behind the CB I got up and knew it was a TD. That feeling was something I'll never forget.
I loved watching that pass to Burress. The play unfolded like it was in slow motion. Burress waiting there wide open yet the ball was just hanging there, just slowly moving towards him. I felt like it was a movie using special effects.
and Eli was awesome in XLII -- making a miraculous drive for the ages -- with moments indelibly etched in immortality to win the game
then Otis Anderson's run in XXV - the absolutely crazy way Hoss stepped out of obscurity to lead the Giants to a win
and then there's Eli's second miraculous game winning drive in XLVI - and the forest defense that befuddled Tom Brady
I love them all -- they all had improbable, faith-inducing, transcendent moments -- but rank them in that order
XXV: Hoss safety, 3-13 with Ingram, wide right
XLII: 1 second short of opening 10 minute drive that established who we were, Tuck and Strahan, Tyree play, 3rd and 11 with Steve Smith, the stupid 4th and 10 hurl into the EZ by Brady from the Giants 30 with Belichick eschewing a Gostkowski FGA from the 47 INDOORS, Alford, Plax sluggo and Brady's last two deep throws. Most importantly, Eli
XLVI: Manningham catch, Welker drop (lousy throw imo), Boothe Bogus hold. Most importantly, Eli
Bingo, but this is now a FF nation
I agree. I was 19 (just shy of 20) for the first one, so I am old enough to remember all of them as an adult. There's no question that the improbable run culminating in beating an undefeated team was the best. They were all great, but that one will never be topped in my lifetime. It's not possible.
1) 21 (one of the greatest seasons/memories of my childhood)
2) -- TIE -- 42 & 25
"4)" 46
So hard to choose between 25, 21, and 42 as the top choice. 21 wins IMO b/c of the team itself, all childhood heroes: Simms, Bavaro, Morris, LT, Banks, Harry Carson, Phil McConkey etc.
25 as another guy said was more of a validation, but it will always be a bit hollow for me as a fan as guys like Joe Morris, Harry Carson and Phil Simms were not part of that (much like the 96' Yankees championship WITHOUT Mattingly) but either way, that win was still EPIC.
42 was incredible, in every way, and 46 was another "validater"
18 and d'oh!!!
The Great Escape and The Helmet Catch. Steve Smith stretching the field for the first down on the sidelines.
Plax's catch was anti-climatic when it went down. We all knew it was happening.
Man, it doesn't get any better than that!!!
my ring tone for 2 years was: "Manning...lobs it...BURRESS ALONE...TOUCHDOWN NEW YORK!"
XXV: i was 8 and this was the first season i knew start to finish in a season what the hell was going on so i was pretty excited but i'd say in hindsight didn't really understand fully how amazing those last 2 games were. (btw, hell of a way to be introduced to NYG football: start a season 10-0 and win a SB...ha)
XLII just is it for me. sports are in large part supposed to be a distraction and the 2007 Giants and that entire run came at the exact necessary time in life.
research was going bleh, had just broken off a 2 year relationship earlier that year with some crazy girl...and just needed *something* that could provide positive distraction (besides going out with my buddies). along came the 07 NYG.
to me, XLII is a culmination of what will likely go down as the greatest 1 month sports stretch of my life. you have a revenge tour playoff run - all on the road - shutting up Ronde (Eli can be had...?)...going into Dallas after being swept...going into GB after they kicked our asses in week 2...and so you have a divisional playoff and conference title game that are among the greatest games in the team's history in back to back weeks...and then you get this cherry on top: XLII.
i was quietly hopeful about the game. its the only time i can recall trying to absorb literally as much as possible in terms of the 2 weeks of coverage on NFLN etc (back when NFLN was good...) since from XXV to XLII, there's 17 years mostly filled with crap. so i was of the mindset that it could be a while again, so may as well soak it in.
then you get what i will call 1A or 1B in terms of all time super bowls. the game was tense throughout, throw in the context of the 18-0, the helmet catch, the final TD. i mean how can you beat that?
i think the 2 plays i went absolutely berserk on were the Plax TD and the Alford sack...i was too much in a "did that just happen..." to fully comprehend the helmet catch until well after the game...since well the drive was still going too...
i just think XLII has to be looked at not only in the context of an excellent game, but also in part because its likely the greatest playoff run in terms of memorable games any of us will ever see.
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Out one side of their mouth and complain about the downfall of the NFL and lack of defense out the other. XLII was a hell of a game from all angles.
Bingo, but this is now a FF nation
FF a lot of players not true fans . If you heard Mike Carey during the game he said to another official "I don't know how this is playing out on tv?...but this is one hell of a game" IMO a great game all the way around!!
For 21? At the end of the regular season, I fully expected them to win the SB. Anything less would have been a disappoinent. Which team did you expect them to lose to?
XXV - watching the game live in Italy with Italian commentators. Wide right happened at 4:00 am for me, and the walk across town back to my apartment in Florence was a combination of euphoria, dizziness, and exhaustion.
XXXIV - sitting alone at a party, screaming at the refs for that bullshit call negating Keith Hamilton's potentially game-changing pick six.
XLII - leaving a super bowl party at halftime because I suddenly realized we had a chance to win the game, and I didn't want to be distracted by all the partying going on around me. I'd actually picked us to win the game a week earlier in a friendly betting pool, and I was looking forward to trash talking the haters in that group.
XLVI - Manningham's catch. I think we all knew it was over then.
XLII is next knocking off 18-0 Patriots. One of my fondest and favorite plays from that game was Alford's sack of Brady on that last drive. never gets old
XXV - Ingram's amazing 1st down
XLII - Alford's sack. 30 seconds left and one of the greatest offenses ever had 3 TO and just needed about 40 yards for a tying FG. The defense closed.
XLVI - the Manningham catch.
-25-OJ's uppercut run.
-42- Alford sack on pats last drive
-21-martins safety
-46-tucks 2nd sack of brady
Watching Brady throw a 60 yard rope to an open Randy Moss and at the last second a Giants DB( can't recall who) comes over and tips it away...I almost needed CPR, but what a flood of relief.
God it's been a great time to be a Giants fan!!!
For 42 my kids were both sick (they were 7 at the time) and trying to sleep. Man that final Pats scoring drive through the end I couldn't sit down or stop yelling. It was like I was at the game. I remember their mom (my now ex) telling me I had to quiet down. I looked at her and yelled "I can't be quiet when they're so close to winning the super bowl!" My sick kids heard that and came running down stairs. We watched them win together.
One of the top three moments with them in my life.
That whole day had an important feel about it from the moment we woke up. Watershed day.
Close 2nd XXII -End to the perfect season and I got to rub it into a bunch of Pats friends
Watching Brady throw a 60 yard rope to an open Randy Moss and at the last second a Giants DB( can't recall who) comes over and tips it away...I almost needed CPR, but what a flood of relief.
God it's been a great time to be a Giants fan!!!
I believe it was the Gerbil, Gibril Wilson who came over to knock it away
XXI
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After the Giants take the lead, on the Pats final drive.
Watching Brady throw a 60 yard rope to an open Randy Moss and at the last second a Giants DB( can't recall who) comes over and tips it away...I almost needed CPR, but what a flood of relief.
God it's been a great time to be a Giants fan!!!
I believe it was the Gerbil, Gibril Wilson who came over to knock it away
That was Webster.
XXI
Exactly. For those of us who suffered through the 70's an for me to see my father get to experience this after being a season ticket holder since 1948.... XXI for me.
BTW, that XXI team would beat the XLII and XLVI teams if they faced each other.
Seeing Phil do what Giants fans knew he could but no one else believed was sweet. Satisfaction. The goal line stand was when the Giants said ok it's time to do what we do. The rest is history.
XXV
XLVI
XXI
XXV - Incredible underdog team
XLII and XLVI = Same
But nothing beats 42, 6th seed, sneaking into the playoffs, amazing run, then beating an undefeated bunch of smarmy jerkoffs... Nothing will ever top that.
My parents came into the city that day to watch with us. We watched SB XXI & XXV (on VHS) at my apartment in the early afternoon. Then got to the bar around 3, for the longest 3 1/2 hours in my entire life waiting for kickoff.
Down 7-3 at halftime felt like the Giants were leading. I didn't actually get nervous until Tyree's TD put the Giants ahead in the 4th. At that point, winning became a very real possibility, which is exactly when my nerves kick in as a fan.
Celebrating with my parents, remembering my grandfather (the biggest Giants fan I've ever known who'd passed away in 2006). I have a picture from that day with my folks and my friends that will be in my living room for the rest of my life. Just an incredible day.