“All of the numbers pointed to Carolina. And when I saw Cam Newton walk out in gold shoes, MVP, I switched my mind right then. I said that’s not what a starting quarterback, MVP, leading his team — and I had a lot of respect for him during the season — that’s not what happens. You don’t do that. And I said this guy’s already become soft and that’s what he was."
- Jim Fassel
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Fell in love with themselves with a really important game still left to play.
Fell in love with themselves with a really important game still left to play.
Never will forget Sehorn's wink at the camera during the National Anthem
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His Giants squad did the same thing Carolina did.
Fell in love with themselves with a really important game still left to play.
Never will forget Sehorn's wink at the camera during the National Anthem
Yep. It happens and destroying an opponent in a conference title game is fun for the fans of the winning team, but I'm more than willing to suffer through a nerve-racking close game before moving onto the Superbowl.
I'm not being critical of Fassel or anybody on that Giants team, or even Carolina, but it's easy to see how it happens.
To me it looked like Carolina wasn't ready for that last jump in intensity -- like they were overconfident and when they fell behind and couldn't get going, they weren't able to refocus.
The thing about that kind of overconfidence is, when adversity hits, it doesn't turn into resolve, it turns into fear. Carolina looked overconfident at first and afraid later.
That team talked a lot, and even made a gimmick about playing up the underdog role in the face of the everyone telling them they would lose.
Yep. It happens and destroying an opponent in a conference title game is fun for the fans of the winning team, but I'm more than willing to suffer through a nerve-racking close game before moving onto the Superbowl.
With few exceptions, it seems like a team that steamrolls an opponent prior to the Super Bowl tends to have a let-down in the big game especially if the other team really had to fight a battle to get there.
The 2014 Patriots are an exception that comes to mind, but it's notable that they have a very well-coached and seasoned squad.
Otherwise i'm inclined to believe this is retrospective nonsense ... and even if it isnt, who gives a crap.
Anyway, was funny to see SportingNews article rip even his argument to shreds.
I know his pants were yellow from pissing in them after the first series against that Ravens D.
Cam is the best football player in the league at this time. He faced the best defense in the league and got his ass kicked. He didn't like that and acted like a baby. He'll learn.
Fassel, what a joke, it's gotta be the shoes.
Apollo Creed lost to Ivan Drago when he was overconfident and wore those American Flag trunks, but then Rocky wore those same trunks and beat the Russian's ass.
I'd like to see some statistics as to how many defensive tackles have been called for holding in league history.
Defensive ends get called for it sometimes because the running back tries to leak out for a screen and the ends grab them once they realize they are beat but if I remember correctly it was a PLAY ACTION pass, Hamilton tackled Jamal Lewis going up the gut after a fake handoff.
As you can tell- still pisses me off to this day.
I'd like to see some statistics as to how many defensive tackles have been called for holding in league history.
Defensive ends get called for it sometimes because the running back tries to leak out for a screen and the ends grab them once they realize they are beat but if I remember correctly it was a PLAY ACTION pass, Hamilton tackled Jamal Lewis going up the gut after a fake handoff.
As you can tell- still pisses me off to this day.
I don't think the game would have been all that different. The Giants still needed their offense to do something, and it wasn't going to happen the way Collins was playing.
That said, they still would have had to beat an all-time Defense. Not impossible, just improbable.
Fell in love with themselves with a really important game still left to play.
that and a non-existant holding call that nullified a pic 6...
I'd like to see some statistics as to how many defensive tackles have been called for holding in league history.
Defensive ends get called for it sometimes because the running back tries to leak out for a screen and the ends grab them once they realize they are beat but if I remember correctly it was a PLAY ACTION pass, Hamilton tackled Jamal Lewis going up the gut after a fake handoff.
As you can tell- still pisses me off to this day.
Geez, I didn't see this post and just posted the same thing.
It was a play action pass and the RB that was the fake hand off RB was grabbed by Hamilton..
A couple people on BBI have suggested that since Kerry got hurt in the game, he shouldve been benched for Jason Garret who hadn't pissed himself like Collins. But even with that it's not like we suddenly wouldve started scoring TDs against that team
Remember who the opposing QB was that day. Trent Dilfer wasn't nearly as good of a QB as Collins. So you never know what happens. Football is a momentum game. Look at the Vikings NFCC game. 41-0? Really.