How were you feeling?
I was pretty nervous. Yeah we were at home, but those Vikings teams scared me with Moss, Carter, Smith, & Culpepper on offense. They had so much damn firepower. I remember being extremely worried that they would pick on Dave Thomas all afternoon. And then there was '97...which I was still scarred from when we blew the WC game to them. I might be off, but I believe the Vikes were favorited to win too.
So we go down the field, strike first on Collins to Ike to make it 7-0. Minny then fumbles the kickoff. Collins to Comella & it's 14-0. Eventually we take a 34-0 lead @ halftime & I gotta admit I still was nervous because of '97, Haha. 41-0 final.
Great day. Wellington's speech when we got the Halas Trophy was a FU to all the critics.
Obviously 2 weeks later sucked, but the last home playoff win in Giants Stadium.
This ! + infinity
Culpepper wasnt a rookie.
When I found out they were playing the Ravens, I was cognizant of how good the Baltimore defense was, but I was thinking they could both win or lose but I was thinking the score would be in the 13-10 or 17-13 area. Shit got ugly fast.
Most confident Giants game I went into was the week 17 finale vs. Dallas in 2011. No way in freaking hell they were losing that game.
The last time we felt alive.
“Guys....
We’re gonna win”
Brilliant.
I was in the parking lot around 9 am drinking and talking with various people and I’ll never forget the convo I had with some dude who seemed to know more than any common fan should know. First he said with absolute certainty that Robert Smith was not healthy and would be a decoy. Said forget the Vikings running game it’s going to be completely non existent. Said toomer is ok (ankle all week) but giants will use him early and often and won’t need him later as this game is going to get ugly and fast. Said the Vikings are walking into a trap and told me I’ll be celebrating by halftime. It’s gonna get ugly. This dude KNEW it.
I nearly threw up in my seat after Comella scored to go up 14-0. I had to sit down and bury my head in my lap and breathe while giants stadium was going bonkers.
Kerry Collins had an incredible arm and, given good protection, could make some incredible throws.
As you noted, though, under any kind of pressure he'd fall to pieces.
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total dismantling. That was an extreme example of "good Kerry Collins". Got off to a good start and never looked back. Unfortunately the extreme example of "bad Kerry Collins" followed in the SB.
Kerry Collins had an incredible arm and, given good protection, could make some incredible throws.
As you noted, though, under any kind of pressure he'd fall to pieces.
Yep, he threw a beautiful ball.
I thought we would upset the ravens. If it wasn’t for a horrendous holding call on “ the hammer “ that game could have turned out much better for us. Jessie armsteads pick 6 was called back on the worst call . A holding call on The defensive lineman ? Who wasn’t even holding. Would have changed the complexion of that game right around. 2000 NFC Championship though straight smooth delicious butter