Confidence level going into XLII?

After the Giants performance in the NFC Championship game in brutal conditions I was confident that the Giants could pull off an upset.

How could it not be?

If we are close going into half time we are winning. I knew it. I also am OCD and was dead set Tom Petty had to Play “Won’t back Down” at halftime. When it was 7-3 and we were watching the halftime show and that song came on, I got a grin from ear it ear. It’s like it was written. All my nerves went away I knew we had it.

I’ve said it on here many many times, I’ve got a son, I’m married, I’ve accomplished a lot. That night I experienced a euphoria not caused by a drug that I have never come close to. The best night ever…

If we didn’t get blown out early we could at least repeat the competitiveness of game 16.
As we were keeping the score low, I grew more confident that we could win this game.
I thought we were toast after the fumble where Pierre Woods seemed to recover, only to see Bradshaw come out with it.
I also thought it was over when Eli almost went down until the Helmet Catch. I thought we’d win but was afraid of the possibility of a tie by NE and losing in OT.

The Giants clearly had a chance, but a lot of things had to go right.

Then, they did.

Went to the giants bar just in time to see Manning to Manningham

and was telling friends I just didn't want us to get embarrassed again like the Ravens Super Bowl.

they could beat the spread.

...I just want them to compete.

Was pretty sure NE would win.

One of my greatest sports experience ever (obviously).

In comment 16023234 mattlawson said:

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Went to the giants bar just in time to see Manning to Manningham

Wrong game brotha

In comment 16023257 bradshaw44 said:

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In comment 16023234 mattlawson said: Quote: Went to the giants bar just in time to see Manning to Manningham Wrong game brotha

Haha. Yes, another great Super Bowl win vs. NE. But wrong game.

I had to escape Massachusetts (where I live), because there was no way in hell I was gonna witness all the jubilation in Boston after their perfect season. NO WAY.

So I drove down to NJ to watch with all my siblings—just us—all crazy fans since the 70s. Talk about jubilation! One of my very, very favorite memories.

But I can’t lie I was pretty scared of Brady and little bill. Felt the game would be close but how could you be all but convinced nyg we’re gonna beat that team. As good as we were, that pats team scored 589 points!!

Again, that pats team scored 589 points. And they did it against anyone and everyone. They allowed 274 which is even more impressive when you consider that they held big leads virtually every game.

The teams were very close as it turned out, but the pats journey to that game was fucking ridiculous, forget the undefeated number the other stats are even crazier.

18-1 peace.

we'd have a shot.

What I didn't really understand was people predicting a blowout victory for New England like a month after they beat us by three points.

That gave me hope we could win. I went back up to Boston after the game and was talking with a Pats fan/co-worker. I told him the last team the Patriots will want to face in the super bowl is the Giants because the Giants can get to Brady just their front 4.

I thought Eli could do well too after the last game of the season. I knew it would be hard and we would have to play our best, but I new we had a good chance to win if we could get to Brady.

I remember saying earlier in the season to my buddy when they played the Bears that the Giants were a Superbowl team and Eli was holding them back. Then he of course brought the team back to win that game and I was right back on the Eli bandwagon. Everything clicked for Manning during that playoff run.

I was in college in Massachusetts. Watched the game with about 25 Patriots fans and one Raiders fan who was the only other person rooting with me for the Giants.

They were devastated and it was glorious.

19-0? 20-0? They wish they were 19-0. And there was no possibility at that time for 20-0.

New England) telling a friend of mine a Patriots fan"I don't think you want to play the Giants in the Super Bowl". He was surprised at my statement and although he didn't say too much he just shrugged it off like doubt the Giants will be there. The rest is history. Then to repeat a few years later and do it again was unbelievable.

Because all the pressure was on the Pats, and the Giants had given them a game in the last game of the regular season.

I still felt the Giants were probably going to lose.


OTOH, in SB 46, I felt like the Giants had an equal or better chance to win than the Pats.

New England did not look sharp in the AFC bracket and they were carrying enormous pressure. And we had played them tight a month earlier. So, there was familiarity.

Controlling the tempo of the first half was a huge factor...

I really saw us as the only team capable of beating them. I had borderline premonitions about that game, telling everyon in the room during halftime that David Tyree was going to make plays in the 2nd half

we were beating that team just a few weeks before and they had to come from behind to win by 3. We lost 38-35. I thought we would win and we did... by 3...

I can’t say I was confident that they’d win.

To win that game outright.

I rode that wave for a long time.

120% I knew the Giants would win. The only problem was how slowly those two weeks moved. Holy shit. I feel like I'm still at my old house sitting around listening to my ex-girlfriend babbling on about the Kardashians. Sitting. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.

That day was criminally slow as well. I busied myself setting up my Xbox Live account when I woke up. I was having so much trouble doing it through the "Ethernet cable" way so I just got myself a wireless adapter and it worked like a charm.

One of the best things Buck said was "Finally. Football." when they were about to kickoff. I watched 0 pregame show.

Super Bowl 46 I was 220% confident. I thought no way in fucking hell does New England have a chance in this one. Of course it never goes that way. I'm not really a fan of conspiracies and all that fixing stuff but that Boothe call was b.s. and the refs have an obvious influence on games to make them turn out a certain way.

In comment 16023182 bradshaw44 said:

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If we are close going into half time we are winning. I knew it. I also am OCD and was dead set Tom Petty had to Play “Won’t back Down” at halftime. When it was 7-3 and we were watching the halftime show and that song came on, I got a grin from ear it ear. It’s like it was written. All my nerves went away I knew we had it. I’ve said it on here many many times, I’ve got a son, I’m married, I’ve accomplished a lot. That night I experienced a euphoria not caused by a drug that I have never come close to. The best night ever…

I wasn't grinning. I was screaming at my TV the entire time that the offense needed to wake the fuck up and do something. Up until the Kevin boss 45 yard reception I thought the offense was really going to spoil the defense's effort in holding down the fort. I know it ended well with The Dramatics with the Tyree helmet catch but man was I pissed when Eli missed that throw where he had Plaxico Burress wide open when he was rolling to his left. It was when they were winning 10-7.

The Steve Smith "launch" interception pissed me off so much I thought my head was going to explode. That was honestly the stupidest interception I've ever seen anything like that in my life and one the defense didn't deserve and was gifted.

If anybody got lucky during these Giants runs it was the opponent. I remember RW Mcquarters had an interception against the packers in the NFCCG in their own territory and on his run back he fumbled the ball in it bounced right into a Packers offensive lineman who was standing right there. You talk about fucking lucky look at that play. Or anytime some scumbag Cowboys fan wants to bring up the Patrick Crayton drop I just slapped them in the face and mentioned how Aaron Ross dropped an easy one that lead to a Dallas TD.

I can go all day. Those teams are I will stick up for and defend until I die. It's been 15 years and I don't think I've heard one solid argument that changed my mind about that epic run.

Wait a minute. I think both Super Bowl 42 and 46 the Rangers played a game around noon so I think that helped busy myself which I 100% would take over a bunch of weirdos just sitting around talking about what's going to happen. And not sorry for the multiple posts because every word I type on here is golden.

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I know the Patriots week 17 game gets a ton of attention but that Bears game that year in Chicago showed me they had what it took to dig themselves out of a hole. I thought not only making the comeback after 3 bad quarters (Eli particularly) was impressive but finishing the game off with a win was what was attention grabbing about that team.

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Very confident we were going to be very competitive against the Pats.

The only game that whole run that concerned me at all was the Packers.

Tampa never had a chance.
No way Coughlin was going to lose to Dallas three times
Pats had peaked a few weeks previously. We were peaking at the right time

Packers…it had Green Bay win written all over it. The cold. The stadium. Favre. I was worried. Once we beat them, Pats were done.

Pats offense had fallen off a bit at the end of the season even though they still scored a lot of points against the Giants the first time. Chargers gave them a tough time in the playoffs so I felt a very competitive game was going to play out.

Then the long first drive and it was like they can do this.

especially after season ending game that was extremely tight. It was an eye opener.

captures what I told people when they asked me how I thought the game would go. Puncher's chance, big puncher's chance.

The 2007 team was like Marvin Hagler or Julio Cesar Chavez, just wore you down with their physicality and mental toughness. As long as they limited the mistakes they were going to be in it.

it was over. no way they were keeping us out of the end zone.

In comment 16023347 k2tampa said:

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19-0? 20-0? They wish they were 19-0. And there was no possibility at that time for 20-0.

It was mathematically "possible" for a team to go 20-0 even with a 16 game season.

...16 games is not enough for a team to get to 20-0.

Mathematically impossible.

Grab the 3 seed at 16-0 lol