And at Los Angeles Times, "Eli Manning rallies Giants to another Super Bowl victory":
Reporting from Indianapolis -- His brother built this house.Continue reading.
Eli Manning raised the roof.
The sleepy-eyed quarterback woke up the past Sunday by leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Manning was named the game's most valuable player, just as he was in February 2008.
It was the second time in four years Manning lifted the Giants over the Patriots on the NFL's grandest stage -- and the second championship ring for Manning, one more than his older brother, Peyton. The game was played in the stadium Peyton has called home.
The Lombardi Trophy is the fourth in five Super Bowls for the Giants, the first nine-win team in a 16-game schedule to win a Super Bowl and the first to weather a four-game losing streak in the process.
The winning touchdown was a six-yard run up the middle by Ahmad Bradshaw with 1:04 to play. By all appearances, the Patriots allowed him to score in order to get the ball back in the hands of Tom Brady for one more chance.
Bradshaw attempted to stop just short of the goal line so the Giants could use more of the clock, but his momentum carried him into the end zone.
Brady, who was going for his fourth ring in five tries, took possession with 57 seconds left, and got his team to midfield, but his Hail Mary heave on the final play fell incomplete.
The Giants' season was marked by their incredible resolve. They needed to win their finale against Dallas to get into the postseason. New York was the second team in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl by beating three opponents with better records, matching the feat of the 2008 Arizona Cardinals.
1 comments:
What impresses me is that almost all of the so called experts picked New England. That with Tebow's performance against Pittsburg is indicative of the value of the "experts."
Are the Giants actually playing in New York?
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