Super Bowl

The Patriots will get hammered in the press over the next few days. They will have to deal with it. This was a great game and the Giants have to be congratulated on playing a phenomenal game and upsetting them for the Super Bowl.

There were moments in the fourth quarter when they could have folded but Eli Manning showed how much he's grown as a player this year and wouldn't let them. In a drive that makes NFL legends, Manning drove the Giants down to the winning score with a touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress.

The Giant defense had Tom Brady on his heels all night. He took hit after hit from Giant linemen and that just kept coming. Steve Spagnola, the Giant defensive coordinator just won himself an NFL head coaching job as he orchestrated the shut down of the Patriots lethal offense that destroyed the NFL this year.

This will go down as one of the greatest Super Bowls ever played. A huge upset that has launched Eli Manning into the NFL stardom. The Giants season will be remembered as one of the greatest championship seasons in professional sports. Any sport.

Notes on the game:

Junior Seau will have a tough decision to make. He was right there for his first Super Bowl after a true Hall of Fame Career. What will he do next?

Randy Moss redeemed himself as a great player. Other then the last few weeks he had not created any off field drama and had played incredible football. He will have to wait for another day as well.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins hex continues. Don Shula and all those ex-Dolphins are dancing in Hagar slacks right now and will be the rest of the Winter.

You have to wonder what is going through Tiki Barber's head right now. He publicly criticized Eli Manning in his new studio job at the start of the season. Now the Giants have won the Super Bowl without him. Comeback Tiki?

Bill Belichek ran off the field before the last snap of the game. The game was decided with one second on the clock. But that was not a good move.

The Patriots will lose the Super Bowl for these reasons.

1)Eli Manning is better than Tom Brady. Yes Brady is hurt but I am saying he is better right now and will continue to outplay Manning over the coming years.

2) Giant Running Game is better. Bradshaw is a big back that punishes people. Age will show in the Patriot linebackers on Super Bowl Sunday. Maybe not in the first quarter, but later in the game.

3) Giant receivers. The Giants have marched into the Super Bowl without Jeremy Shockey. That alone tells you that this team can play. Plexico Burress can do anything Randy Moss can do....Anything.

4) Giant front four is quick and strong. The Patriot line will not be able to handle the constant pressure of Strahan and his boys.

The game at Giant Stadium began the Patriot decline. They have not dominated a game in 2 months and will not play well or win the Super Bowl.

The magic will end on Sunday in the biggest upset since Joe Namath and the Jets took out the Colts.