Giants Win Super Bowl XLVI

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The Super Bowl literally went down to the final seconds with both the Giants and the Patriots fighting to the very end to be named the 2012 Super Bowl Champion.

The Giants jumped to an early start defensively putting pressure on Tom Brady while he was in the endzone causing him to receive an intentionally grounding flag that led to a safety and early 2 point lead by New York.  The Giants later jumped to an 9-0 lead in the 1st quarter holding Brady and company to a scoreless 1st quarter.  In the 2nd quarter the Patriots defense returned the favor to the Giants holding them to a scoreless 2nd quarter while Brady went to work.  Tom Brady ended the 1st half with a perfect 10/10 98 yards drive putting the Patriots up 10-9 going into the 2nd half.

Coming back from halftime the Patriots received the ball and Brady marched the Patriots down the field for his 2nd consecutive drive down the filed for another scoring putting the Patriots up 17-9.  The Patriots' defense did a great job of holding the Giants to only 2 field goals in the 3rd quarter leaving the Giants down 17-15 going into the 4th quarter.  In the 4th the Patriots had to critical incomplete passes for a 1st down that could have sealed the victory for New England, instead the Patriots had to punt the ball away giving Eli another chance at gaining the lead.  The Patriots defense was unable to contain the Giants on a huge 1st down catch which eventually led the Giants into the endzone by a carry by Bradshaw to put the Giants up 21-17 after the fail 2-point conversion attempt.  After the Giants scored the Patriots and Brady had :57 seconds to work magic and with a final attempt of a hail mary into the endzone in the final second Hernandez was unable to hold on to the ball while fighting several Giants defenders for the ball.

After the game everyone wasn't happy about the Giants victory.  Tom Brady's wife Gisele was caught on tape saying, "You need to catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball.  My husband cannot *bleep* throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time."

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Manning ended the game with 30/40 completed passes for 296 passing yards and 1 touchdown, while Nicks led the Giants with 10 receptions for 109 receiving yards and Bradshaw had 17 carries for 72 rushing yards and 1 touchdown.


Brady ended the game with 27/41 completed passes for 276 passing yards for 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, while Green-Ellis had 10 carries for 44 rushing yards and Hernandez had 8 receptions for 67 passing yards and 1 touchdown.

Congrats to the New York Giants on their Super Bowl victory as well as Eli Manning for being named the Super Bowl MVP.  Don't know about you all but I'm ready for football over again even though it just ended lol.

Super Bowl XLV

The Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers advance to Super Bowl XLV after play on Sunday 1.23.11.

NFC Championship
The Chicago Bears took on the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship, and fell short to the underdog Packers.  The 1st half of play were all Packers as they went into halftime 14-0. After coming out ready to fight their way back, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler left quarter during 3rd quarter with a possible torn MCL and was replaced by Todd Collins.  Collins was pulled after going 0 for 4 in passing and was replaced by 3rd string quarterback Caleb Hanie.  Although Hanie threw two interceptions including one picked off by Raji (1st career interception and touchdown), Hanie had 13 completed passes out of 20 for 153 yards and one touchdown.  Hanie had only played in 5 NFL games in his career prior to last night's NFC Championship game. After being picked off by Raji, Hanie went for a quick drive down the field that led to a touchdown and brought the score to 21-14.  Looking like the Bears would have the last position of the football, Hanie looked to drive and tie the game but was picked off by Sam Shields (his 2nd pick of the game) with :37 seconds left in the game.  The Green Bay Packers advances to Super Bowl XLV after a 21-14 victory over the Chicago Bears.

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AFC Championship
The Pittsburgh Steelers opened the game with a 15 play drive for 66 yards and touchdown putting the Steelers up 7-0 early in the 1st quarter.  The 1st half of play was all Steelers had Sanchez of the New York Jets fumbled the ball with 1:13 left in the 2nd quarter allowing the Steelers to score two touchdowns in :44 seconds and put the Steelers ahead of the Jets 24-0.  After getting the ball back , the Jets were able to get into field goal range and score a field goal with :13 seconds left in the half making the score 24-3 at halftime.  The Steelers defense played a big role in the 24-19 victory over the Jets.  Big Ben had 10 completions out of 19 for 133 yards, and Sanchez had 20 completions out of 33 for 233 yards and 2 touchdowns.  The Steelers move on to Super Bowl XLV hoping for a 7th Super Bowl to bring to the city of Pittsburgh.