Wednesday, February 15, 2012

L1. Super Bowl XLII

My greatest Super Bowl memory, or favorite Super Bowl of all time, is Super Bowl XLII.  Mostly because this is also the game that I really watched and was interested in for the first time.  Super Bowl 42 featured the 18-0 New England Patriots, and the 13-6 New York Giants.  The Giants had one job and one job only to do, to stop Tom Brady and the Patriots from perfection.  The task was not easy, and the only way they could do this was to stop the high powered offense led by Tom Brady and Randy Moss, more importantly, to get pressure on Brady.  The Giants completed this task and there were able to get him out of his rhythm.  Led by veterans Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, New York was able to sack him 5 times, especially late when they were needed the most.  Oh and don't forget, ‘The Catch,' the catch by David Tyree of the Giants.  A miracle play where Eli Manning escaped the entire Patriot defensive line, and chucked the ball 30 yards downfield to Tyree who had Patriots Safety Rodney Harrison draped all over him.  Tyree caught the ball on his helmet and had control throughout his entire way down and did not let it touch the ground.  A crazy play that I, and most football fans will remember for the rest of their lives, just a few plays later Manning to Plaxico Burress for the touchdown with just 42 seconds left on the clock.  Manning began this drive with 2:42 left on the clock and went 83 yards to take the 17-14 lead.  Super Bowl 42 is by far the greatest Super Bowl, for a couple reasons.  For one, because I got to see Tom Brady go down on the brightest stage, and their perfect season be ruined.

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