[zhenya]

Originally Posted by Ninong

Now they're saying that Brady "practiced with a slight limp" yesterday. It doesn't seem to be moving the line much, it's New England -12 right now. That's a little tighter than where it opened but not much.

I watch some of the footage today and he does seem to have his ankle taped real tight. Doesn't mean much, though, in my book. I have a feeling that Giants will see a heavy dose of L.Maroney at first, if not then it would be the second half tactic depending on the score. If Giants will be in the lead then I think Brady will be throwing to three or four wide outs and spread Giants thin on secondary.
If Pats will be ahead then I don't know... I hate to think about that.

[Ninong]

Eli is looking pretty good so far. The Patriots just took the lead, 7-3.

The commercials suck, as usual. The Pepsi commercial was goofy. Some shoe company just blew $90,000 a second on something. I don't even remember the name of the shoe. ($2.7 million per 30 second spot; $5.4 million per minute.)

The Bridgestone tire commercial was kinda cute.

[charlie]

Why did I know you would throw the super bowl into Mike's favorite thread.
Gotta agree on the squirrel commercial, best yet. NE kicker jusy hosed the kickoff

[Ninong]

Those dancing Thriller lizards selling some brand of water I never heard of before were kinda cute, too.

[charlie]

I think the Bud commercial with the Clydesdale and the dalmation is the leader so far.
Oh yeah, there's a football game on too. This is shaping up to be a pretty good game here!!!

[charlie]

Anybody a Tom Petty fan?

[Ninong]

Who?

[Ninong]

You know you're getting old when you remember watching all of the teams in the Fox Sports "vote for the best football dynasty of the decade" poll:

1960's Packers
1970's Steelers
1980's 49ers
1990's Cowboys
2000's Patriots

P.S. -- They forgot to include the Detroit Lions of the 1950's. Or the Baltimore Colts under Unitas.

[Ninong]

Wow! That was certainly an exciting last few minutes!

[charlie]

Originally Posted by Ninong

Who?

I didn't get a notification man, sorry, I would have been back alot sooner.

[charlie]

That game will go down as one of the best I have ever seen, congrats to NY Giants, they deserve it!!!!
The only team I have trouble remembering would be the 50's team. I remember the Pack, for sure

[Ninong]

Archie Manning's sons are back-to-back Super Bowl MVP's. Talk about bragging rights!

[charlie]

That's a first, isn't it? I still can't get over that catch and throw by Manning and Tyree

[Ninong]

I'm pretty sure the Giants are the first wildcard team to ever win a Super Bowl.

Dept. of Corrections:
The Giants are the first NFC wildcard team to win a Super Bowl. That feat has been accomplished by four AFC wildcard teams.

[charlie]

I think the Steelers won it as a wildcard too

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by charlie

That's a first, isn't it? I still can't get over that catch and throw by Manning and Tyree

It's a first for brothers to be Super Bowl MVP's. I don't think it's a first for a single player to be back-to-back MVP in the Super Bowl. I'd have to look it up but both Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana may have accomplished that feat. Montana has four Super Bowl rings (including two in a row) and three MVP trophies. The only reason they gave the MPV award to Jerry Rice that one year was because Montana didn't have any more space on his mantel.



P.S. -- They gave the MVP award to Jerry Rice in 1988 but then they gave it to Joe Montana for the third time in 1989.

[charlie]

I am pretty sure Bradshaw has at least 2 MVP trophies, don't know if they were back to back tho. Their defence may have gotten in between that.

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by charlie

I think the Steelers won it as a wildcard too

Yeah, you're right: Super Bowl XL.

Boy, was I wrong about wildcard teams winning the Super Bowl. This is the fifth time it has happened but the first time an NFC wildcard team has done it.

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by charlie

I am pretty sure Bradshaw has at least 2 MVP trophies, don't know if they were back to back tho. Their defence may have gotten in between that.

Bradshaw was Super Bowl MVP in 1978 and 1979.

[Ninong]

Montana's three MVP awards were in 1981, 1984 and 1989. Both he and Bradshaw have four Super Bowl rings but Bradshaw has only two MVP trophies. Troy Aikman has three rings and one MVP award.