Superbowl XLII: The Aftermath

[GameMaster]

Patriots fans confident that team will make history

As what? Pathetic losers?

Yeah, I guess that could make history.

Go NY Giants!

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[Bond]

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Still the best.

[KillerGremlin]

Tomorrows Headline:

Eli Manning - not as bad as we thought.

[Bube]

NY played better, and they were great on defense. But I don't really see what you've got against Brady? Yes, he couldn't do what he should have done, but that was because of the Giants smart plays.

And Manning really did turn the game around by himself, escaping the 4-man sack attempt. That was the best play of the game.

I really wanted the Pats to win though, couldn't go to sleep after the game..

[Perfect Stu]

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"WOOOOOO!"

What a glorious feeling...Giants deserved that game in every sense of the word.

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[DeathsHand]

Earlier in the season there was some kind of... Razor blade commercial or something that deemed Eli Manning "Unstoppable"...
I always had a chuckle... "Of all the QBs to call unstoppable", I'd say...

[KillerGremlin]

It was just kind of funny that the New England O-line that has received so much praise was unable to protect Brady last night. They should have lost to the Eagles and the Ravens. It was inevitable.

[Angrist]

So which one was the underdog again? They lost, right?

[DeathsHand]

So which one was the underdog again? They lost, right?

The Patriots were trying to complete the first undefeated season in the NFL since like the 1972 Dolphins, and the first since they extended the season to 16 games in 1978...

The Giants were, if I remember correctly from the pre-game show, the lowest-seeded NFL team to ever make it to the Super Bowl... And only the second wild-card team (and the first of the NFC division) to win it...

The Giants were pretty much as much of an underdog as you can get...

[Typhoid]

Billy B's face afterwards was priceless.

[The Germanator]

His press conference was the most amazing of all. I think he uttered 12 syllables in 5 minutes.

[Angrist]

The Patriots were trying to complete the first undefeated season in the NFL since like the 1972 Dolphins, and the first since they extended the season to 16 games in 1978...

The Giants were, if I remember correctly from the pre-game show, the lowest-seeded NFL team to ever make it to the Super Bowl... And only the second wild-card team (and the first of the NFC division) to win it...

The Giants were pretty much as much of an underdog as you can get...

So the underdog won, yay! :D

[Jason1]

You have to feel sorry for Tom Brady though, now he has to go home and count his money and have sex with Giselle.

[Fox 6]

So the underdog won, yay! :D

Its the feel good story of the year........ if you dont live in Boston.

[KillerGremlin]

You have to feel sorry for Tom Brady though, now he has to go home and count his money and have sex with Giselle.

And he probably just passed his peak. Did you see how many times he got sacked? I'm sure every coach in the NFL is re-watching the game and taking notes. I doubt there will be an offensive line that will hold Brady together like this season. The Giants even managed to contain Moss. Brady is yesterday's news. He's still really talented, but now he's human, now he's the guy who went 18-1. Brady is the victim of one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl/NFL history. And Bill Belichick has been upgraded from "cheater" to "cheating cry-baby bastard." I can't believe he walked off the field early, what a prick. At least show some class, it's not like you haven't won 3 Super Bowls already.

[Jason1]

And he probably just passed his peak. Did you see how many times he got sacked? I'm sure every coach in the NFL is re-watching the game and taking notes. I doubt there will be an offensive line that will hold Brady together like this season. The Giants even managed to contain Moss. Brady is yesterday's news. He's still really talented, but now he's human, now he's the guy who went 18-1. Brady is the victim of one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl/NFL history. And Bill Belichick has been upgraded from "cheater" to "cheating cry-baby bastard." I can't believe he walked off the field early, what a prick. At least show some class, it's not like you haven't won 3 Super Bowls already.

Belichick is pure dirt, a huge loser. Not to mention he looks like a complete idiot on the field. A hoodie with the arms cut off? What an ass.

[Perfect Stu]

The one thing I can't understand abot the Patritos and its fans are that they can't seem to take the bad with the good...

...which is pathetic considering how far the good has outweighed the bad in the past 6 years. Even moreso when you consider how the Red Sox have done.

[BreakABone]

The one thing I can't understand abot the Patritos and its fans are that they can't seem to take the bad with the good...

...which is pathetic considering how far the good has outweighed the bad in the past 6 years. Even moreso when you consider how the Red Sox have done.

I think they have gotten a big head with the success of the Red Sox and the Patroits. It's like the greatest city in the world because their teams are dominating. And it's kind of hard for them, it is a new feeling I would imagine to be the top of the heap. And I'm sure they all tasted victory. They all wanted it and it was snatched away from them.

And i've got to say knowing this city to city business, it feels good. :D

[manasecret]

The one thing I can't understand abot the Patritos and its fans are that they can't seem to take the bad with the good...

...which is pathetic considering how far the good has outweighed the bad in the past 6 years. Even moreso when you consider how the Red Sox have done.

Easy to understand. The fans have gotten spoiled, and along the way they have picked up tons of bandwagon fans who are only there for the fair days anyway.

There are plenty of true fans that although the huge upset I'm sure is hard to come down from, they will in the end take it in stride. I know a few personally.

And I think it goes both ways. "Belichick is pure dirt, a huge loser" sounds like Jason1 not being able to take the good with the bad, or the bad with the good. We get it, your team lost to the Patriots, it's ok.

[Perfect Stu]

And I think it goes both ways. "Belichick is pure dirt, a huge loser" sounds like Jason1 not being able to take the good with the bad, or the bad with the good. We get it, your team lost to the Patriots, it's ok.

Not everyone who dislikes Bill Belichick cheers for a team that has lost to the modern day Pats in a big game, believe it or not...so I would give up that whole 'you must be jealous' stance you've seem to taken with the New England Patriots. I don't know if you're just playing devil's advocate, if you're just a jerk, or if you're secretly a Patriots fan. I'm not sure...has to be one of the 3 though, and that's OK.

[manasecret]

Not everyone who dislikes Bill Belichick cheers for a team that has lost to the modern day Pats in a big game, believe it or not...so I would give up that whole 'you must be jealous' stance you've seem to taken with the New England Patriots. I don't know if you're just playing devil's advocate, if you're just a jerk, or if you're secretly a Patriots fan. I'm not sure...has to be one of the 3 though, and that's OK.

"Believe it or not" I didn't say anything about everyone who dislikes Bill Belichick (I don't care if I spelled that wrong anymore, I just can not remember it).

Notice how I didn't say anything about

Billy B's face afterwards was priceless.

or

His press conference was the most amazing of all. I think he uttered 12 syllables in 5 minutes.

But I did say something about

Belichick is pure dirt, a huge loser. Not to mention he looks like a complete idiot on the field. A hoodie with the arms cut off? What an ass.

Now I know you can see the difference between the first two and the last.

And secretly a Patriots fan? Haven't I already said I am? I don't know, maybe I haven't. But at the same time I wanted the Giants to win. I'm also a devil's advocate sometimes and a jerk oftentimes.

[The Germanator]

I definitely can't fell an ounce sorry for Boston fans being a follower of all 4 major Philadelphia sports teams. We are on the verge of celebrating 100 seasons without a championship for all those teams combined.

The way the Flyers are looking, maybe we have a chance...Though if we run into the Devils or the Red Wings I can almost guarantee a loss.

[manasecret]

I definitely can't fell an ounce sorry for Boston fans being a follower of all 4 major Philadelphia sports teams. We are on the verge of celebrating 100 seasons without a championship for all those teams combined.

Do you mean 25 seasons for each of the four teams without a championship? Or do you mean 100 seasons for each team for a cumulative of 400 seasons? If the latter, then wow. I will have to root for Philadelphia from now on.

[The Germanator]

I mean 25 seasons for each of the teams...The last championship was the 1983 76ers...

Though all in all, the Philadelphia Phillies have won one World Series in 120 some years of existence. The Eagles have never won a Super Bowl and just three NFL championships for being in existence in the mid-30's. (last one in 1960). The Sixers in all of their forms have won 3 championships being the oldest franchise in the NBA (1939 or so?) and the Flyers won twice in the mid-70's as an expansion team....So yeah, Just 10 championships in the hundred some years most of these teams have been around and none since I've been alive and 2 years before that.

I gotta say it's fun though. It makes Sports talk radio around here fun because everyone is kind of sad and pathetic about losing so much.

EDIT: So Philadelphia is 10/306 in terms of years their teams have been around. By comparison just the Boston Celtics have won 16 championships in 60 years of existence and the Yankees have 26 titles in about 100 years...Yeesh

[Perfect Stu]

Jason is usually more outspoken. I think virtually everyone can agree that BB is a douchebag, just some people won't come out and project it.

And secretly a Patriots fan? Haven't I already said I am? I don't know, maybe I haven't. But at the same time I wanted the Giants to win.

Wait, what?

[manasecret]

I started liking the Patriots when I started college back in 2002 when the Texans first came online. I didn't have any real loyalty to the Texans, and my college buddies were all die-hard Patriots fans from the Boston area who couldn't keep their mouths shut about them. So I gained some interest.

Since parting ways with those guys, I still keep a small interest in the Pats. This season I liked watching them because it was amazing to watch a team that good, a team which seemed destined to win every game by some magic play (or call). That ended abruptly.

But I don't have any big vested interest in them. I'd rather revel in the misery of all of the Pats fans I know than let them have something to forever point to and tout.

[Perfect Stu]

I'd rather revel in the misery of all of the Pats fans I know than let them have something to forever point to and tout.

In that case:

1. You're not a Patriots fan
2. I think you and I will get alone just fine :D