The Giants won the Super Bowl fair and square, they knew what they had to do to disrupt the Patriots and they did. I am not taking their win away from them at all. The Patriots had plenty of time in the game to make adjustments, but it was too little too late, and they made some bad decisions. For the first time all year the ball didn't bounce the Patriots way.
However I would be remiss if I didn't share this tidbit I found that shows something was up with the clock in the final two minutes. Click the link and watch for yourself. The video isn't great but it is explained very well and shows that there was a questionable finish to that game that nobody is talking about.
This link shows a video of how the refs screwed over the Pats in the last 90+ seconds of the Super Bowl. The funny thing is that the issues the person mentions (uncalled penalties, clock issues) are not reviewable. I thought something seemed wrong watching the last part of the game, and I was positive I saw the game clock go from :58 to :59 before a play.
The Pats should have tried to go for a field goal, but this shows the Giants never even had enough time to get the touchdown pass off. If the clock was run correctly than the plays would have been different and they still may have scored, but we will never know. Move over 1985 Draft Ewing Envelope, we have a new New York conspiracy!
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As far as the Super Bowl, I am not taking anything away from the Giants, they won fair and square. They had a game plan to win, stuck to it, and took home the brass ring. I am in no way disputing that at all. A sincere congrats to them, they did what nobody else this year could do.
I also admit that the Pats got their share of lucky calls and bounces this year, I said that (the failed 4th down in the Ravens game for instance). This isn't an issue of sour grapes, there is nothing saying that the Giants still wouldn't have won if the clock did go differently. My entire point is that even the announcers saw there was an issue with the clock several times, and you don't see time being added back onto the clock very often without any ref explanation.
As for the time out, the coach can't run onto the field and make contact with a ref, that is a penalty, there is no dispute. If there were no refs near Coughlin then Manning should have called the time out on the field. I find it strange that the ref let illegal contact and an illegal time out happen. Sure it is easy to get cought up in the moment,especially in that big o####ame in a game deciding drive, I am just surprised that none of the officials either threw a flag or disallowed the time out until a player on the field called it.
The entire point is that everyone, even a HOF QB and anti-Boston announcer Joe Buck admitted there was something wrong with the clock, however nobody seemed mentioned it. Both teams played a sloppy offensive game until late in the 4th and could have won easily, but it didn't happen. It just adds more interest to the way the game ended and that the game was great.
isnt it sad how when some fans have to respond with some crying and has to be something wrong with the loss???? now way jose we lost becasue we played like ####?????
isnt it sad how when some fans have to respond with some crying and has to be something wrong with the loss???? now way jose we lost becasue we played like ####?????
Bwahaha that is so outlandish. Does he not know that while the refs spot the ball the clock always stops? Watch a game, just because running the ball doesn't "stop the clock"(unless you go out of bounds) it does at least stop it for 5-10 seconds while they respot the ball. Learn something before you post something, and tell the guy that posted the video to learn something before he makes accusations about cheating. Finding someone on your team payroll with a video camera cheating is clear and cut, so don't talk about cheating your way through superbowls. Then again I guess that's what the patriots were good at. Didn't get a chance to do it this year though right?
Considering all the favorable calls the Pats got from the officials this year, I can see why your expectation for that to continue in the Super Bowl would result in something like this. Pats were outplayed and outcoached, so there must have been a conspiracy against them - LOL!
Comments like these make you sound like a MO. RON!
I think it is an interesting concept...the guy does prove a point that cant be disputed..but it doesn't change the outcome of the game and bad play calling and ref calling are just part of the game...NE had more than enough opportunities to put the game away early...lets not forget, there were no scores from the first possessions till the 4th quarter, and NE had more than one chance at a FG but opted for a failed 4th and go...so had the refs and NFL decided to give the Giants the game in the last couple of minutes in the game, they wouldn't have had the ability to do so had NE better protected Brady and scored FGs instead worrying about their pride...at the very least NE had the chance to put it into OT had they ONCE taken the FG rather than the 4th and go...but hindsight is 20/20 and nobody could've foreseen this games ending. In the end any Patriot fan would like to see some sort of "conspiracy" take place against the only undefeated team since 1972 with the Spygate and all entailing. But a real football fan knows even if there was there's no taking back Sunday and the championship to give it back, and there's no one to blame except the losing team.
As far as the Super Bowl, I am not taking anything away from the Giants, they won fair and square. They had a game plan to win, stuck to it, and took home the brass ring. I am in no way disputing that at all. A sincere congrats to them, they did what nobody else this year could do.
I also admit that the Pats got their share of lucky calls and bounces this year, I said that (the failed 4th down in the Ravens game for instance). This isn't an issue of sour grapes, there is nothing saying that the Giants still wouldn't have won if the clock did go differently. My entire point is that even the announcers saw there was an issue with the clock several times, and you don't see time being added back onto the clock very often without any ref explanation.
As for the time out, the coach can't run onto the field and make contact with a ref, that is a penalty, there is no dispute. If there were no refs near Coughlin then Manning should have called the time out on the field. I find it strange that the ref let illegal contact and an illegal time out happen. Sure it is easy to get cought up in the moment,especially in that big o####ame in a game deciding drive, I am just surprised that none of the officials either threw a flag or disallowed the time out until a player on the field called it.
The entire point is that everyone, even a HOF QB and anti-Boston announcer Joe Buck admitted there was something wrong with the clock, however nobody seemed mentioned it. Both teams played a sloppy offensive game until late in the 4th and could have won easily, but it didn't happen. It just
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