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.

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_
id=27384

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.