Almost all of the professional sports pundits got it wrong. (See my pre-game blog of yesterday). The New York Giants played a great defensive game against the New England Patriots. Eli Manning kept his newly-found precision passing on the mark to produce the necessary yardage that eventually gave the Giants a 17-14 win over the up-to-then undefeated Patriots.
Tom Brady was sacked too often by an aggressive Giants defense, and could not come up with enough big plays to give him the results that he needed for this contest. Even Randy Moss was held to a single touchdown and just five receptions.
As of 10:20 last night, the writers of FOX Sports on MSN had nothing to say about their lopsided predictions of a Patriots victory, where 10 out of 11 writers had called for the Giants to lose. They should have taken a course on statistics and probability before writing their articles.
That, of course, doesn’t make me, a New England fan, feel any better about it. After rooting and hoping right through to the end of this game, I was frustrated that the Pats just couldn’t come up with enough Moxie to close the deal on a potential 19-0 season. The Giants guaranteed a different outcome last night, and for that, they deserve the championship for which they fought so hard.
p.s. Go easy on me in the next few weeks. I need recovery time!
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