Sorry to be late on this, but the NY GIANTS WON THE FREAKING SUPERBOWL!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!

-THEY BEAT THE PATS TO DO IT! HOLY SHIT AGAIN! Now New England can eat our ass for ruining their chances at history! Is there anything more poetic? Of all the cities to end this story, it's New York, New York! How cruel for them. How great for us.
-The season started with the NY Jets (my preferred team, but NY is still my city) calling out the Pats for cheating, but getting blown out anyway. Then the story comes full circle 5 months later...right back to NY.

-My Boss went to the game. He said he stayed in the best worst seat in the place. What would that be? The very, very last row, at the 50 yard line (well, more like 47 he said). Is that really the 'best worst seat'? What about halfway up, right behind the goalpost?

-The Pats were selling copies of "19-0: The Historic Championship Season of the Unbeatable Patriots" on Amazon. But they've taken it down. Be sure to check out the commemorative SI book on the Pats championship season, which you can still buy though (Brady's superhero look is quite inspiring). It reminds you that in some alternative universe, the Pats won, Gore was president, and arthropods never existed.

-I've been trying to find the Giants song from their 1987 Superbowl win that was played on wplj 95.5fm. It's an awesome song about how they were 'going to Pasedena to have some fun/they won the Superbowl 21/the Giants are number 1'.  Does anyone have this song or know about it?  Or know where I can get it?

Does anyone know anything about a Sulfur Bath? Someone I know wanted me to take a Sulfur Bath to help me with my itching. But I heard they smell like farts. And that it lasts a few days (the smell that is), though supposedly you feel pretty good afterwards. I'm not too keen on bathing in my toilet so I can't see how something smells like ass but makes you feel good. (Maybe this is what dogs smelling other dogs asses is about...'Is that sulfur I smell up there?')

SPORTS!!!!

Let's not forget the Super Bowl MVP, Eli Manning.   At the beginning of the NFL season, if you told me Manning would be Super Bowl MVP, I would have said sure I could see that, but ELI.  It is still hard for me to believe that it was Eli and not Peyton.   

Congrats to Eli Manning, the New York Giants on a great victory and to all Giants fans.    

I respectfully disagree.

As I read through the arguement, it became very clear that their point was well made and very convincing. The Cold Hard Football Facts don't lie. Unless, you choose not to include all the facts. The "data" that was gathered for some reason picked up for each team at the divisional round of the playoffs. Not sure why, except that it made a stronger case for the Giants I guess. Rule #1, no team that has a 1st round bye will EVER be considered to have the toughest SB road, so we can throw all those teams out. That's the only rule...therefore, when trying to decide who had the toughest road the the SB you MUST include the Wild Card round, and you must play on the road in that round.

The Giants and the Steelers fit the bill and very few others. The 6th seed Steelers of 2005 played the Bengals (11-5, division winners) while the 5th seed Giants drew the Bucs (9-7, division winners) in the Wild Card round. I could stop now, because when you include ALL the data, the Steelers and the Giants opponents had the same record, not the 2 game advantage that the skewed CHFF's show. [2005 NFL Standings] [2007 NFL Standings] 

But...we all know in football there are intangibles that must be taken into account. One of the biggest is playing a division rival anytime, let alone the playoffs. The Steelers split their games in '05 with the Bengals but had just been beaten by them 5 weeks prior to cap off a 3 game losing streak that nearly knocked the Steelers from even making the playoffs. The Giants meanwhile drew the weakest of the division winners from a division that stunk it up all year and only produced ONE Pro Bowl player (from the whole division). How convenient that this game was not included in the CHFFs.

I think I've said enough to prove my point. I'm sure I could add more, but maybe I can hear some good points from someone else in regard to this. Fire away, because the Steelers of '05 made the MOST improbable run to the Super Bowl Championship ever...and it lasted 8 weeks, not just 4.

UPDATE: CHFF linked to 5goldenrings.net and has another "new" article on the same topic. This one actually includes Wild Card playoff data and shows clearly the point I was making...minus the intangible factors that I know CHFF aren't interested in.

97,5 millones de espectadores sólo en los Estados Unidos.

200 millones de espectadores en todo el mundo.

2,7 millones de dólares por cada anuncio.

Más de 200 millones de ingresos para la Fox.

El evento publicitario del año. Échenle un ojo a los anuncios de la Superbowl.

Yo me quedo con Bud Light "Fire":

Ahora, voten.

PD. Aunque los datos de audiencia son increíbles, la retransmisión deportiva más seguida por TV este fin de semana fue el partido de la NBA que enfrentaba a los Houston Rockets contra los Milwaukee Bucks. Yao Ming vs Yi Jianlian. 250 millones de chinos. Victoria de Ming. ¡Y que viva la Revolución Cultural!

Según informa la principal medidora de audiencias televisivas de EEUU, Nielsen, el partido entre los Giants y los Patriots fue el que más rating tuvo de toda la historia. Según informa CNN, durante las cuatro horas de transmisión se registró un récord de 97,5 millones de televidentes sólo en EEUU.

El récord de audiencias para la final de la liga de fútbol americano se había logrado en 1996, cuando 94,1 millones de personas posaron sus miradas sobre el televisor.

Más allá de esta cifra astronómica de televidentes, el evento con mayor audiencia de la historia de la tv norteamericana fue el último episodio de la serie M-A-S-H. El capítulo, que fue emitido en 1983 alcanzó a 106 millones de televisores.

Otro dato interesante que surge es que el comercial más visto por los televidentes, según los datos que provee TiVo, fue uno de los emitidos por la empresa E-Trade, protagonizado por un bebe hablando sobre opciones financieras. Por otro lado, la firma de DVR aseguró que contando las personas que grabaron la transmisión, los comerciales tuvieron más televidentes que el propio partido.

Por otro lado, contra todo pronóstico, el evento deportivo más visto del último fin de semana no fue la final de la liga norteamericana de fútbol americano. El ganador fue un partido de la NBA en el que se enfrentaban los dos primeros jugadores e origen chino de la liga. El partido registró una audiencia de 250 millones de espectadores y fue transmitido por 19 canales distintos en China.

Good morning, i just got up like 10 minutes ago and it's 4:04 am at the moment. Some nights ago i couldn't sleep (night between sunday and monday) so i turned on the tv although i knew nothing is on at that time, i was wrong. They showed Super Bowl XLII between the New England Patriots and New York Giants live and i decided to watch for a while and support the underdog of the game, which was the Giants. I ended up watching the whole game and Giants won against the "perfect" Patriots, who've had the perfect seasons without a loss, first lost game of the season and that's the final, isn't that ironic? We had Endrive practice on monday and yesterday which have been great. Our EP is out now, so you can contact the band if you want yours (endrivemusic@gmail.com). Other than this me and Mel have been packing and getting stuff together, slowly but surely. Next week we're going to IKEA and on friday (the 15th) i/we finally move in to the new apartment. But now i'll go and have some breakfast so see you guys soon again.

peace love and understanding,
-pooki

One team stood in their way, the New York Giants. An underdog from the NFC, the lowest seed from the conference to go to the Superbowl. A team that started the season 0-2, a coach halfway through the exit door, and a quarterback criticized in the New York limelight after every game. This team stood in the way of perfection, of an upcoming dynasty, and of NFL history. Yet one word can sum up the Giants. CONFIDENT.

The Giants defensive played brilliant, making Tom Brady for the first time all season look human, Brady never spent so much time on the ground in a game all season until now as the Giants front four relentlessly came after Brady and the ball. The Giants ranked number one in sacks this season and it was no doubt they rattled Tom Brady. In the first quarter, Justin Tuck had 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble and 6 tackles. Teams during the regular season are lucky if they can even get 2 sacks and here Tuck compiled 2 sacks by himself. The Giants sacked Brady 5 times, the most New England has given up all season during their historic run. The Giants defense smacked the best offense right in the mouth all game and held the Brady and the most prolific offense in NFL history to a season low 14 points. The defense had a plan and followed it all the way through and dictated what they wanted New England to do.

On the other side of the ball, who can say more about Eli Manning. Perhaps the most criticized quarterback all season under the New York media finished his maturation under the biggest stage of them all. Remember it was the season finale against the Patriots that started Eli's growth as a quarterback and ironically it is against the Patriots in the Superbowl that solidified his coming as an NFL quarterback. Eli played in one of the most dramatic Superbowls in history, leading his team from behind in the fourth quarter to win the game. The Giants trailed 10-14 and on a 3rd and long, Eli slipped out of the hands of five Patriot defenders and threw the ball down field for what would be a remarkable 32 yard reception by David Tyree. This play will be remembered as one of the best plays of Superbowl history and as a play that exemplified Eli's competitive nature and his coming as a quarterback. Eli capped the drive with a 13 yard touchdown to who else but Plaxico Burress, who guaranteed a victory against New England.

"Any Given Sunday" cannot be used to explain the Giants Superbowl victory. The better team won, the Giants smashed the Patriots right in the mouth, put them in the ground and confidently carried themselves against a juggernaut of a team. The Giants just outplayed the Patriots and blatantly wanted it more as evident by the 3rd down play by Eli and Tyree. Just the determination by these two players to not give up on a play perfectly illustrated the Giants as a team. This is not an upset, not a letdown but one of the greatest Superbowls and a story of a team that stood in the way of NFL history and did not back down at all.

I'm not certain what it was about last night's game, but nothing seemed to hold my attention. Maybe it was the low score (7-3 at half time... huh???). Maybe it was the not nearly as funny as usual commercials. Maybe it was the expectation that, of course the Patriots were going to win. Whatever it was, last night's game seemed to have lost the luster of a "Super" Bowl.

Congratulations to the Giants for a hard fought victory. They made the last few minutes thrilling, and I even caught myself holding my breath. It made for a great game, although it was a massive letdown to miss out on perfection.

Story Lines:

Eli Manning came of age in leading his team to a victory. He has officially stepped out of Peyton's shadow and into the limelight.

Has the Curse of the Babe hit Tom Brady? We all saw what happened to Tony Romo when Jessica Simpson came to watch him play.

Was Brady's ankle still bothering him?

The Giants win a Super Bowl without Tiki and Jeremy Shockey.

Where was the Pats' offense? The Patriots only scored 14 points; their lowest total all season. For the last time the Pats scored less than 14 in a game we have to go back to January 14, 2006 in a playoff game against Denver they lost 27-13.

For the last half of the season, the Patriots defense was as dependable as could be at getting the ball back for the offense and stopping teams in the fourth quarter. Last night, they allowed two TDs late.

Ad that Gave Me Goosebumps

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Esa fue la jugada clave del partido para que los Giants de NY ganaran el Super Bowl XLII.

Felicidades Giants NY ;).

As for the commercials, here are the ones that stood out to me ...

5. Budweiser: Thunder -- Budweiser's found a way to make the Clydesdale commercials both funny and a bit heartwarming.

4. FedEx: Pigeons -- I like Super Bowl commercials that look like they put a lot of time, money, thought, humor into it. This one combined it all.

3. Pepsi: Justin Timberlake -- OK, so I'm a closet Justin Timberlake fan.

2. Tide: The Talking Stain -- There wasn't a commercial that made me laugh harder.

1. Coca-Cola's Parade balloons -- Maybe I just liked watching Charlie Brown win in the end. This commercial, to me, was by far the most creative of the bunch. (Side note: Notice the little girl dressed like Lucy holding the football at the 51 sec. mark)

Honorable mention: Vitamin water: Shaq on the horse; Bud Light: Jackie Moon; T-Mobile: Hi Chuck

The five worst:
1. LifeWater: Thriller -- An example of what happens when a lot of time, effort, money goes into a commercial, but it has no humor, no creativity and really makes no sense. I hated this commercial and will never drink LifeWater because of it. Not that I would have anyway.

2. Pepsi Max: What is Love? -- Wasn't funny, and the "punchline" was weak.

3. Amp: Push it -- I'm sure this one appealed to the people who love watching large men clamp wire cables to their nipples to rev up a car.

4. Cars.Com: Death Match -- Both cars.com commercials fell flat (the shrunken head one gets dishonorable mention).

5: SalesGenie.com: Both Commercials -- You pay millions for two Super Bowl ads, and this is all you could muster?

Click here to play MSNBC.com's Super Bowl Commercial bracket tournament to pick your favorite. It's a fun little 5-minute time waste.

La final del SuperBowl este año fue protagonizada por los New England Patriots y los New York Giants, quienes lograron imponerse por sólo tres puntos. Por esta victoria, los jugadores neoyorkinos se alzaron con un trofeo valuado en u$s25.000 y un jugoso cheque de u$s78.000 por miembro del equipo. También reciben 150 anillos de oro y diamantes, con un costo material de u$s5.000, cortesía de la Nacional Football League (NFL). 

Los jugadores de los Patriots no se quedan atrás. Por el logro de llegar a la final reciben un nada despreciable cheque de u$s40.000 por cada miembro del equipo. 

Ahora, los jugadores no son los únicos ganadores. La cadena de TV Fox, quien tuvo los derechos oficiales de la transmisión, tuvo ingresos estimados en u$s260 millones en concepto de publicidad. Los 30 segundos de publicidad, en el evento con mayor rating de la TV norteamericana, se valuaron entre 2.7 y 3 millones de dólares, dependiendo de su ubicación dentro de la transmisión.  

Por ahora, según AOL, la marca que mejor invirtió su dinero es Budweiser (un tradicional anunciante del SuperBowl), quien presentó “Rocky”, hasta ahora el comercial mejor considerado de la noche. A la marca de cerveza le siguen Bridgestone, con el spot “Squirrel” y la propia NFL con el spot “Super-Ad”. 

Desde aquí se puede ver la grilla publicitaria del SuperBowl XLII.

First of all, the answer to life, the universe, and everything, anyone?

Secondly, it's the first one I watched all the way through, ever.

Thirdly, I feel kind of bad for the Patriots, I wasn't really rooting for them, but I wasn't really rooting for the Giants either. It just kind of really sucks for them to have gone that far and gotten not much out of it but a few records.

And fourthly, I actually kind of enjoyed it, so that was cool.

Ho sbagliato il pronostico per quanto riguarda il risultato, ma alla fine i Giants sono usciti vincenti in un incontro veramente straordinario. Non è stata una gran bella partita: punteggio basso, nonostante i primi due Drive avessero fatto intravvedere una supremazia dei Patriots e quindi un epilogo per nulla favorevole a New York. Ma durante la partita sono uscite fuori le vere protagoniste di tutte e due le squadre: le difese e quella di New York è stata a dir poco stellare. Tom Brady non ha potuto più fare i suoi giochetti offensivi, come invece ha fatto per l'intera stagione, ma nonostante questo, a meno di 3 minuti dalla fine dell'ultimo Quarto di gioco, Eli Manning QB di New York trova l'illuminazione e manda i Giants in Touchdown, vincendo così per la terza volta nella loro storia (l'ultima è stata nel 1991) il Trofeo Lombardi e aggiudicandosi il riconoscimento di miglior giocatore della partita. Il 42° Superbowl NFL finisce con il risultato di 17 a 14 e New York City, domani, giorno tralaltro del Super Tuesday, si appresterà a festeggiare i campioni del mondo con una parata per le strade di Manhattan, come non se ne vedeva da chissà quanto tempo.

Eli Manning and the Giants deserve this win. The defense was phenomenal, and Coach Kauflin certainly vindicated himself -- he'll be coaching the Giants for quite some time, I predict.

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Dear Mr. Kraft, Coach Belichick, and Tom Brady,

Peyton, Eli and I would like to express our sincere condolences for the Patriots’ loss in Super Bowl XLII.  We know how heartbreaking it can be to lose big games, and we appreciate that things are tough in this dark time.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you confront this heretofore unknown sensation.

However, our representatives have brought to our attention that this marks the second year in a row that the Patriots’ season has ended with a loss to a Manning-quarterbacked team.  According to legal professionals working on our behalf, this constitutes a transfer of possession.  In plain language, we own you.

Our representatives will visit your office tomorrow, Mr. Kraft, so that  you can sign the necessary transfer of ownership documents.  You have one (1) week to clean out your office and vacate the premises.  We are also revoking your parking privileges immediately, however.

It is with regret that we announce that effective immediately, Coach Belichick’s employment with the Patriots is terminated.  He can call in and leave a forwarding address where we will send his belongings.

Some other changes are in order.  These are summarized below: the team mascot will now be know as the Archies; the stadium will be known as Manning field; and super-models will now be provide for all the players to impregnate, not just Mr. Brady.

Regarding Mr. Brady’s status, he is to become a backup quarterback to Peyton, and will be forced to play any game of Peyton’s choosing, in the hopes that he will learn to stop choking when he sees a Manning on the other sideline.

We will be in contact with any further changes.  Please apprise us of the progress of those outlined in this letter.

Regards,
Archie Manning

P.S. Eli called Gisele, so could you send her along today, Tom?  Thanks.

Alright, I’ll keep this briefish… here are some deep thoughts on my first Super Bowl.

1. This guy just looks too old....

2. This guys looks sad...

3. This guy looks like Haley Joel Osment...

What will you think of next, people? Obsessively paying attention to horses or something?

Jag tror på New York Giants faktiskt, egentligen vet jag ju att New England Patriots kommer att vinna. Men bara älskar när skräll lag går och vinner. Satsade en hundring på Giants, de gav mest vid en eventuell vinst.

Tom Brady kan vara den bästa quarterbacken i hela Världen. Vågar nog nästan säga att han är den. Men det är något charmerande med Eli Manning, lillebror till Peyton Manning, förra årets Super Bowl vinnare. Att familjen Manning har producerat inte en utan två superbowl finalister är ju ganska mäktigt. Bra säd i Pappa Manning.

Då har man ungefär 3,5 timme kvar framför teven. Börjar tyvärr känna mig lite trött i ögonen. Men ska försöka klara detta. Blir det en spännande match så löser det sig själv. Om inte så blir det mycket tufft.

Tom Brady, tar eventuellt sin fjärde Super Bowl vinst ikväll.

Uppdaterar kanske snare, herrå.

/ K

In honor of the Super Bowl and their Halftime Show our selection today is from one of the ugliest men in rock, other than Lyle Lovett and Eli if he had a guitar, Tom Petty(right). I have seen Tom a couple of times; always a good show. Last time I saw him was at Irvine Meadows out in California on the grass on grass and neither Tom nor the Heartbreakers disappointed. This live set is from one of our Favorite places here at eargoggles-Milwaukee, sure we have only been to Wiconsin in the spring, but it is a pretty cool place.

Tom Petty - 2006-06-30 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

01. Listen To Her Heart
02. You Don't Know How It Feels
03. I Won't Back Down
04. Free Fallin'
05. Saving Grace
06. Handle With Care
07. I'm Cryin' (Cover - The Animals)
08. Oh Well (Cover - Fleetwood Mac)
09. Mary Jane's Last Dance
10. Band Introductions
11. The Waiting (Eddie Vedder on vocals)
12. It's Good To Be King
13. Honey Bee
14. Learning To Fly
15. Don't Come Around Here No More
16. Refugee
17. Runnin' Down A Dream
18. You Wreck Me
19. Mystic Eyes
20. American Girl (Eddie Vedder on vocals)

Buy Tom Petty Music Support artists by going to live shows - the music's better anyways
Comments always welcome - Your files - Part 1 Part 2

Update: Wow, was I wrong! Giants huh? Well, at least someone at eargoggles came up on a huge sum of money...