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That’s how many millions of people tuned into for Super Bowl XLII between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots yesterday.
It is the largest audience to tune into a Super Bowl, eclipsing the previous mark of 94.08 million viewers who watched the Dallas Cowboys take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1996.
The number is also the second largest audience to watch a television event, coming in second only to the series finale of M*A*S*H back in 1983, which had 106 million viewers.
Source: CNN
There goes the perfect season and Tom Brady’s perfect Super Bowl record.
In what was supposed to be an easy win for the heavily favored New England Patriots, it turned into arguably the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. The New York Giants did what many believed was the unattainable, beating the Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII.
I watched the game and despite how close the Giants were willing to keep it, I really thought Bill Belichick and Brady would find a way to come through with a win like they had done the previous 18 games. And they almost did, as Brady drove the length of the field late in the game to take the lead, 14-10.
But it was Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning who was more Bradyesque than Brady himself. Manning led the Giants to a touchdown with under three minutes to play on a pass to Plaxico Burress. But it was wideout David Tyree who can take credit for keeping the drive alive.
On what looked to be a sure sack of Manning on 3rd and 5, the quarterback wiggled loose and heaved up a pass 32-yards downfield to Tyree, who pulled down one of the greatest catches in Super Bowl history. Tyree literally used all his arm and finger strength to come down with that catch. With Patriots safety Rodney Harrison covering, Tyree leaped and willed his way down with the ball over his head and with Harrison on his arm. After that catch, you just knew something remarkable was going to happen. That an upset was very near.
Now talks will switch to whether or not the Patriots season would mean anything with the Super Bowl loss.
18-1 and a Super Bowl loss doesn’t really have the same ring to it as 19-0.
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That’s how much people are willing to pay for Super Bowl XLII tickets this year.
Asking prices from people on StubHub, a unit of eBay, Inc., range from $2,450 to $19,446.
Not a bad profit margin for tickets that were originally priced between $700 and $900 for the main event between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.
Source: Fox Sports
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The third time is the charm.
Just ask New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes, who missed two crucial field goals, including the 36-yarder that would have won the game for the Giants at the end of regulation. Tynes finally sealed the win for his team in overtime, splitting the uprights on a 47-yard field goal after a Corey Webster interception.
The Giants and Green Bay Packers game was everything you could ask for in a hard fought battle that saw two teams slugging it out at Lambeau with temperatures as cold as minus-27 with the wind-chill.
And then there was the New England Patriots and San Diego Chargers in the AFC title game. I was really pulling for the Chargers, but after losing LaDainian Tomlinson early in the first quarter, I knew it’d be an even harder uphill battle. But they hung in there until the fourth quarter. If they had capitalized on a couple touchdowns instead of settling for field goals in the red zone, we may be talking about a Chargers upset. But in the end, everyone has 20/20 hindsight and the game ended like everyone assumed it would, with a Patriots win.
So now on to Arizona, where the Patriots are a heavy favorite over the Giants. Lets at least hope for a close game and I’m personally hoping for a Giants upset, or at the very least, a very competitive Super Bowl. If the Patriots are going to end the year with a perfect record, lets at least make them work for it.
Now, on to Glendale!
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Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys were one of the many teams upset this weekend in the second round of the NFL Playoffs. Since Romo couldn’t lead his team to the NFC Championship Game, he can now spend some more PDA filled evenings with his new sweetheart, Jessica Simpson. I wonder if her parents will tag along again.
Here are the players who helped out their team this weekend and some who didn’t:
New York Giants 24, Dallas Cowboys 17
San Diego Chargers 28, Indianapolis Colts 24
New England Patriots 31, Jacksonville Jaguars 20
Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20
