Super Bowl XLII: THE BIG FIX
As you know the NY Giants beat the odds on favorites to win Super Bowl XLII last night in Phoenix. Only the state of New York, some parts of New Jersey and a few stray fans in the rest of the country believed the NY Giants could pull the upset over the then undefeated New England Patriots.
The analysts said the Giants best players were injured. They said Plaxico Burress and Osi Umenyiora wouldn’t even play. So how did the Giants do it? If you listen to talk radio shows this morning like I did (stop getting your news and information off the Internets!) you would know the answer: the fix was in.
Before you scoff, read the facts:
- The Giants received far fewer penalties than NE in last night’s game
- The refs looked the other way when Randy Moss was fouled on two consecutive plays late in the 4th quarter
- The refs called the fewest penalties on an underdog team in the history of the Super Bowl
- The refs looked the other way when the Giants had too many men on the field in the 3rd quarter forcing Belicheck to waste a crucial challenge
NE were 12-point favorites leading into the game. They were on track to become only the second team in history to go undefeated the entire season. They were facing a team that not only lost 6 times this season but were in danger of not even making the playoffs until the final few games.
Clearly the fix was in. But why? Obviously, New England’s arrogance and that little videotape cheating scandal at the beginning of the season had something to do with it. The NFL had to make examples of the cheaters by virtually spanking them in front of 90 million viewers.
Why were there so many non-calls during this Super Bowl? Why was Randy Moss roughed up on that final drive and not one flag flew? But most telling of all was what happened at the end of the game. There was no time on the clock as the Giants celebrated on the field. The coaches walked towards each other for that final obligatory handshake. Suddenly the NFL puts one second back on the clock. Why?
The refs pushed between the opposing coaches and you could almost hear one ref say to NE coach Bill Belichick, “coach, the NFL wants to rub this loss in your face! Get your team back on the field!” Instead, Belichick stormed off the field and into the locker room. Can a coach exit the field before the game is officially called? Sure if the fix is in. Does it matter?
Still not convinced? Check out this quote from Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) the day of the big game: “We’re not neglecting the stimulus package or Iraq or judicial confirmations here,” Specter said. “But the integrity of the game is very important. These players set the role model for America.”
Hopefully you didn’t lose too much money or sleep on last night’s game.
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I looked at the “facts” and I’m still scoffing. They need to cut that hateration out. The Giants won because they were the better team yesterday. Bottom line.
Its amazing how u can analyze a game of sport that u know nothing about… Hell, u didnt even know who Keyshawn Johnson was (remember when u said he played in the NBA)… Although I was rooting for the Pats to be undefeated, the Giants showed a lot heart. Sandra, how about u stop gettin ur info from ur guy friends and analysts on ESPN.com
BWAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Ooooooh Sandra……the facts huh?
FACT: There are no fouls in football!!!! You need to get your sports in order chickie. There a flags and penalties in American football.
Get your “facts” together before you go knocking down somebody else’s happiness……once again.
LMBAO- Fouled Randy Moss girl get it together. How about they loss because Brady was playing like a punk and was not utilizing his team properly. He didn’t even attempt to pass to Moss until the end of the 3rd quarter.
“Instead, Belichick stormed off the field and into the locker room.”
FYI, He didnt storm off the field, smartie pants. He went to the other side of the field to shake the Giants’ coach’s hand with one second left. Thats not unusal in a football game. I’ll let u say what u want about Beyonce & Alicia, but u will not sit here & lie about the biggest sporting event… Damn, Standra, stick to stalking Rihanna & leave the sports to ppl who know what they’re talking about
Either way I’m still glad those over-confident bastards lost…I persnallyl don’t think that it mattered about the penalites because if the Patriots would have played like the super bad ass team that they were suppose to be they still should have won, and considering their record and talent on the team the penalties are no excuse….The Giants won because they kept Brady’s ass lit up the whole game and they double covered Moss which messed up the Patriots chemistry and kept them uneasy all night…And don’t forget that New England cheated by spying on other teams on more than one occasion so they deserved to lose…Krma is a bitch.
GOOOOOOOO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn’t loose money or sleep but I did waste a couple minutes of my life reading this post….I want my life back Sandra!
Ok I must speak on this one
In Football, the clock is to be stopped when it hits the ground. That moment is considered the end of the play. The officials let the clock run out at 2 seconds, when in actuality the play was incomplete at teh 2 second mark, so they had to put the time back on the clock. There was no conspiracy involved there. But you have to know Football to understand that, lol
oh sandra, as a nyer, i say this, stick to gossip, cuz u obviously don’t know about football. da giants were the better team last nite, anyone who thinks that game was fixed, either lost some dough, is still in shock or just a hater.
first off, just because a player is injured, doesn’t mean they can’t and won’t play….especially in the biggest game of their lives. Plaxico played injured almost all year, so nobody especially in NY didn’t believe he wasn’t going to play. and btw, tom brady was injured too.
the giants received fewer penalties than new england cuz they commited fewer penalties duhhh. two juss because randy said he was fouled, doesn’t mean he was foul. in football, there’s always contact, but the rules specify what kind of contact is a foul or not.
Sandra, turn off ya radio, and turn out the haters. Go Giants!!!!
I Loved watching the game last night. Just wish the Half-Time show was better!!!
pardom my errors…….don’t typically rite long comments on these blogs….but i juss had to comment on this foolishness…
WHY is there a backlash on the CHAMPS?!
What about the sacks on Brady and the he played?
What about the Pats not being able to get into the endzone?
Why aren’t those questions part of the “Fix” people are referring to????
BOTTOM LINE: An undefeated team LOST!
The Giants did their THING in the 4th quarter, and that’s why they are the CHAMPIONS!
People and sports critics need to accept the fact undefeated teams only go undefeated for so long before it’s over!
Why it is them winning such a suprise – Like it was a miracle or something????
Money lost?? NAH… MONEY WON!!
I had the GIANTS since the playoffs…
AaronMichael, I have to co-sign with u!!! i dont know why i wasted my time readin this ****!!
HATER!!!!!!
What are u talkinhg about?? Do you even know???
NY STAND UP…. Go Giants!!
NEW ENGLAND WIL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BE BETTER THAN THE 85 BEARS BABY!!!!
They got too arrogant and lost. Thats it thats all. Them fools lost. They played alright last night, but alright wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t rooting for either team honestly. But I do know that as a Chicagoan, I was glad to see the Giants win.
85′ Bears….Still #1!!!!
First off, yall back off Sandra she just stating her opinion Which she has the right to do. Next, I don’t believe the game waas fixed. Everyone has been hating on the gaints all season long. Both teams came ready to play and the better team won. The gaints worked hard in the last 2 minutes of game. The ref were not calling penalties on both teams.
On a side note this had to be one of the worst halftime show ever.
Sandra, did you even watch the game? I was all for NE winning, but clearly the Giants had a stronger defense & played to win. Tom B. just didn’t seemed his usual self yesterday. Thank goodness R.Moss was not completely ignored. The game was boring as hell til 4th quarter. Congrats to Eli & all Giant Fans.
LOL @ Aaron & J Gats Juice.
sigh..
the GIANTS, accumulated only 77 penalties all season, which is a team record LOW. Meaning they are a very disciplined team
so the “giants rarely getting penalized” is completely wrong
even the commentators thought that the 12th[illegal] man got off the field in time, it wasn’t until that ODDLY LONG ASS tv timeout that they further analyzed and realized the error
the patriots averaged over 30 points a game…and were limited to 14…that’s not refs that’s D…BIG GIANTS D
forgive the corny’ness lol
no controversy no conspiracy
giants won a fair game
I don’t agree with this one 1) I’m not sure what ine olay you are talking about Moss being ruffed up but he only had 4 catches and that had nothing to do with the refs.
2) brady was rushed, hurried, sacked more in this game rthen the whole year again nothing to do with the refs
3) and i was watching the game a little behind thanks to DVR and never saw the clock hit zero
I AM A REDSKIN FAN TIL I DIE AND HATE TO SEE A DIVISION OPPONET WIN….BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH I SAW NOTHING THAT MAKES ME SAY OH THIS WAS FIXED
The refs looked the other way when the Giants had too many men on the field in the 3rd quarter forcing Belicheck to waste a crucial challenge
I’m not sure what you mean by this. It was a close call even Bill had to double check before calling it and the Giants took that penalty. Did you even watch the game. And as far as fixed, can you give the Giant’s defense credit, they were ON FIRE last night. They were trying to win a game, long before the offense got on board.
no matter what ppl say the patriots ****ing lost, fair and square, get over it everybody. the NEW GIANTS came out and played, they wasnt scared and did their thing. CONGRATS TO THE NEW YORK GIANTS.
Sandra…obviously you absolutely know NOTHING about football. And stop saying that there were FOULS in the game. FOULS are in basketball only!
And why do you think this game was fixed?? Because an undefeated team got beat in the Super Bowl? **** happens. The Patriots made a few mistakes, and it ended up costing them. So I guess when Tom Brady got sacked, that was “fixed” too, huh???
And I just noticed that someone said you thought Keyshawn Johnson played in the NBA. So that furthermore lets me know that you absolutely know nothing about football. Everyone who’s into football should know who Keyshawn is.
I wanted the Patriots to win, but they ****ed a few times in the 4th quarter, so the best team won last night.
And the reason why they added the 2 seconds back onto the clock at the end was because when the ball hit the ground, the play was considered dead when the ball hit the ground with 2 seconds left on the clock (in football, when a pass is thrown incomplete, once the ball hits the ground, the CLOCK STOPS.) But you know so much about football, so you should know that, right?? Therefore, the game still had 2 seconds left after Brady threw the incomplete pass, so it was the Giants’ ball with 2 seconds left on the clock. There’s no “conspiracy” there at all…you just don’t know a damn thing about football.
So therefore, your “facts” have no validity at all. You suck!
Hey Sandra, the lack of penalties means that the Giants played a clean game. I watched the entire game and the Pats were beaten fair and square. The Giants defense was on point!!
Me, being from Boston, I was pretty upset that the Pats lot. Pats defense last night was straight bull****. I had a feeling NY was going to win, but I was in denial..lol. I had a feeling that Randy was throwing the game himself, missing those open passes as if he didn’t know what time it was. But It’s always next year, Pats will do it again!!!
You clearly don’t know football and you don’t know what you’re talking about. Anybody that writes “The refs looked the other way when Randy Moss was fouled on two consecutive plays in the 4th quarter” needs to not provide commentary on football. This story is flawed in so many ways it makes no sense. Do us a favor and leave sports and football to the people who actually know the game and know what they’re talking about. You don’t and you made yourself look crazy trying to talk about it.
Sandra,
Not sure what game you were watching last night but it sure wasn’t the same football game that the rest of America was watching. The Giants took that penality for having too many men on the field and the Giants also came to win last night and NE came on the assumption that they were going to win and they got their asses smacked.
Sandra sweetie, go back to sweating Rihanna and searching for a reason to hate Beyonce, thats what you do best.
You also never have your facts straight so I guess this post is right on track for you.
@ Mz.Hollywood
Maybe you should reread what Sandra posted? She clearly says to “read the FACTS”. The last i check facts were statements of proven truths, not opinions.
if you’ve been on this blog for a minute then you should know that fact is not something Ms. Sandra specializes in. ;O)
THE GIANTS WON BECAUSE THEY PLAYED THEIR BEST GAME
DONT HATE SANDRRA. I WONDER IF ATLANTA HAD WON THE SUPERBOWL WOULD YOU EVEN BOTHER WITH YOUR IRRELEVANT FACTS!
IM FROM NY AND ITS A GREAT DAY FOR US IN SPORTS!
I may be perceived as sexist but women really don’t know **** about football!
Not because they are a women but because they don’t play!
Kick rocks, Sandra and talk about Bloody Soccer!
@ REDRich,
Sexist is putting it mildly. Know that there are lots of women that played the game, have much exposure to football environments(husbands, brothers, nephews, sons, friends)& know as much if not more about football than you do.
Sandra, you hae gone to far. You need to stop hating and give the Giants the props they deserve. Them boys played their hearts out and their defensive was incredible. My cousin actually plays for the Giants and I can’t be more proud of him than I am right now. You need to get your facts right and recognize that the win was well deserved. The best men won!
@ REDRich
… but apparently Sandra is lacking where football is concerned.
yes I did lose some money over but no sleep, and as much as I want to agree with you Sandra my team just got their azz whupped
hahahaha not one single solitary person, so far, has agreed with that bull sh*t you just spewed from your lips…with that said GO GIANTS. I am a female that knows & loves the sport of football. someone watching football for the first time ever last night could have CLEARLY seen that NY just worked harder over all than NE. GO GIANTS, GO F-ing GIANTS!!!!!!!! NY stand up!!!!
point blank just got their azzes whupped..It was a good game though
Did you see that play by Eli to David Tyree? You can’t fix that! Trust, there isn’t enough money to fix that game in favor of the Giants! Do you know how many people would have to be paid off, including the Patriots?!? Not happening.
No flag was thrown for Randy Moss b/c there was no penalty. Each player (even defensive players) have a “right” to the ball. Once that ball is in the air, they have a right to “play” the ball. In fact, based on the NFL rule book, what saves a player from a pass interference penalty is when the defensive player “plays” the ball and not the opposing man! Both defensive players did that both times. If Moss really had it in him to get the ball, he would have gone up for it (meaning jumped for it). He had the height advantage, I just think he was tired. Besides, don’t you think if Randy felt that he got screwed, he of all people would have complained at the press conference?!?!
To be the best, you gotta beat the best and thats what they did.
By the way, the fact that the refs called the fewest penalties on an underdog in the superbowl is only a statistical fact, its not proof of a fixed game.
1st of all stay in your lane. Photography, social scenes and the like… Sports is not your thing. TRUST.
“The refs looked the other way when the Giants had too many men on the field in the 3rd quarter forcing Belicheck to waste a crucial challenge” The Patriots won that challenge and KEPT their timeout… Do your homework… Anyone who watched from start to finish knows they saw a good if not great game. Moss was defended fairly on bothe late 4th qtr. throws EVERYONE knew they were gonna throw to him, so of course he got double and triple teamed…
Sandra, I luv U ,but you’re way off on this one. N.Y took that game no fix involved.
there is always next year, and new england will lose again, thats if they make it to the superbowl, lol
A “fix” huh? You really need to quit.
I guess if the Pats won, then it would be a “fix” too. Giants were the better team, defense produced, Tom Brady got harrassed by the Giants. Point blank. One extra man on the field while he was about to get of the field and they had to check, what is that gonna do?? That is the reason why they lost? Eli breaking that sack and connecting with Burress, I think they paid that ball off. Giants won bottom line. 14-10 no field goal!
Hey Danny,
what happened to “in the grasp”? I thought if a player was in the grasp the play was whistled dead? Is it just a coincidence that Manning was in the grasp of nearly the entire defensive backfield and no whistle was blown?
Tasha Says:
Did you see that play by Eli to David Tyree? You can’t fix that!
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Wrong! Eli Manning was in the grasp of at least 3 defensive linemen yet no whistle was blown. If the refs were doing their jobs instead of being spectators, Manning couldn’t have thrown that pass to Tyree because the play would have been whistled dead. The “in the grasp” rule was put in place to protect the quarterback and yet the ref didn’t call it.
The “In THe Grasp” rule comes into play when 1 defensive player has a hold of the quarterback and another defensive player “is bearing down getting ready to hit” the quarterback which was NOT the case. Thomas got a hold of Eli’s jersey and there were other defensive players trying to get at him but he spun the other way and broke free off Thomas. Not ONCE was another defensive player “bearing down” to hit him.
Just because a bunch of defensive players are in the area doesn’t account for a “in the grasp” call.
HAHA Fouls???? LMAO and no mention that the PATRIOTS COACH LEFT THE FIELD BEFORE THE GAME ENDED!!! Sore Losers!!
GO GIANTS
UR DEFENCE ROCKS!
LOVE LOVE LOVE THE PATRIOTS, but they LOST. Simple as that! The only reason it is so upsetting is because no one gave the Giants any credit.
Standra said: what happened to “in the grasp”? I thought if a player was in the grasp the play was whistled dead? Is it just a coincidence that Manning was in the grasp of nearly the entire defensive backfield and no whistle was blown?
************************************************************Can u stop googling ‘football’ & trying to state “facts” that u’re looking up. The fact is, u have no clue about football, the PENALTIES (not fouls, einstein) & defensive strategies!!! Its obvious that u dont understand the game or the plays, so just stop it!!!