Not a great start...

So my Super Bowl prediction of 34-27 Patriots turned out to be pretty far off, as did most people's expectations of the game. But, I was right on most of my other prognostications:

I said the Giants would score first, which they did, taking the opening kickoff and holding the ball for 10 minutes before kicking a FG to go up 3-0.

I said it would be a three-point game at halftime. It ended up being 7-3 Patriots. So it was 4 points, not too bad.

And I also said that the game would be much closer than people expected. Which it was. I just underestimate the Giants a little.

So overall, not too bad from my point of view. Nothing like the Central Lady Rams when it comes to Super Bowl picks (congrats to Jessica Camp and Rachel Turley for being the best Billings' prognosticators!)...but not bad. As for the game...

What a 4th Quarter! One of the best, if not THE BEST, quarter in Super Bowl history. Until then, the game was nothing special. Surprising in how well the Giants defense played, but not really exciting. The 4th quarter made this one of the Top 5 Super Bowls ever. Why?

Because of this play. The Giants had just let Randy Moss catch a TD to go 14-10 with 2:30 to play. On 2nd and 5 from about their own 40, Eli Manning almost gave the game away by overthrowing his recevier on the sideline and putting it right through the hands of Patriots Pro-Bowl corner Asante Samuel.

So that set up a 3rd and 5 in the Giants own territory, with 1:10 to play...IN THE SUPER BOWL..., needing a TD to take the lead. And as soon as the ball was snapped, the entire Patriots D-Line was in the Giants backfield. But then something happened that nobody expected...

Eli, by some miracle, escaped the clutches of three Patriots, rolled out, and fired the ball 35 yards down the middle of the field to what you assumed would be a wide-open receiver (thinking everyone had given up on the play because there was no way Eli would escape).

But to our surprise, as the camera followed the ball downfield...Giants Receiver David Tyree was not wide-open. In fact, he was surrounded by 4 Patriots. FOUR! AS IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CATCHES TYREE MADE ALL SEASON! And then Tyree proceeded to make what I now consider to be the greatest catch in the history of the NFL...

All things considered...the Super Bowl, trying to beat the only 18-0 team in the history of the game, one of the biggest upsets in sports, ever...one minute to play...3rd down...the DIFFICULTY...when you consider all of that, this play is the greatest in NFL history.

I hope you all had a chance to watch it live. Because it may never be topped.