Super Bowl- Giants Win

The Big Game

That's about how I feel after last night's game. I felt it was just anti-climatic.  You look at the game winning touchdown, and Ahmad Bradshaw almost didn't go in and wanted to kneel it to run out more clock, so it just felt off.  The catch by Mario Manningham will be talked about more because it kept the drive alive, as did David Tyree's catch back in 2007. But we did get some history in the game.  Eli Manning went 9-9 in the beginning, which is a record for best start to a game.  Then Tom Brady threw 14 or 15 completed passes in a row, which is a new record.  Just not a lot of big plays to this game. Almost more of a grind it out, and get whatever score you can type win for the Giants. I expected the Giants to win, so that could be partly why I felt blah after it. I think too I didn't have a big invested interest in this one.  So we can talk about all the other stuff, like the prop bests, and that horrible halftime show.

Halftime Show

This was just bad.  Granted, I'm not a Madonna fan, but hey I enjoy her early early songs. They're catchy and fun.  But she looked bad out there, and I wish she would have fallen on her face as she tripped up during her set.  That new single of hers is garbage, and surely people don't believe that is a good song.  Not even close to good.  MIA threw the bird, but I missed that, so no excitement there.  Cee- Lo Green was out there, but did he do anything than look like a preacher.  LMFAO were out there, and sang what a verse or two and danced.  There was some cool graphics going, but other than that, halftime was nothing. 





On to the Bets     

How Many Times Will Peyton Manning Be Shown On Television During The Game?
Obviously this is something to think about as it's in Peyton's house. And his brother is in the Super Bowl. The whole family will be there. I'll go over four times Peyton is shown on tv. And possibly talked to once.

I don't know if Manning was even there.  There was the shot of the family up in some suite, but Manning did not show up on camera once, which surprised me a bit.  Maybe he had to stay home and take care of the twins.


How Many Times Will David Tyree's Catch Be Shown During The Game?
We all remember this catch as it was right on his helmet and at a crucial time. Now for this one, I think if the Giants are threatening to score, the odds go up this will be shown a few times. But if it's a Patriots blowout, I bet this doesn't get shown at all. I will say over two times this catch shows up.

This was once right after the Mario Manningham catch.


What Will The Color Of Gatorade Be During The Gatorade Bath?
People really bet on this??? Tell me they don't bet on this. I'm going to say clear, don't want to get the coach all weird looking with some red or blue gatorade. Even though those taste the best.

Purple, I wouldn't have thought about purple.


How long will it take Kelly Clarkson to sing the national anthem? (over/under 1:34)
I am going over and probably right at two minutes. She tends to belt out things longer than they need to.

Looked like this was right at the 1:34 mark, so wrong on this one. I thought with kids singing as well this could have been drawn out.


How about what songs will Madonna "sing" at halftime?
I'm going to say Music, Vogue, and her new single. 

Hey I was right, except I hadn't thought about Like a Prayer.  


Who will be the MVP?
Eli if the Giants win. Brady if the Pats win.

I was right!


Coin Toss?
Heads.

I don't even remember what this was. I know there was a stat that the NFC had got 14 in a row for the coin toss, but the Pats got this one.


Which team scores first?
Giants with a field goal.

A safety??? I wouldn't have thought that a safety would be the first score of a game. I did see some guy bet 1,000 bucks on that, and won $50,000.  Good for him.


Which team scores last?
Giants with a field goal to win or go up in the game.

Partly right because the Giants did score to go up, but it was a touchdown, and not a field goal.


Which team wins?
Giants in a nail biter just like 2007.

Giants win! And I can't find any good Little Giants clip to show here, but just think of that scene where the wife of the other team was chanting "Giants, Giants, Giants!"