A Giant upset
By Bradford Doolittle. Filed in Uncategorized |
Well, after that Super Bowl, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Obviously, I didn’t see that one coming, though I did nail the Giants’ 17 points. (That’s a joke.) It was stunning to see the Giants batter Tom Brady time and again. But that just goes to show that the more invincible a team seems to be, the more likely it becomes that someone will knock them off. The ‘83 Huskers fell, as did the ‘91 Running Rebels. Only in the NBA does it seem like dominance holds form.
The Manning-to-Tyrese play is obviously a career-maker for Eli. That’s the play makes Super Bowl XLII an inconic one; the play that will be replayed on NFL Films productions for eternity. Just amazing. It makes we want to list other memorable Super Bowl plays. I’m going to limit myself to five and I’m going off the cuff here, so there will surely be some that I leave out.
1. John Elway’s heels-over-head run against the Packers.
2. Scott Norwood’s wide-right.
3. Dallas’ Jackie Smith dropping a sure touchdown in the end zone against the Steelers.
4. Joe Montana to John Taylor in the second 49ers/Bengals game.
5. Michael Jones stopping Kevin Dyson short of the end zone in the Rams’ win over the Titans.
Like I said, I’m sure there are others. (Oh yeah — the Marcus Allen run against the Redskins.) But I’m not so sure that the Manning/Tyrese play doesn’t move to the top of the list.
