Kelsey Tucker
Sports Editor
Finally the time of year that all football fans anxiously await arrived: Super Bowl week. The New York Giants were set to
play the New England Patriots in what was expected to be an exciting rematch of Super Bowl XLII, in which the Giants were victorious.
Super Bowl week kicked off with the annual Pro Bowl on January 29. The best players in the NFL were selected to represent
the AFC and the NFC in Hawaii. Overall, this game is of no real significance but it does bring the best of the best together to tide fans over until Super
Bowl Sunday. Basically, it’s just a fun time for all who attend or watch on TV. In Pro Bowl history, the ratio of AFC wins to NFC wins is around 50/50,
so it’s anybody’s game. This year, the AFC prevailed with a score of 59-41.
On February 5, Super Bowl Sunday was finally here. Eli Manning and the New York Giants headed to Lucas Oil Stadium in
Indianapolis, Indiana to meet Tom Brady and the New England Patriots and hopefully beat them once more. The Patriots’ loss in Super Bowl XLII was
especially heartbreaking because winning the Super Bowl would have meant a truly perfect season. This year, Tom Brady would be out for revenge. The first
quarter started strong for the Giants, scoring 9 unanswered points, including a safety. The Patriots fought back in the second quarter, scoring 10 unanswered
points. At the end of the third quarter it was neck and neck, but it was the Giants’ touchdown in the fourth quarter that drove the nail in the coffin.
The Giants won 21-17, another heartbreaking loss for Tom Brady, but another wonderful victory for Eli Manning. Of their victory, Manning said, “Great
toughness, great faith, and great plays by a number of guys today.”
A surprising number of records were broken in this Super Bowl. The record for most consecutive completions in a Super Bowl was broken by Tom Brady with 16 straight completions. The record for most consecutive completions to start a game was broken by Eli Manning with 9 straight completions starting out. Also, the record for oldest winning head coach was broken by Giants’ coach Tom Coughlin, who is 65.
