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Super Bowl XLII Analysis: New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots 43 Articles

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    by Gary Sacco

    The Patriots were poised to make NFL history on Super Bowl Sunday. This unstoppable, indomitable collection of men and coaches anticipated capping off a perfect season with a championship stomping of the 12 point underdog ...read more

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    by Joshua Henry

    The NFL has long waited for a team to go undefeated in the regular season. Partly to shut up that loud-mouthed Mercury Morris, the formerly undefeated Dolphins running back. But primarily, it was just time that a team did ...read more

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    by Curtis Clontz

    The Super Bowl is the National Football League's biggest stage. It is the battle of the gridiron where the two remaining teams fight for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and the right to say they are the best in the world. In ...read more

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    by Julie T.

    Super Bowl XLII will go down as one of the greatest upsets in football history. With a 12.5 point spread in New England Patriots' favor, there were few believers who gave the New York Giants a chance. One could argue that ...read more

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    by Todd Pheifer

    Defense wins championships. I could probably just end the article right there, but one shouldn't just drop a cliche and walk away from the article. The New York Giants victory is a bit more complex than the phrase, but o...read more

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    by Ryan Hogan

    Super Bowl XLII gave fans one of the greatest fourth quarters in the history of the big game and one of the league's biggest upsets ever as the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 17-14. The Patriots were tr...read more

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    by Mo Morrissey

    The New York Giants are the 2007 NFL Champions, after defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII 17-14 with 14 points in the 4th quarter. The game was tight throughout and one of the lowest scoring title tilt...read more

  • by Guy Hoskins

    I watched the Superbowl last night and damn it, I actually enjoyed it. I might have had to set aside around two decades worth of righteous indignation, but I did enjoy it: I overcame the bitterness of a soccer fan whose m...read more

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    by Richard Mckinley Iii

    The New York Giants win over the The New England Patriots could not have put a sweeter taste into my mouth. As one of the 73 some odd thousand people who were standing in the negative 20 degree weather in Green Bay during ...read more

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    by Jay Yim

    Dear Bill Belicheck, Wow. No one expected Super Bowl XLII to end like that. After all your team-the New England Patriots-were about to capture its fourth Super Bowl title in seven years. Your team was about to go 19-0 ...read more

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    by Kelsey Black

    Eli Manning's pouty face and boyish decorum tackled Tom Brady's million-dollar smile and infallible pose, winning the 2008 Super Bowl and ruining the Patriots' perfect season. As an Eagles fan living in Boston, I am soaki...read more

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    by David R. Michaels

    Well, well, well. What can you say about that? Is it the start of a New York year in pro sports? Do the Mets stand a reasonable chance at pulling off what those sneaky, nobody-saw-it-coming Giants did? Well, the Giants...read more

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    by Christian Fann

    I found myself totally and absolutely stunned. Could not believe the almighty Patriots, in the biggest game of Tom Brady's career, fell to the New York Giants. Now, this isn't an attempt to smear the Giant's win at all, I ...read more

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    by Will Cain

    As record setting viewers tuned in this past Sunday to watch David slay Goliath, many things became obvious to fans. The one thing that was finally made clear is that the New York Giants are a very good team, with a quarte...read more

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    by Jason Williams

    In my opinion this super bowl was the best in a long time. I believe the best team (patriots) played the hottest team (giants). This game proves the point for alot of coaches, defensewins championships. The Giants also got...read more

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    by William Baker

    You could just about hear the sound of the champagne bottles popping, as the 72 Dolphins began their celebration. A celebration they waited for longer than they had during any other year since their perfect season. Super...read more

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    by Bruce Bostwick

    I wasn't really rooting for any team but I will admit I didn't think the Giants would win. Don't take it like it was expected to be a blowout as it was far from it. Going into it, it was really hard to pick against New E...read more

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    by Juan Leer

    In one of the best and most exciting football games that I have ever seen, the New York Giants did what nobody thought was possible - defeated the undefeated, 18-0 New England Patriots by the final score of 17-14. What's m...read more

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    by Richard Locicero

    After watching what turned out to be an amazing Super Bowl game late last night I feel like I have to state a fact that is very obvious to me. The game STARTS TOO LATE! Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden eg...read more

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    by Gregory Miller

    18-1. No sentence or paragraph I could write would speak louder than that. The Patriots, 12-point favorites in Super Bowl XLII, become just another footnote in the history of the NFL with a 17-14 loss to the New York...read more

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