Manning4MVP
01-23-2012, 06:32 PM
"This game is all about revenge, pure and simple. They had history in
their grasp and lost it. But that's not the biggest issue here, after
all this is sports and stuff like that happens all the time.
<font color="#ff0000">And with that, Strahan jumped skyward on the podium at a Super Bowl rally Tuesday, lifting his knees to his shoulders.
“We
would like to extend this to every other team in the NFL and
particularly for the last team we defeated, the New England Patriots,”
he said, his teammates standing behind him. “Because you know what we
did to you? We stomped you out!”
</font>
The real issue is
Strahan's celebration, talk about a classless champion. The real issue
is Letterman and the nationwide mocking of the Patriots team after the
game. The real issue is the ridicule every Patriots fan endured in the
offseason after that game, unlike any fan of a losing SB team ever had
to. The real issue is avenging that. That is what this
game is about. Had the Giants just won, without the gloating from them
and the media, this would not have been so hard to stomach. Of course,
four years have relegated a lot of this to what by modern standards is
ancient history. It's newspaper clippings now, and especially for the
Giants and their fans, after all you can't live off of one triumph
forever (even though Strahan and Tyree will). But that's the essense of
revenge. Those who had to suffer much, do not forget so easily.
Hey
Giants fan, you talk about sweating bullets. LMAO. Did you honestly
want this game when the Pats and the Ravens were still playing? The
Ravens were the ideal team for the Giants to play, because it would have
been your team's revenge then. The Giants would have been the hunter, just like they were four years ago.
Now
the tables have turned. The Giants have the better all-around team. And
the other team is coming for them. In their house. Which for all
intents and purposes Lucas will be. Not a single soul in that city or in
the entire Midwest will root for the Pats. Your guys ain't no hunter
anymore. In fact, you're probably wishing right now the Pats had won
that regular season game so that the Giants might have something to
prove, be a bigger underdog, I don't know, something. Ain't gonna
happen, you got the streak, you got the last minute comebacks, you got
the homefield, you got objectively the stronger team, and all the other
team has is it's coming for revenge.
Revenge against the
Giants, revenge against Strahan who will be watching, revenge against
the NY media who will be ready to mock them again, revenge against the
Mannings who have beaten them in many big games over the past 5 years,
revenge against the organization in whose statium they will play and
whose ex-employee persecuted them mercilessly, revenge against all the
haters who will be well represented by that whole stinking city.
So
here we are. You know that for all intents and purposes logically the
Giants should win this. It's Tom against the (by far) better of the two
defenses and Eli against the (by far) weaker of the two defenses. The
Giants should slow down the Pats offense enough to allow Eli to work his
late game magic. It's a no brainer, happened twice already, including
with basically roughly these same teams. Hell, and the Giants are
healthier and playing better than they were then. So it's even more of a
no brainer.
But it will nag you until they kick off. Enjoy the
two weeks bud. Hope to see you here after the game."
their grasp and lost it. But that's not the biggest issue here, after
all this is sports and stuff like that happens all the time.
<font color="#ff0000">And with that, Strahan jumped skyward on the podium at a Super Bowl rally Tuesday, lifting his knees to his shoulders.
“We
would like to extend this to every other team in the NFL and
particularly for the last team we defeated, the New England Patriots,”
he said, his teammates standing behind him. “Because you know what we
did to you? We stomped you out!”
</font>
The real issue is
Strahan's celebration, talk about a classless champion. The real issue
is Letterman and the nationwide mocking of the Patriots team after the
game. The real issue is the ridicule every Patriots fan endured in the
offseason after that game, unlike any fan of a losing SB team ever had
to. The real issue is avenging that. That is what this
game is about. Had the Giants just won, without the gloating from them
and the media, this would not have been so hard to stomach. Of course,
four years have relegated a lot of this to what by modern standards is
ancient history. It's newspaper clippings now, and especially for the
Giants and their fans, after all you can't live off of one triumph
forever (even though Strahan and Tyree will). But that's the essense of
revenge. Those who had to suffer much, do not forget so easily.
Hey
Giants fan, you talk about sweating bullets. LMAO. Did you honestly
want this game when the Pats and the Ravens were still playing? The
Ravens were the ideal team for the Giants to play, because it would have
been your team's revenge then. The Giants would have been the hunter, just like they were four years ago.
Now
the tables have turned. The Giants have the better all-around team. And
the other team is coming for them. In their house. Which for all
intents and purposes Lucas will be. Not a single soul in that city or in
the entire Midwest will root for the Pats. Your guys ain't no hunter
anymore. In fact, you're probably wishing right now the Pats had won
that regular season game so that the Giants might have something to
prove, be a bigger underdog, I don't know, something. Ain't gonna
happen, you got the streak, you got the last minute comebacks, you got
the homefield, you got objectively the stronger team, and all the other
team has is it's coming for revenge.
Revenge against the
Giants, revenge against Strahan who will be watching, revenge against
the NY media who will be ready to mock them again, revenge against the
Mannings who have beaten them in many big games over the past 5 years,
revenge against the organization in whose statium they will play and
whose ex-employee persecuted them mercilessly, revenge against all the
haters who will be well represented by that whole stinking city.
So
here we are. You know that for all intents and purposes logically the
Giants should win this. It's Tom against the (by far) better of the two
defenses and Eli against the (by far) weaker of the two defenses. The
Giants should slow down the Pats offense enough to allow Eli to work his
late game magic. It's a no brainer, happened twice already, including
with basically roughly these same teams. Hell, and the Giants are
healthier and playing better than they were then. So it's even more of a
no brainer.
But it will nag you until they kick off. Enjoy the
two weeks bud. Hope to see you here after the game."