Big Win for Big Blue
Christmas came early for the Giants this weekend. That game could be called the Miracle on the Lake or something to that affect. After 3 quarters of football the Giants had no business winning the game. Come the 4th quarter however the Giants were a different team playing solid crisp football which just adds to the frustration of why can’t we play a full 4 quarters like this? Costly penalties by the Bears did them in on the first half when they had every chance to blow open the game, but only mounted a 16-7 lead.
Ward kept us in the game early rushing for career highs before leaving the game due to an ankle injury. He was on crutches at the end of the game which does not bode well for next weeks game. Hopefully Jacobs will be able to go in his place. This game of musical chairs with our running backs needs to stop now.
For the first 3 quarters Manning looked in over his head for yet another week. This guy is truly baffling. In the 4th quarter he played much better and was helped out by a great catch in the endzone by Toomer to pull the game within 16-14. On a side note did anyone notice the 180 Aikman pulled in the announcers booth, he was adamant that the play would not be reversed and as soon as it was, he goes well it was clear Amani had his hand sunder the ball…huh? Watching games announced by Buck and Aikman is a truly painful experience for any Giants fan, Buck clearly enjoys rooting against New York teams whether it be the Giants or the Yankees and Aikman time and time again lets something slip where you can still see his Cowboy Blue and Silver coming out. Moose Johnston is a much better announcer who does a better job of holding his personal thoughts in check…Aikman? What a jerk. Ditto for Buck.
Sorry for that little outburst but I needed to vent.
The Defense was phenomenal in the 2nd half and they are the sole reason we were able to pull out this game, Osi, Tuck and Strahan were stellar. Mitchell and Johnson had a couple of huge open field tackels that may have save a couple of TD’s. They placed constant pressure on Grossman and stuffed the running game all game long, we could of used a couple of turnovers but whattya gonna do. At the end of the game I was definitely nervous that we left too much time on the clock, 1:33, and too many timeouts in the Bears’ pocket. I definitely felt the Giants should have ran down the clock on 1st and goal and take a shot on 3rd down for the TD if not kick the field goal with almost no time left giving the Bears basically no shot at winning. Alas, it didn’t matter, Butler knocked down the final pass in the endzone and as the football fell to the ground so did I and I’m guessing so did all of the Big Blue die hards out there. A huge win, now lets get on a roll on our way to the playoffs.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm
In my play-by-play, the first thing I mentioned is that that we would have to listen to Joe Buck all game. How annoying is he? In football, he could be the worst one out there. In baseball, he is the second worst to Joe Morgan.
I caught that 180 that you’re talking about on the Instant Replay. Prior to the call, they said that they couldn’t determine what happened, and after the call they were certain that the Refs got it right. In other instances, they said what the coach should do in a certain down, and if the coach did something different, Buck would back up whatever the coach called as the right thing to do. It’s so much easier in hindsight.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Buck’s a douchebag.
Big win for the Jints. Terrible loss for the Bears.
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:37 pm
As a big Giants fan,I had Faith in our boys.Giants had every business for winning the game. That’s how I feel. I just wish our offense would of played a little better and I was very happy that our denfense stepped up in their game. I held my breathe on the last four seconds of the game. I was very happy when Butler knocked the ball down. I jumped up and down for joy. I kept the Faith for our boys in blue. Butler saved the day to win over the bears. YEAH TEAM!!!