Fat Tuesday, Primaries, GIANTS ticker tape parade, and Super Bowl observations

"Dude, that 4th quarter, 3rd and five conversion of Manning to Tyree was a thing of beauty. Icicles came down on that football into Tyrees hands, that's why the football got stuck on his helmet.When Manning got that pass off, I thought I saw angel wings on that football mid air man."-Friend of mine describing the Manning to Tyree play of the Super Bowl.                                                                                                                                        It is pouring rain out right now, raining here (with a thunder and lightening storm) like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Big day today. Fat Tuesday for NOLA, Big Tuesday for the primaries, get out there and choose or loose. THE (Super Bowl Champion) NY GIANTS will have a ticker tape parade today in lower Manhattan (NYC) at the "Canyon of Heroes" at 11AM. The parade begins at Battery Place and heads to North Chambers Str. to City Hall (as David Tyree is elected NYC's official mayor, LMAO) and a big party at GIANTS stadium at 230PM. I say Eli Manning for president. Last Sunday's Super Bowl was the most watched event in sports history and the second most watched event in the history of TV, and well worth watching at that.That pic above is NY GIANTS co owner John Mara.
BTW, there has been alot of talk about Bill Belechick walking out on the (final seconds) kneel down of the Super Bowl. Yeh, that was stupid of Bill B, but I could understand why Belechick is angry perhaps at his own players specifically being a former defensive coach for the NY Giants.                                                                                                                                     The New England defense looked like pussies on that awesome 4th quarter, 3rd and  5 conversion, Manning to Tyree. New England had Manning right where they wanted him in the pocket and he escaped...  If the Giants defense were on the field in that same predicament vs. New England, they would have sacked any quarter back in the same exact circumstance for a major loss of yardage, and perhaps dislodged the ball for a nice fumble. As courageous as Manning was in scrambling out of trouble, (as he been doing during that possession for yard gains), the New England defensive line looked like they were playing "two hand touch" and just pulling on Manning's jersey, missed tackles everywhere.  The same with New England's secondary, almost triple covered, they just stood around instead of a giving a hard tackle to dislodge the ball from Tyree. Good secondaries do that to wide receivers, they intimidate them, hit them hard, and cause fumbles. It's a gamble, as New England's secondary went for the interception, but Tyree held on in an awesome play.
Perhaps the NY Giants offensive line didn't give up, and gave Manning just enough time to scramble, (backwards and to the right) out of trouble. Eli Manning should take his offensive line out to a great dinner and thank them for the protection (4th quarter Manning to Tyree) in the pocket which could often save quarterbacks from career ending injuries. New England were out muscled, and outplayed as the NY Giants defense, and team played with alot of heart.
Over the last 20 some odd years, the NY football Giants franchise have been built around a hard hitting DEE-FENSE. I mentioned (in the Packers/Giants journal entry) retired NY Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor or even Carl Banks going back to the 80's early 90's Giants. Those Giants defensive lines hit quarter backs HARD with speed and strength, and would often slap a ball right out of a QB's hands for chaos and fumbles. Ask Joe Montana, Joe Theisman, John Elway or any legendary quarter back whom Giant defenses have eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Unless a QB vs. a quality, and healthy Giants defense can run and scramble, or has an awesome offensive line, the Giants defense is PHYSICAL and wear even the best QB's down, and will shut down a running game to.. Notice (New England's) Tom Brady only got a clue in the 4th quarter with short drop passes to stunt The Giants swarming defense, Brady did SHIT against the Giants in the Super Bowl.
I'm not into that over under shit in sports or office pools, but whomever thought New England was going to light up the NY Giants like a  X-mas tree is a bona fide idiot whom grossly underrated a good Giant defense and a defensive coordinator whom will (like Bill B.) be a head coach some day. I was thinking it would be to the Giants advantage for the Super Bowl to be low scoring, it doesn't always guarantee a win on defense alone. However, if the game is low scoring the Giants defense is doing their job, as clutch plays and one or two touchdowns might do it.
Some people love offense in football  (Montana to Rice).I love a defense that stunts the glamour of the TD, with a decent offense, it's smash mouth football at it's best with a FG kicker, running back,(The Giants Otis Anderson vs. Buffalo in '90, Joe Morris '86)  clutch catch often being the deciding factor.
Yeh, Eli Manning (NY Quarterback) was criticized by the New York media, he does take risks, and might drive fans nuts, but if he doesn't turn the ball over, he could get the job done. Now my local bar can take down the former NY newspapers headlines (posted on the bar) "Eli the Terrible" and show the headlines "Mann of the Year". Eli Manning, vindicated.
"Their carcasses will be consumed in the desert"-NILE (from "Black Seeds of Vengence")-Yep, as the Giants left Tom Brady and his wide receiver Moss to decompose in the desert, both of  whom were picked for the pro bowl. Neither Brady nor Moss will play in this years pro bowl, both are too banged up from the Super bowl. Brady  and Moss's pro verbal carcasses were "consumed in the desert" as Nile would say. Of course no Giants were picked as pro bowl starters, the irony of the reality.
Everyone's feeling pretty damn good (in NY) after the Giants won the big game last Sunday, people seem happier, it's amazing how people live vicariously through entertainers, there should be a psychological study of this.


David hath beaten Goliath and all is Beautifully Brutal in New York.
STAY Metal, Brutal, and one more time congrats to the Super Bowl Champion NY Giants \m/ -l-