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As amazing as Eli Manning was last night, it might have behooved someone on the Giants, whether it was a PR person or just an assistant coach, to inform him that when you win the Super Bowl, you're supposed to take your pads off before you put on the championship T-shirt. Doofy fella kept those pads on the whole night. We bet he's still wearing them.
As we mentioned in our Times column, we were almost surprised to realize that the Eli Manning after the game was still the same dopey, earnest, dork character he was before the game. We expected him to take off his helmet and suddenly talk like Barry White. That's how amazing his fourth quarter was. Truthfully now: You've never seen Peyton be that gutsy, have you? Where did that come from?
We suspect most of you are like us, and feel as if the ground has shifted beneath your feet: Eli Manning — the guy who would rather be playing squash — turned out to be a true champion. We are flabbergasted, and we will never doubt him, or that family, again. At this point, we're ready to ask businessman Cooper Manning to pull us out of this recession.
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Are the Saints bringing Archie back?
All that's missing is Eli holding a newspaper that says Dewey Defeats Truman.
Strahan has his pads on too. Why do we have to pick on Eli? Poor Eli.
Is that Archie and Olivia Manning over on the left? She seems rather happy to be there.
Feagles. Hero to the bald man.
Dana Jacobson's back... this day just keeps getting better and better. Go Big Blue.
How about the 2 picks Eli threw that the Pats couldn't hold onto? His stats were good, yes, but were masked by Patriots errors. Bah humbug.
@Civil Negligence: Strahan's boyfriend likes the pads
"At this point, we're ready to ask businessman Cooper Manning to pull us out of this recession."
Why wait for that, when we can just tell a bunch of Hindus and Chinese to use SalesGenie?
@Civil Negligence: Yeah, looks like Feagles has his on too. Seriously, get off Eli's back.
I hate Terry Bradshaw.
@IsoldmysoultoMilhouseVanhouten: He sounded like he could have used a Ricola when he started that presentation.
Being a Kansas fan, I noticed the rather odd fact that the KU Athletic Director was sitting in front of Peyton in the skybox. Not sure where the connection is there...
more than 1/2 of eli's passes were terrible. it's true AND it's sour grapes.
Eli would rather be antiquing than...HOLY SHIT! They're in a spaceship!
I bet Archie took the whole family out for frosty chocolate milkshakes last night.
@'SUSS--When that commercial came on, jaws hit the floor at the Super Bowl party I was at. I still can't believe that got on the air.
In that pic, Eli looks like he's about to fly out of Oz in a hot air balloon.
Eli is Vinsanity to Tom Brady's Frederic Weis.
World Champions, bitches!!!!
"All aboard! Next stop, the Sarlacc!"
@shea_guevara: I caught the Hindu one. Yikes. Of course, putting a nursing badger in a car commercial was pure genius.
@Sh!tShow: +1. I was thinking the same thing but couldn't remember the creature's name.
Archie, Peyton and Eli.
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong.
@Rob Iracane: Looks like the cover of an ELO Album
Kids all over New Jersey are asking their mothers if they can go antiquing this weekend.
If that shirt's big enough to fit over his pads, imagine how much he'd look like an 8-year old if he wasn't wearing the pads.
Suck it, Tiki.
On the eve of what would be his last game with the Giants, Barber told ESPN that he is "demeaned and talked down to" by Coughlin.
After retiring, Barber attributed his decision to retire to Coughlin's unrelenting style in practice. "(Coughlin) pushed me in the direction (of television)," said Barber. "I don't know if you realize this, but we were in full pads for 17 weeks, and with the amount of injuries that we had, it just takes a toll on you. You physically don't want to be out there, when your body feels the way you do, in full pads."
At least Eli wasn't still wearing his helmet with the baseball hat on top of it.
Who would have ever thought 10 years ago that people nationwide would be bitching that Boston fans are becoming arrogant and complacent because of their winning? AND that the same said people would be rooting for a New York team, because they were playing the role of the underdog? Yet here we are.
My seven year old is a little upset with me, just because i changed her name to Eli. She'll get over it.
I hope he kept them on when he nailed Gisele in his race car bed.
@Dead Wrestlers Society: I didn't really see the Hindu one, but the one with the pandas with ah-so accents was cringe-tastic. It was like tuning in to some old variety show with jokes about Chinese laundries. Awful.
@Rob Iracane: @McCroskey: It looks like the spaceship where the Leader kept his sacks of money.
@HazelMaesLandingStrip: Beats the alternative though, doesn't it?
While it was nice to see Betty White at the trophy presentation, I would have rathered Rue McClanahan.
That Patriots O-Line looked WEAK. I really wish they would have shown more of Kraft after the game.
Why are they celebrating in one of those Galactic Senate pods from Star Wars (the bad trilogy)?
/geek question
@shea_guevara: That ad was worse than what George Lucas did in Phantom Menace (with the Trade Federation guys who for some reason spoke like Chinese immigratns)
@supermike4ever: Wow, the Patriots would have lost by 30 if Eli didn't suck so much, right?
I know this writers strike is really taking its toll on all of Hollywood, but did Tracy Morgan really need to take a security job at the Super Bowl?
@Storming the Floor: Yeah, what was that about? Everyone I was with here in KC kept looking around saying "That can't really be Lew Perkins with Peyton, can it?" Bizarre.
@Tobias Funke: Here's the thing: they edit out James Caan's Chinese impression out of Rio Lobo, but this commercial makes air?
@supermike4ever: I don't know if HALF of them were terrible, per se. I think he got away with three or four. You could make the argument that most QB's get away with about that many in the course of a game. Didn't look to me like Samuel had a realistic shot to get that last one, even though he got a hand on it.
@HazelMaesLandingStrip: and who woulda thought 10 years ago that we'd have voice-activated car stereos!!??!?
PLAY ARTIST: A-HA!!!!
Can't wait to read Simmons' running diary on the game...oh wait, he only does those when his team wins.
@crazyjoedavola:
Nothing wrong with the name Eli. I had an Uncle named Eli.
@Sliderofdeath: I would pay just to be able to see comments on this weeks article.
Seems a bit weak to point out Eli wearing pads when the other two players on the stage are wearing the same thing.
@supermike4ever: Taaaaake oooon meeeee... (take on me) taaaake meee oooonnnn....
Is Feagles the first punter ever allowed on the presentation podium? And why is he still wearing HIS pads?
@Brazil Thrill: i'd say that if the pats coulda held on to one or two easy picks - and if the giants receivers weren't able to make one or two of those ridiculous catches - then yes, the pats would have won. that's what you're saying, right?
eli was great on that last drive, no doubt. with help from some great catches.
@BarbarobicsInstructor: +1, I did a double take when I saw the security guard on the top right of the picture.
Oh wow, cCoughlin is so overwhelemed he's blus... no wait it's just his natural ruddy complexion.
Cheaters Never Prosper!
1980 Olympic hockey team
1983 NC State Wolfpack
2007 New York Giants!
Also anyone see the odds on the Giants to repeat: 18-1
Read Simmons' article from 3AM this morning. He didn't like the fact that Brady went over to shake Pat O'Brien's hand before the game during warmups. Felt that was a bad sign they weren't focused and ready. Thought that was something Brady wouldn't had done in 2002.