Super Bowl 42---The Local Looks
The guys who own newstands are going to be loving life in the boroughs today. For a taste of the coverage, Bob Glauber in Newsday:
"The New England Patriots were miffed that Plaxico Burress predicted a 23-17 New York Giants' win nearly a week before Sunday night's Super Bowl. Only 17 points for the highest-scoring team in NFL history? As it turned out, Burress gave them a little too much credit.
In one of the most stunning upsets in Super Bowl history, nearly equaling the New York Jets' historic win over the Baltimore Colts following Joe Namath's famous pregame guarantee, the Giants beat the Patriots, 17-14, to ruin New England's attempt at a perfect season and give the Giants their third Super Bowl victory.They did it by matching wits with one of the greatest coaches and greatest quarterbacks of all time, using a brilliantly conceived game plan and getting productive performances from a handful of players who hadn't been major contributors. Until the biggest game of their lives."
That just about covers it. As for Boston, I can't help myself, so, take it away, Dan Shaughnessy:
"There'll be no Hub parade on Super Tuesday. No commemorative books about "Path to Perfection." In New England, the church bells all are broken. Two-touchdown favorites and touted as possibly the greatest football team of all time, the Patriots were beaten by the New York Giants, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII last night at University of Phoenix Stadium. An 18-0 season dissolved when New York's Eli Manning found Plaxico Burress in the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown pass with 35 seconds left.
The Patriots lost the Super Bowl. It is an alternate universe. It does not compute. It's like hearing Tony Bennett singing, "I Left My Heart in Ashtabula," or seeing a photo of Mitt Romney with his hair messed up. Shocking. This was supposed to be the coronation for Bill Belichick's History Boys."
That's got to set a record for most dated pop cultural references ever. An American Pie shout out? Tony Bennett? Surprised he didn't toss in some Ira Gershwin for good measure. You, you're not particularly with it, CHB.
