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If you like rugby league or union and don’t like or don’t know about American football, then you are denying yourself one of life’s great pleasures.
The best thing about being an NFL fan in the southern hemisphere is footy is on Mondays.
It turns the crappiest day of the week into one of the best. You can listen live on a smartphone, which is awesome since Cricket is down the gurgler for me. I mean, Twenty20 – If I don’t like seven-minute ads, I’m not going to fall for six-minute abs.
Superbowl 42, back in 2008, was one of my favourite sporting moments. Normally I take the day off for the Superbowl, but for some reason I had to work that day. I work in construction, and it just so happened that the rain set in, and I was sent home. Yeah, baby!
My old man and I watched the New England Patriots play the New York Giants in their regular season game just before Christmas that year, and it was a rip-snorter. Played in something like minus 20 degrees, The Patriots won and finished the season unbeaten after 16 games. They were heavily favoured to win the title game.
Fast forward to the Super Bowl, and the Patriots were up 14 to 10, with 1:15 left until full time. The Giants had the ball on third down and five on their own 44-yard line. The New York quarterback Eli Manning had one last throw of the dice to keep possession and stay in the game.
Here is what happened.
The next couple of plays are awesome too.
An interesting fact about Eli Manning Manning is that his brother Peyton Manning was the Superbowl-winning quarter back with the Indianapolis Colts the year before. Their old man Archie Manning was an NFL quarterback for the Saints.
ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser said about Eli Manning “He’s only the third best quarterback in his family.”
Check out some more information about Eli Manning and his miracle play in the Superbowl. And check out the rematch, as the same two teams face off this year.
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