Giants join New York sports immortality
Monday, Feb 4, 2008 6:53 am EST
New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica said the Super Bowl-winning drive engineered by Eli Manning put this New York Giants team on par with the greatest sports team in the history of the Big Apple.
Lupica wrote: "Joe Namath shocked the world once for the Jets. Eli Manning did the same Sunday. Only he had a better game against the Patriots than Namath had in Super Bowl III, and against one of the best teams to ever play. Even after Tom Brady hit Randy Moss and got the lead back near the end, it didn't matter. Wasn't his day. It was Eli's day and his time to make history for the Giants, on the best day the Giants have ever had.
"There will be other teams in New York, because there always are. There is always another team. This team goes with Namath's Jets now and the '69 Mets and Willis Reed, with anything the city has ever seen or will ever see. Never a bigger day than this, never a better Super Bowl than this.''
Source: New York Daily News
Monday, Feb 4, 2008 6:53 am EST
New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica said the Super Bowl-winning drive engineered by Eli Manning put this New York Giants team on par with the greatest sports team in the history of the Big Apple.
Lupica wrote: "Joe Namath shocked the world once for the Jets. Eli Manning did the same Sunday. Only he had a better game against the Patriots than Namath had in Super Bowl III, and against one of the best teams to ever play. Even after Tom Brady hit Randy Moss and got the lead back near the end, it didn't matter. Wasn't his day. It was Eli's day and his time to make history for the Giants, on the best day the Giants have ever had.
"There will be other teams in New York, because there always are. There is always another team. This team goes with Namath's Jets now and the '69 Mets and Willis Reed, with anything the city has ever seen or will ever see. Never a bigger day than this, never a better Super Bowl than this.''
Source: New York Daily News