Jan 23, 2012

Giants tackle Niners to advance to Indy. In what turned out to be a seesaw battle with the lead change 4 times and the game tied twice, it took the New York Giants 3 possessions in overtime to put the San Francisco 49ers season to rest. An evenly matched game where both quarterbacks threw two touchdown passes, with the only difference being the field goal kicked...

Jan 22, 2012

Ravens exit stage left as botched field goal sends Pats to 7th Super Bowl. Just when all of America was certain they were going to miss the start of the NFC Championship game, a botched hold and wide left kick sent the New England Patriots back to the Super Bowl for the 5th time in the Brady/Belicheck era. In a game that saw the Patriots resort to running the...

Is Eli Manning a top 5 quarterback? This question was a big conversation topic at the beginning of this season when NY Giants QB Eli Manning stated that he believed he is the same caliber quarterback as New England QB Tom Brady or his brother Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning. I feel that even though he caught a lot of brash comments from some analysts it was...

Jan 22, 2012

Will a Patriots vs Giants be the most anticipated Super Bowl of all time? In 2007, the Patriots were Goliath. A 18-0 offensive juggernaught that looked as unstoppable as any team in the history of football. The New York Giants were given much of a chance by Vegas or in the court of public opinion having lost late in the regular season on a day where both Tom...

Jan 22, 2012

An all Harbaugh Super Bowl? With the success of Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh in guiding the Ravens franchise into the playoffs every year since his 2008 hire, it no surprise that his younger brother Jim had followed with tremendous NFL success. After having spent 14 years on the NFL sidelines as a quarterback and as an unpaid assistant to they’re...

Jan 22, 2012

Pats looking for redemption in rematch of their 2009 Wild Card early exit from Baltimore. In a rematch of the 2009 Wild Card game that saw Baltimore advance after a 33-14 waxing of the Patriots, the Ravens defense hope to get to Brady early and often to ground the high powered passing attack that doomed the Denver Broncos last week. No doubt that that 24 points...