Let's Get Some Runs: Giants Win Super Bowl; and is there a "Curse of the Hoodie?"

The New York Football Giants upset the now 18-1 Patriots earlier this evening on a wild night in Glendale, AZ. In what Terry Bradshaw called one of the greatest Super Bowls he's ever witnessed, Eli Manning and Michael Strahan led the all-out team effort of the Giants, through numerous 4th quarter lead changes, and the ultimate victory in Super Bowl XLII. The game saw the two teams enter the last quarter at an unbelievable score of only 7-3, Pats out in front. However, at the start the Giants jumped ahead as Eli Manning found WR David Tyree in the endzone for the TD. With 2:42 remaining, and the game looking to a close, the Pats struck back as Randy Moss broke the coverage and caught the TD pass from Tom Brady to put the New England ahead 14-10. Then, the defining moment of the game came as Eli led his team down the field, including a spectacular sequence where Eli broke tackles from what seemed like the entire Pat defense, and scrambing, found Tyree who leaped and made the 32-yd circus catch. The drive then proceeded, and with 00:35 remaining on the clock Eli found Plaxico Burress in the back of the endzone wide open for the go-ahead TD. Tom Brady, who had been attacked and sacked all night by the shut-down Giants-D, then could not get the win for his team as he attempted four straight, unsuccessful deep bombs to his offense. The Giants were victorius, and for the second year in a row, a Manning has won the big one.

As an aside story, could this devastating loss for the Patriots be blamed on "Hoodie-Gate?" Did you notice anything different about Bill Bilicheck tonight? Think about it, on the right is a picture of Bilicheck just about every game this year, and on the left is a picture of him tonight. Get it? He changed the "Hoodie." No longer was he wearing his same gray, old hoodie with "BB" on the front, but he had a newer, red hoodie. Could this have jinxed the Pats? We will never know. Did Bill really have to mess with his routine the last freakin' game of the year in the Super Bowl? Every game the guy wears the old, gray hoodie and now, when his team is on the brink of destiny he thinks, "Oh, maybe I'll shake it up a bit and go with the brand new red one?" By the way, they showed Giselle in the stands...Tony Romo curse, anyone?