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The Giants' 17-14 win over the Patiots in Super Bowl XLII is considered one of the greatest upsets in NFL history.  I know that Mercury Morris, after seeing him on ESPN's "First Take" numerous times this season, is celebrating with Bob Griese, Larry Csonka, and other members of the 1972 Dolphins.  This year, the champaigne came later than ever before.

To some, games like this are flukes.  "The Giants weren't supposed to beat the 18-0 Patriots," or "The Warriors should've lost to the Mavericks in the first round," or "Michigan should've crushed Applachian State."  The list could go on and on.  Maybe these games aren't meant to turn out this way.  But what would be the point of watching sports if the unlikely didn't occur sometime?  Say the Patriots did win, but it was a fluke and nobody knew it.  Maybe the '72 Dolphins were supposed to remain at the top of the list of best records in NFL history.

Towards the end of the regular season, the Giants seemed to be a negatively-thinking team.  I thought Tom Coughlin was a grumpy coach that few got along with.  Also, Eli Manning seemed to me like he was getting too down on himself whenever he made a mistake.  In this postseason, however, Coughlin was more energetic than Ray Lewis during his pregame dance.  Manning showed signs of older brother Peyton as the Giants won three straight games on the road against the Buccaneers, Cowboys, and Packers to get to the Super Bowl.  For the second year in the row, a Manning brother won the Super Bowl MVP award.

Upsets are unlikely, but they are not flukes.

February 4, 2008  01:26 PM ET

I would say they are. I can't stand either team that played yesterday. I could care less about who won, but I think if these two teams played 10 times that the Pats would win 9 of them. With the one Giants victory being a "fluke." I think Eli is more like the QB that we have all seen before than the one that was confident and accurate in the post season. Eli seems like a good dude. I hope he does well, but I think is an average QB. Coughlin is a good coach, not a great coach. In fact the entire NYG is a good team, not a great team. I don't see them getting into the playoffs next year. With that written, I would say yesterday was a "fluke."

February 4, 2008  01:34 PM ET

The Patriots are the better team. The Giants played better on Sunday. Plain and simple.

February 4, 2008  01:55 PM ET

all i gotta say is this....find me a "average" qb that has beaten Jeff Garcia, Tony Romo, Brett Farve, and Tom Brady...all on the road and all in the playoffs.....stop hating Norcalsurger777...you dont have to be a fan but give eli some props..he certainly deserves it....congrats to the G-Men for not only defeating the pats but for shutting up about 99% of the country!!

February 4, 2008  02:00 PM ET

Yesterday's winner was not a fluke! I predicted it 13 days ago in my blog"Superbowl Predicting 101"... the better team won yesterday, Not for the whole year,but the better team in the Superbowl! Flukes are when a totally unexpected team upsets a totally superior opponent, which was not the case in the big Game.

February 4, 2008  02:49 PM ET

I agree 100% with Thecuban. Have you noticed how quiet fannation is today? The Giants shut them up. Fortunately, for most of them, there will be another bandwagon to come along soon, but for now, the rest of us can have some peace. I'm not a Giant fan but I sure was glad to see them pull it off. Like Broccoli, the Patiots were being forced on us, whether we wanted it or not. When you reach this level, there are no "Flukes." There is prepared and unprepared. Don't hate--congratulate

February 4, 2008  03:11 PM ET

ok, upsets aren't "flukes". A team that wins won, give it a rest otherwise. "Upsets" are directly related to public preception. We all thought the Pats were better and would win. But whoever says that public perception is reliable fact is full of it. Heck, the world once thought that the Sun rotated around the Earth and the Earth was flat! Public perception is rarely spot on. Therefore, "upsets" are nothing more than a win. the Giants, App state, and the Warriors all won, case closed, no need to read further into it.

February 4, 2008  07:11 PM ET

It WAS a fluke. The Giants won, and they made more plays. Plain and simple. Are they actually a better team than the Patriots? No. Did they play better on one day? Yes. The Patriots had TWO chances in the game-winning drive alone to intercept Manning and win the game, but Samual and Harrison dropped both balls. Tyree made a circus catch that he would drop 9 out 10 other times. Everything went right for them down the stretch and they pulled it off. Eli deserves credit. He played well in the playoffs and they won the Super Bowl. He is STILL going to have prove that his play wasn't an anomaly, and that he can sustain it, not only one playoff or a season, but over a period of time before he can be labeled as an upper tier quarterback, and I don't see that happening. No matter what happens, though, he's a Super Bowl champion and that can never be taken away from him.

 
February 5, 2008  07:25 AM ET

are you serious right now, the Giants winning the Superbowl was a fluke? fluke-an accidental advantage; stroke of good luck. I would say they had a "fluked" season then. After starting 0-2, and ending up 10-6 with a ton of road wins, then being the lowest seed EVER to rech, and eventually win, the Superbowl. All of the playoffs were road games. Everyone knows how hard it is to win in the cold in Lambeaugh. The Giants did it, and won all of their other games they were not supposed to win this season. So, technically their whole season was a "fluke". So... I believe that the Giants winning the Superbowl was NOT a fluke.

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