Remember when the Giants beat the undefeated Patriots

 
Before any stats, names, or highlights, I just want to say, you can’t write endings like this. The New York Giants are the 2008 Super Bowl Champs. Not only did they just win the Super Bowl; they won by going through one of the greatest teams in history. They defeated a talented 18-0 Patriots team, who were lead by the best QB in the league. The Giants pulled off an epic upset and it will surely be brought up during any conversation about an underdog. To open the game, the Giants ran more than nine minutes off the clock and came up with a field goal. The Patriot scored a touchdown on their opening drive. It seemed it was going to be a high-scoring game like most analysts had predicted. It turned out that score would remain the same until the fourth quarter. The Giants finally broke the scoring drought with a 80-yard drive ending with Manning’s first touchdown pass. Two drives later the Patriots answered back with their own 80-yard drive ending with Brady’s first touchdown pass. ... [link]

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