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PATS GAVE GIANTS SOME IN-GAME MOTIVATION
Published 2/4/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Forget about the news that the Pats applied prior to Super Bowl XLII for a trademark on the term “19-0.”  The team that previously was 18-0 got the Giants more riled up with some of the things that they said during the game.” They were inviting us to their parties after the game ,” receiver Amani Toomer said.  ”They showed us no respect.” If that’s true (and we have no reason to think it isn’t), the notion that the Patriots would chatter like that during a game that the Pats never controlled at any stage of it is amazing.  Maybe, like the rest of the world except the Giants ...

More thoughts on Super Bowl 42
Published 2/6/2008 by BigBlueShoe <info@stampedeblue.com> at Stampede Blue: Front Page Posts
... The point here is the build up to the Super Bowl, and the campaigning by Patriots fans to crown their team even before they'd won the biggest game of the year, rivaled anything these presidential campaigns are doing in terms of spin. Even the Patriots themselves entered this game cocky and disrespectful of the opponent. Even during the game, guys like Richard Seymour were inviting Giants players to his Super Bowl celebration party after the game. During one of his final press conferences leading up to the game, ...