Super Bowl Ref Mike Carey on Eli Manning to David Tyree Pass: 'I Anticipated a Sack'

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Giants quarterback Eli Manning 's pass to David Tyree in Super Bowl XLII is already a legendary play, but referee Mike Carey tells the New York Daily News that he was ready to blow the now-famous Manning to Tyree play dead before Manning's pass happened. " I knew a sack, or at least grasp and control, was imminent ," Carey said. Carey's explanation of his actions on the play are a textbook ... [link]

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Published 2/8/2008 by One More Dying Quail at One More Dying Quail
... Mike Carey is good at his job, a fact that helped cost the Patriots the Super Bowl. If he wasn't the greatest penalty signaler in NFL history*, I'd hate him (Super Bowl Ref Mike Carey on Eli Manning to David Tyree Pass: 'I Anticipated a Sack' @ The FanHouse) ...

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