Yes, we will get to non-Super Bowl stuff shortly, but we really need to hammer the game first; seriously, how incredible was it?

All season long, we acknowledged the inadequacy of Eli Manning. The man threw four interceptions at home against the Minnesota Vikings, including three pick sixes! Yet in the Super Bowl, he did not turn into Rex Grossman, as we suggested he could have. Eli’s Houdini act on the final drive instantly became one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl history, right up there with Leon Lett and Don Beebe, the Mike Jones tackle at the 1-yard line at the final horn, the John Riggins stiff-arm run, and Marcus Allen’s incredible 74-yard TD (we still recall where we were that night 24 years ago – just barely, though). You can enjoy the video of Manning’s career highlight after the jump, but one thing to look for – just how bad of a call it is by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. It’s terrible. There is little or no emotion, despite the fact that it was the fourth quarter of a close Super Bowl game involving a team striving for perfection. (Could Keith Jackson have said Whoa Nelly! twice in a six-second span? Perhaps.) Stop Mike Lupica just asked us: What if Gus Johnson had the call? Imagine the possibilities.

Final thought on Eli – yes, he has arrived. Lastly, a selfish sentence – our attire to the Super Bowl party we attended: a Dillon Panthers Tim Riggins jersey over a longsleeve shirt. Nerdy as hell, but it is the only football jersey we own. We received it as a birthday present recently.