It’s halftime and the NY Giants are leading the undefeated New England Patriots 21-16. I’m no Giants fan, really, but I don’t want the Patriots to go undefeated. I just don’t think they are that good of a team. Their schedule has been weak: remember that their 15 wins include 2 over the hapless 1-14 Miami Dolphins.
So I’m rooting for the Giants tonight.
UPDATE: The Patriots win 38-35 and get a perfect 16-0 record for the regular season. Congratulations to the Patriots.
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Posted by anonymous | Saturday, December 29, 2007, 11:55 pmYou weren’t the only one rooting for the Giants.
Posted by HMR | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 9:07 amThat was a poorly officiated game, IMHO. We’ll see how they hold up in the playoffs. The Giants played a pretty good game.
Posted by vjp | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 9:22 amI don’t care much about the Pats, but I appreciate seeing history. I never thought that
I’d see 16-0. Congrats to the Pats.
Posted by Brian | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 9:43 amThe Patriots’ opponents have a .511 winning percentage, including wins over the Colts, Chargers, Steelers, Cowboys, and Giants – five of the top six teams in the league. The 1972 Dolphins, on the other hand, played the third-easiest schedule in the modern era. Their opponents were 70-122, a .367 winning percentage. They scored the most points ever and had one of the largest margins of victory ever. If that doesn’t make them that good in your eyes, what would?
Posted by TheGreenMiles | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 9:53 amI have to agree with TGM, they really are that good. I also didn’t see any calls that would put in the category of a poorly officiated game. The Giants did play a heck of a game however!
Posted by rlewis | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 10:22 amI hope everyone who watched on CBS and NBC sends along a thank you to John Kerry …
“But the NFL bowed to intense political pressure, notably from 2004 presidential hopeful Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), earlier this week and agreed to simulcast the game on CBS and NBC, which are already league broadcast partners”
Posted by virginiadem | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 11:44 amhttp://sameritech.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/patriots-giants-game-most-watched-television-broadcast-in-us-history/
By Sam Evans, Associated Press Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
The numbers are in and the preliminary ratings indicate the 29 December 2007 game between the Patriots and Giants was the most watched broadcast in U.S. television history.
Up to this point, the most watched program in U.S. television history was the M*A*S*H series finale: “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” which aired in 50.15 million households on 28 February, 1983 with a 77% share of the entire viewing audience. The M*A*S*H broadcast had 105.9 million total viewers. Since 2000, the most watched program was Super Bowl XLI Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears), which had 93.1 million million viewers on 4 February, 2007 .
Overnight ratings of the Patriots-Giants game show 53.2 million households watched the game. In addition, Nielsen Media Research is reporting overnight viewers totaled more than 107.3 million on the three networks broadcasting the game (NFL Network, NBC, CBS) and an 83% share of the total television viewing audience.
After weeks of insisting they wouldn’t cave in, NFL officials did just that Wednesday. As a result, all of America saw the Patriots’ make history. Saturday night’s game between New England and the New York Giants on the NFL Network, was also simulcast nationwide on CBS and NBC. It was the first time in NFL history the same game was broadcast on three separate networks at the same time.
Posted by Bob Sacamano | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 1:01 pmVivian,
New England played a very tough schedule and I am a Dallas fan. they played seven games against playoff teams, including Dallas,Indianapolis,Pittsburgh,San Diego. You should appreciate that we are going to let you into the playoffs by playing our 3rd string today. If you lose it’s your own fault.
Gene
Posted by GEM | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 1:14 pmthe silver and black attack, ok diddos now win the super bowl?
Posted by JACK STILES | Sunday, December 30, 2007, 3:13 pmForget New England and New York. Hail To The Redskins!
Posted by Jason | Monday, December 31, 2007, 9:15 amIf the Redskins beat Seattle next week then they will come to Dallas again expecting to do what they did yesterday. Nice theory but will not work. The Redskin nation will fall within 2 weeks.
Posted by GEM | Monday, December 31, 2007, 9:57 am