Anyone who reads The Daily Brew knows I’m not that bright when it comes to sports. Super Bowl XLII was so great though, I had to do it justice by welcoming my husband to be a guest blogger. Here’s what he had to say about Super Bowl XLII!

Super Bowl XLII was certainly a historic game, just not the way everyone envisioned it was going to be. The New York Giants pulled off likely one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history by stunning the New England Patriots, and the rest of the country, with a 17-14 victory. They stopped one of the most potent offenses ever to take the field.

This year New England set the NFL record for most points in a season by a team, QB Tom Brady set the NFL record for the most Touchdowns thrown (50). Even the Wideout corps. got into it with Randy Moss setting an NFL record for most Touchdowns caught by a receiver. While Wes Welker broke a New England team record with 113 catches on the year. Somehow though, the Giants mustered up an intensity the Patriots could not match.

A defensive game plan was executed to near perfection, save for two plays that come to mind. Rookie wideout Steve Smith for the Giants mishandled a ball thrown sharply and it ended up in the hands of a patriots defensive back. The Giants however managed to keep New England from scoring on the turnover. The other play being corner back Corey Webster falling down on single coverage of Randy Moss in the red zone which resulted in the Patriots second touchdown that put them in line to win with under 3 minutes to play. Eli Manning finally fulfilled his potential as a clutch quarterback with an 83 yard drive that included a QB scramble and a catch by David Tyree that will be shown on highlight reels for years to come.

Eli Manning took MVP honors but arguably Justin Tuck (2 sacks and a forced fumble) or David Tyree (1 TD & one monster catch) could also have received heavy mention.

A lot of people wanted to see history be made with a perfect season, but the Patriots looked far from perfect in this game. This only reiterates how special a perfect season really is and how difficult it is to execute. The Giants were prepared and ran a game plan pretty much to . . . perfection.

Go Giants!