The Winners and Losers from the Super Bowl

Tweet Obviously we know that the Giants won and the Patriots lost, Cabrock will have a recap of that up shortly. In the mean time, here are some additional winners and losers from last night.

Winners: Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning

From a historical standpoint, these guys are now both locks for the hall-of-fame and even have an aura of invincibility in big games now. This was truly a masterful season of coaching from Couglin; whose team basically played 5 straight playoff games (remember: they were 7-7 and almost missed out at one point). As for Eli, he holds both the "toughest QB in the game" mantle, as well as the "Most clutch QB in the game" one. No one player has ever increased his legacy so vastly in one season of play.

Losers: Deion Branch, Wes Welker, Aron Hernandez

These guys spent the entire season making routine (and moderately difficult) catches, en-route to another Super Bowl appearance... only to drop crucial catches at the worst possible time (I think I will call this the Asante Samuel disease that he apparently infected the Patriots locker room with). Even Giselle Bundchen (a.k.a. Mrs. Tom Brady) called these guys out: "My husband can't throw and catch the ball at the same time!" Ouch.

Winners: Mario Manningham

Had the catch of the game, with a myriad of other tough snags, and provided Eli with an outlet throughout the game. Brilliant performance from him.

Winners: Tom Brady

Say what you will about the man, he made all of the plays he had to, including a near completion on the Hail-Mary. At one point in the game he completed 16 passes in a row, his one mistake was having the guile to throw a jump-ball between the best tight-end in football and a line-backer. Side note: Gronkowski was not the same player last night, the Patriots might have been better off not playing him at all. Anyways, the only thing you need to know about Brady is this: When Bradshaw ran in (stupidly) for the 'reluctant' touchdown, a vivid Cabrock Jones jumped off the couch (he was cheering for the Giants) and provided us with this gem: "NOOOOO, you IDIOT, NOOO" When our horrified friend Marko (a non-football fan) asked him why the hell he was upset with a touchdown, Cabrock response was priceless: "Because Tom Fu***** Terrific is an A** You dont understand that he will win this now!". Our boy Cabrock dishes out the hate, but it was really nice seeing him showing Brady respect, even if it was in a fit of rage.

Winners: The Waterloo crew

Threw a great weekend for the Superbowl, good job guys!

Loser: Ahmad Bradshaw

If Branch and Hernandez caught those passes and the patriots went on to win, he would be looked at as the guy who made the worst play of all time. The Giants should have just knelt it and not allowed for a mistake like that to happen.

Loser: The NFL rule-book

With the Patriots desperately trying to mount a game winning drive, the Giants placed 12-men on the field (probably by accident). This allowed them to get a stop, while time ran down, so how were they punished? A measly 5-yards was awarded to the Patriots. You may not think that this is a big deal, but just wait until next year when Belichick starts throwing out 16 players on defense and wins a game because the penalty is so insignificant compared to the advantage the defense gains.

That's it from me, hit us up later in the day for Cabrock's take