Time(r) Was On Giants Side For Superbowl Win

Twist of Lemon

Some crazy Patriots fan on Youtube actually counted how much time was given to the Giants, something like a total of 31 seconds on the final drive. Which is a hell of a lot considering how the game ended, theres no way to tell if it would have changed the game (Eli to Burres with 1 second left would be bad ass)

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

lol

18 seconds.

I bet they were happy those extra 18 seconds came off the clock when the Pats were up 14-10, right?

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

I've seen many Pats fans argue that the Tyree ball touched the ground! What are people looking at?!? Idiots.

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

hahaha

It CLEARLY did not touch the ground

People see what they want to see sometimes

Twist of Lemon

Theres been a couple arguments thrown around that Eli was "In the grasp" of Thomas and the play should have been called dead on the pass to Tyree to. Crrrraaazzzy people, If he was in the grasp he obviously wouldnt have gotten out lol

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

If they would have blown the whistle on that play, it would have been cause for termination. To the ref.

Simon

Founder/Admin

Meh, big deal. We got smoked. Get over it Pats fans.

I'll tell ya, as soon as I saw Manning get out of the swarm of Pats and then threw the ball to Tyree I KNEW the game was lost as a Pats fan.

I was more concerned when there was 1:28 left on the clock and they fucked up the clock there.

Freak

Yeah, while that was going on, I immediately thought to myself 'Oh Jesus, don't let this be an excuse for Pats fans, because so far they don't have a single one.' Fortunately, it was a pretty moot point.

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

The clock on the telecast fucked up a couple of times, but then they eventually resynched with the official clock.

I remember on the Giants opening drive, the clocked stopped at 6:02, and the Giants ran another play without the clock moving. Finally, when the Giants lined up for the FG, it went instantly from 6:02 to 5:05 or something like that. So, even though the clocks that we all saw were malfunctioning, I think the official clock was working for the most part.

The play before 1:28 that Simon talked about was when Jacobs ran for the first down on 4th and 1. The referee blew the whistle to stop the clock to observe the spot of the ball to determine if Jacobs picked up the first down. The clock continued running during this time, although it shouldnt have been running, because they always stop the clock when the referees need to determine whether or not a play picked up a first down. They then reset the clock to where it was when Jacobs was tackled.

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

OK, so I went back and watched what happened on my DVR...

Eli completes a pass to Amani Toomer with 8:24 remaining, and the clock stops, although it shouldn't.

When the play clock gets down to 8, the game clock starts counting down again. Three seconds pass, and Tom Coughlin calls over the referees, who blow the whistle to stop play and come over to the sidelines. They confer with Tom Coughlin about the clock being stopped, and realize their mistake. The referees then reset the play clock to 25 (which is what they always do when there is a referee's stoppage or coming out of a timeout) and let the game clock run down to 8:11, when they blow their whistle to resume play. Next time we see the play clock, it is at 17 seconds, with 8:05 remaining in the game. So, 23 seconds of play clock have elapsed, but only 19 seconds of game clock.

The Giants could have let the clock continue to run, but they chose to snap the ball three seconds later, at 8:02. In actuality, the game clock should have read 7:58. The mistake cost the Patriots 4 seconds. In a game that takes 3600 seconds to play, 4 seconds is pretty inconsequential.

I also went back to make sure that what happened at 1:28 also happened the way I remembered it. And yes, in fact, it did. Jacobs hits the ground with 1:31 and the referees run in to spot the ball and try to determine if it is a first down or not. The clock SHOULD be stopped, but it continues running for another 9 seconds, down to 1:22. The referees then spot the ball and signal for a first down. Fox goes to a replay, and there appears to be a long break in the action while the replay is shown. It is possible that during this time, the referee was asking to put some time back on the clock. Then they end the replay, and the referee still hasnt doen anything, and as soon as the clock is reset to 1:28, he moves out of the way and blows the whistle, signaling for the clock to begin running again