A Screenwriter's Dream

It was a Hollywood screenwriter’s dream. In one corner, The New England Patriots looking for football immortality with a perfect season and Super Bowl victory; the stellar quarterback with the leading man good looks and model girlfriend; the gruff coach with questionable methods; history was in the making.

In the opposing corner the New York Giants, a scrappy band of players who had finished the regular 2007 season 10-6 then started playing like champions in the playoffs; a good but not great quarterback just this side of nerdy, still under the shadow of a talented and much more famous older brother; the odds totally against them.

And as in the best of underdog vs. the powerhouse scripts, the New York Giants came together and stopped the mighty Pats in their tracks, pulled a miracle catch out of thin air, and won Super Bowl 42. Cue the theme from Rocky and roll the credits. Only this time it was true.