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Super Bowl Betting: Steeped in History
A memorable play 30 years ago led to this year's matchup between the Giants and Patriots
What does Joe Pisarcik have to do with
Super Bowl XLII? Nothing and everything.
This Sunday's matchup between the Giants
and Patriots is unique because its point
of origin can be traced back 30 years to
one of the most infamous plays in NFL history.
On Nov. 19, 1978, Pisarcik botched an attempted
handoff to running back Larry Csonka with
only seconds remaining and the Giants up
17-12. Herm Edwards of the Eagles recovered
the fumble and ran the ball back 26 yards
for a touchdown, giving Philadelphia an
improbable 19-17 victory at Giants Stadium.
It's the lowest moment in the history
of Big Blue. From it came ignominy, humiliation,
a playbook-sized lexicon of jokes and change.
Fans roasted tickets during tailgating
parties, a component of a boycott that
left nearly 25,000 seats empty for one
of the team's final home games that season.
The Mara clan who owned the team got the
message.
They went outside the organization looking
for a general manager to rebuild what was
one of the most moribund franchises in
the NFL. With the help of Pete Rozzelle,
the Maras were directed to George Young,
who in turn hired coach Ray Perkins, who
in turn championed the appointment of a
26-year-old football junkie named Bill
Belichick to special teams coach.
Would the Maras have sought or welcomed
intervention if it weren't for Pisarcik's
gaffe? If the state of affairs in the Meadowlands
were less dire, would there not have been
more opposition to hiring a kid to coach
one of the three units? The questions are
rhetorical. Had it not been for that sports
blooper, history wouldn't have unfolded
as it did, and we wouldn't be on the verge
of a contest with a three-decades-long
genesis.
Belichick eventually earned a promotion
to defensive coordinator after Bill Parcells
was elevated from that role to head coach
following the departure of Perkins in 1982.
Under Belichick, the Giants' defense became
a juggernaut, reaching its peak in 1986,
the team's first Super Bowl season. Led
by Lawrence Taylor, the Giants held opponents
to under 10 points five times during the
regular season. Then in the NFC playoffs,
they beat San Francisco and Washington
by a combined score of 66-3. In Super Bowl
XXI, New York allowed the Broncos to score
10 points in the first and fourth quarters
but nothing in between during a 39-20 victory.
Parcells,
Taylor and MVP quarterback Phil Simms
got the credit for the win as New York
covered the nine-point spread. So muted
was Belichick's role in the team's success
that even some of the Giants didn’t
think much of him.
"It took me a while to figure out
that Belichick was behind the success of
those guys. I figured if you had Lawrence
Taylor, what could go wrong?" former
Giants tight end Mark Bavaro told the New
York Post last week when asked what he
thought of the team’s defense in
the '80s. "It took me getting a little
older to understand it wasn't that easy."
Super Bowl XLII Schedule
New England Patriots vs. New York Giants Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale,
Ariz. When: Sunday, Feb. 3, 6:30 p.m. EST (Fox) Line: Patriots by 11 Halftime show: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Four years later, Belichick got his deserved
accolades when he orchestrated a remarkable
defensive scheme against the Buffalo Bills
in Super Bowl XXV. The Giants entered as
a heavy underdog against the spread but
won 20-19 largely because of Belichick's
game plan, a document that is encased in
the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Parcells retired after the game, citing
health problems. The team opted to hire
Ray Handley as his replacement, a move
that quickly sank the franchise. Most of
Parcells' staff, including Belichick and
receivers coach Tom Coughlin, left New
York. Following an unsuccessful stint as
Cleveland's head coach, Belichick rejoined
Parcells in New England for an AFC Championship
run, and then the duo jumped to the Jets.
Their relationship ended awkwardly with
Belichick's decision to go back to New
England rather than succeed Parcells as
head coach of Gang Green.
Without Parcells or Belichick, the Giants
have mostly struggled. In the 17 years
since their last Super Bowl win, the G-men
have totaled seven winning seasons and
advanced beyond the wild-card round of
the playoffs three times. On two of those
occasions, they reached the Super Bowl.
The first came under Jim Fassel in 2000-01,
when the Baltimore Ravens crushed them
34-7. The second time occurs this weekend
in Glendale, Ariz., when Coughlin will
meet his former New York coaching cohort.
"Tom and I have a good relationship," Belichick
told the media last week. "We go way
back to the '80s there at the Giants. We
worked together closely, as a secondary
coach and a receiver coach would. He's
a good personal friend.”
Both Coughlin
and Belichick admit to being competitive
with each other back then and today.
But the truth is that their matchup is
one-sided and so is the focus of the
spotlight heading into this game. Super
Bowl XLII is about Belichick. His past
is on display, as well as his future. A
win and he’ll outdo every other coach
in the history of the game, sealing his
legacy.
That twist may be the finest irony of
this whole scenario. If things unfold the
way the oddsmakers predict, the Patriots
will win with relative ease, capping the
first 19-0 season in league history. And
Giants fans will watch the celebration
on the opposing sideline, and some will
feel the way they did after Pisarcik's
miscue. At least they should feel ill.
Like the ball on that day, Belichick got
away too. And these days, New Yorkers must
wonder why.
# Corey Webster will get the chance to
play one-on-one with Randy Moss for at
least a couple of plays. The Giants' DB
has earned that respect from his coaches.
He's effectively shut down Joey Galloway
and Terrell Owens in man coverage during
the playoffs. Although Donald Driver burned
him in the NFC Championship Game, he made
two big interceptions during the win over
Green Bay. He'll bump Moss at the line,
which could force Tom Brady to look in
other directions. If Webster does a good
enough job early without the help of a
double team, the Giants can spread their
coverage out to limit the effectiveness
of Wes Welker and Ben Watson underneath.
# The Giants have had a bizarre season,
and no player has gone from low to high
like kick returner Domenik Hixon. He was
the player who was tackled by the Bills'
Kevin Everett in September, leading to
Everett's spinal cord injury. Hixon was
with the Broncos then and was cut shortly
afterward. Rescued by the Giants, he's
turned into a dependable weapon. If he
busts one the way Devin Hester did in last
year's Super Bowl, the Giants could win
the crucial special teams battle.
# One good news for Giants bettors: They
are stronger against the spread in the
playoffs than the Patriots. New York is
4-0 ATS in their last four postseason appearances
and 2-1 in Super Bowls. The Patriots are
1-4 ATS in Super Bowls.
The Undercard
That's upsetting: Did someone in Atlanta
make a booking error? Who the heck thought
Ne-Yo and his marching-band getup would
be the perfect intermission performance
for the NHL All-Star Game?
Proof of disorder in the universe: Peyton
Manning is playing scalper. He says that
he's called up his Colts teammates to ask
if they've got a pair. Every NFL player
is allotted two Super Bowl tickets, and
Manning is trying to secure as many ducets
as he can for his brother Eli to distribute
to friends. Maybe it hasn't dawned on Peyton
that he makes $11 million and can afford
to buy out every seat and luxury box at
the University of Phoenix Stadium a few
times over.
Coolest
song of the week: Superconnected
by Broken Social Scene (last week: Perfect
by Smashing Pumpkins).
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