The Patriots start of the 2nd half with a solid drive to the Giants’ 31.  Now, it is 4th and 13.  Most of us are thinking here comes a field goal.  Well, much to the chagrin of CG, they go for it, and Brady’s pass falls incomplete.  The Giants fans are really excited now, but CG is going ballistic.  “Why do you go for it on 4th and 13 when you can easily kick the field goal?!?!?!?!?”  Turns out CG bet on the over 44.5 for longest field goal distance of the game.  That kick would have been a 48 yarder, and with Gostkowski’s leg, 48 yards is very reachable.  Turns out, this kick will be a big factor in the outcome of this game! 
   
Late in the 3rd quarter, the Giants are faced with 4th and 6 on New England’s 41 yard line.  Being as it is too long of a field goal for their kicker Lawrence Tynes, they opt to punt.  Once again, the Giants fans sit back in the couch, whereas CG is now on the edge of his seat.  Feagles’ kick goes out of bounds at the Patriots 10 yard line.  Now, CG starts cursing up a storm.  “What’s wrong?” we ask.  “I bet that one of Feagles’ punts will result in a touch back” CG says with a very distraught look on his face.  Now I’m not only certain he bet on Manning’s underwear preference, but probably what his brother Peyton wears as well!

As the game wears on, Brady hooks up with Welker more than Brittney Spears and, well, anyone with a pulse.  As a Miami fan, I can’t find any solace in the fact that Welker is no longer a Dolphin.  That sadness deepens as Welker catches his 11th pass, tying a Super Bowl record.  At this point, Brady passes to Randy Moss for the go ahead touchdown to put the Patriots up 14-10.  Everyone is slumped in the couch, but the Giants fans are not feeling good at all now that New England pulled ahead with under 3 minutes left to play.  Now the Giants get the ball at their own 17 yard line. 

The drive starts off well for Eli and the Giants, as he completes an 11 yard pass to Amani Toomer.  A few plays later, the Giants are faced with 4th and 1, and a Jacobs rush gets them the first down they desperately needed.  Now on 3rd and 5, Eli almost gets brought down for a sack, but somehow he gets away, and heaves a 32 yard pass to David Tyree who makes an amazing catch for a huge first down, and now puts the Giants in striking distance.  Now it is 3rd and 11, and Manning finds rookie Steve Smith who makes a very veteran play, getting enough yards for the 1st down, and also gets out of bounds to stop the clock.  Now it is 1st down at New England’s 13 yard line with 35 seconds left, and Manning wastes no time lofting one to Plaxico Burress in the end zone to put the Giants up for good 17-14.  All of the Giants fans are going absolutely berserk!  But sure enough, there is CG sitting on the couch with his arms crossed in displeasure.  “I bet that there would be no scoring in the last 2 minutes of the game” he mumbles as he now switches from soda to vodka.  Then, CG looks at the coffee table, and checks out a box pool he entered his name in.  He looks at the Patriots numbers, and sees he has the Pats score ending in a 4.  Ok, so he follows that grid line over to the Giants numbers and sees he has a 7 in that column.  “NO WAY!” CG yells as he starts running around the house like he actually cared about the Giants winning.  He wound up winning the final score box for his box pool, and all in all he finished even on the nights events.  So, as the nights events have now unfolded, everyone gets to go home happy.  David beat Goliath on the football field and David beat the house as well.  The Giants won, pleasing all of the Giants fans.  CG broke even saving his night, and I got to watch a fantastic football game and also experienced a compulsive gambler watch a game they are betting on.  Well worth the price of admission.