Super Bowl Referee almost sacked Eli Manning
The New York Daily News is reporting that the spectacular 32 yard pass (The Grab, The Great Escape, The Patriot F*cker, ect.) to David Tyree on the Giants final drive almost didn’t happen.
Mike Carey, the Super Bowl referee, said Wednesday that his “radar was definitely up” when Eli Manning was clutched by two defenders with just over a minute left “because I knew a sack, or at least grasp and control, was imminent,” he said. Carey said “grasp and control” was never achieved either. That allowed the ref to patiently watch Manning throw the 32-yard pass that ended with David Tyree’s miraculous catch – the signature play of the Giants’ 17-14 win. Carey said he was never close to whistling the play dead. But if either Patriot had pulled Manning backwards, he might have had no choice.
I find it funny that the one thing New England had working for them during their perfect run was no where to be seen on this play – luck. Thank God because if that play doesn’t happen, we might had been forced to watch this commercial over and over again…
[Referee: I almost sacked Eli Manning]
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: February 7, 2008 at 11:43 am | by Ryan
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