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One historical event that has influenced my life is Super Bowl 42 (XLII). The New York Giants played the undefeated 18-0 New England Patriots for the Vince Lombardi Trophy and the NFL (National Football League) Championship. If New England won, they would have finished 19-0 and would become the only team in NFL history to win 19 games in a season and the second NFL team to go undefeated since the Super Bowl Era starting in 1966-67. The 1972 Miami Dolphins went 17-0 with a shorter season and are still the only undefeated team to win the super bowl in NFL history. There have been other teams to go undefeated, but the Dolphins are the only to do it in the Super Bowl Era. New England was under controversy for spying on opponents signals and plays using cameras and scouts known as Spygate. This at the time was going to be the biggest punishment in NFL history until 2014 when they cheated again deflating footballs below the allowed air pressure known as Deflategate. The Patriots played the Giants in week 17 of the 2007 regular season and won 38-35 during which Quarterback Tom Brady threw his …show more content…

This was my first time playing tackle football and I learned a lot about myself and the game of football. The first day was a sign to me of how much harder tackle is compared to flag. I knew tackle would be harder but I didn’t think it would be this hard. I thought about quitting after the first day but said I would go the rest of the week then decide. I persevered through it and made it to the first scrimmage vs Broadneck. I played WR and CB and worked hard to try and play as much as a I could. During the scrimmage I got 1 play to block but made it count. After the scrimmage I had a stress fracture in my foot which led to me being in a boot for 2 weeks and being cut. This experience overall was memorable and taught me about determination, perseverance, hard work, and dedication with many other traits I will use in my

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The deflategate is a NFL controversy about how the New England Patriots deflated 11 of the 12 game balls. The Patriots did this in the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts to win at a score of 45-7.That was a odd score don't you think how could a team go to the AFC Championship game just to lose 45-7.It turns out that the New England Patriots had deflated the balls. Bob Kratiz had said that the inflation range was under the NFL requirements of 12.5-13.5 P.S.I.Now there is proof if you Patriots fans were asking. There was a Patriots locker room attendant tried to give the NFL official in the AFC Championship game a unaproved special teams ball. A man named Sharp who focuses alot on football looked more into this conterversy by looking at the fumbles.

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The New England Patriots began a successful dynasty in 2001 with Tom Brady at quarterback and Bill Belichick as the coaching mastermind. Even though the pair have won five super bowl titles, prior to their fourth super bowl victory in 2014-2015, the Patriots were slammed by the Deflategate scandal. Following the AFC Championship matchup of the Colts and Patriots, the National Football League investigated the Patriots for deflating footballs. Star quarterback Tom Brady, employee John Jastremski, and officials locker room attendant Jim McNally were all primary targets of the investigation. The Patriots should have been found innocent of any wrongdoing due to a poor investigation and science showing that the footballs decreased in ball pressure

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The Giants took out starter Danny White from the game and second man-up Gary Hogeboom. That left third-string Steve Pelluer to get the call in a game with the NFC East title in reach of both teams. Pelluer hit backup Karl Powe for a 28 yard third down completion in the clutch situation to keep the Cowboys hopes alive. Dallas went on to win 28-21. 3.Week 18, 1993-

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Therefore D’Qwell handed the ball to one of the Colts equipment managers who measured the P.S.I and documented the ball was at 11.3 P.S.I, while the NFL minimum was 12.5 P.S.I subsequently the equipment manager notified the Colts head coach. Following the game all twelve footballs the Patriots used were investigated and “eleven out of the twelve were underinflated per the NFL’s football inflation requirements”(Deflategate). Consequently, footage was released of a “Patriots equipment manager taking the bag of twelve balls into the bathroom and exiting the bathroom ninety seconds later”(Deflategate). Tom Brady was suspended by the NFL for four games, and the Patriots head coach was fined five hundred thousand dollars, while the Patriots organization was fined 1 million dollars as well as forfeiting their 1st round selection in the 2016 NFL

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At the end of the year Dallas upended Cleveland as Eastern Division Champions. They also won the right to the Green Bay Packers at the Cotton Bowl. Also 1966 was the first year they had a Super Bowl. The game was called AFL/NFL World Championship. So the Dallas-Green Bay game would be very important, because the winners would earn the right to go to play the Afl reprensentatives.

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For the first time since 1990, the New York Giants are the reigning Super Bowl champions. Their thrilling victory over the 18-0 New England Patriots is already being called one of the greatest football games every played. Even casual football fans found themselves following the ups and downs of Big Blue last season. It all started when bookie Tim Mara bought the New York Giants in 1925 for a whopping $500 and then almost went bankrupt when they lost their first three games. Six years later, Mara passed team ownership to his sons Jack and Wellington.

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As the ball gets to the end zone, The Patriot fans come out to be disappointed as the ball is intercepted. The Patriots accept defeat but will come back next year even better and will try their hardest at the Super Bowl. As they accept defeat later that year they start training again with newly signs players who may make the team better. The regular season begins and they first play against the Steelers and win 21-14. They start the reason great, undefeated 10 games until they go against the Cardinals and lose the very first in the whole season.

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Tom Brady Takes on Deflategate For the past several months, Tom Brady has been the highlight of sports news. The event I am referring to happened last year in the football playoffs and is still causing controversy today. This event happened in the playoff game between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts, where the Patriots won with a score of 45 to 7. According to many people, controversy arose the night after the game over the footballs the Patriots used. Many people believe the footballs were slightly deflated during the first quarter of the game.

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The Buffalo Bills were the team of the 90’s. With players like Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, and Bruce Smith, who could lose, right? Wrong. The Buffalo Bills, or as ESPN author Dave Schoenfield calls them,“The Beatable Bills,” ruled the AFC in the late 80’s and early 90’s making it to four straight Super Bowls and losing every single one (Schoenfield).The Bills are sometimes are referred to as the greatest losers, but as Bills former owner Ralph Wilson once said “ No matter what the scoreboard said, this team was a champion in my heart. ”(Caffrey 38)

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While this was happening, Brady had to miss the first four games due to the “deflategate” case. When Brady returned he put up big numbers and returned to the Championship. The Patriots played to Atlanta Falcons and by the second half, Brady and the Patriots were losing by twenty-five points. When the second half started Brady pulled something historic and came back

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In 2007 at Super Bowl 42, they defeated the best team in the NFL at the time. At that time, the New England Patriots were undefeated with a 16-0 (16 wins 0 loses) record and were voted most likely to win the Super Bowl. The Giants came in with a heart full of courage and pride; ready to upset a lot of fans and gamblers. The most iconic moment in the game was in the 4th quarter, when Manning dropped back to pass, but was surrounded by New England pass rushers. Escaping three tackles, he threw a long pass to David Tyree, who caught the ball against his own helmet, while being covered by Patriots safety Rodney Harrison.

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George Richards was a wealthy man looking for a team of his own when he brought the Detroit Lions to Detroit in 1934. With three failed attempts by owners to bring a professional football team to Detroit, Richards knew starting a franchise in the middle of the Great Depression would be difficult. Despite a hot 10-0 start, it was a baseball town, home to the Detroit Tigers, with little support for football. Richards knew he needed something unique to football. He and his team participated in the league’s first Thanksgiving game.

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Big Ben Roethlisberger drops back, throws the ball over the middle to star wide receiver Antonio Brown and goes right through his hands. As Antonio is coming down from his leap in the air Vontaze Burfict comes in late and makes head to head

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