By Ryan G. Murphy, WNBC.com
I fell asleep last night with an ear-to-ear smile on my face. I woke up in the exact same position.
Fellow Giants fans, it doesn’t get any bigger or better than this.
Big Blue is in the NFC title game. Read that again. Take yourself back to week two of this season and read that again. Wow.
Late in the fourth quarter Sunday the script was written for another Dallas victory. We’ve seen it happen too many times – standing toe to toe with the Cowboys for 55 minutes, only to have the rug pulled out from under us.
It hurts. It stings. It makes you want to fly to Dallas and personally wipe the grinch-like smile off Jerry Jones’ face.
And Sunday, it never happened…The Jerry Jones smile that is.
We went into Dallas, after losing to the Cowboys twice during the regular season, and usurped the ‘Boys position as NFC heavyweight. After 13 regular-season wins and a one and done in the playoffs, I wouldn’t want to be waking up in Dallas this morning…even if it was next to Jessica Simpson.
Eli Manning scripted his name into Giants history Sunday and made clear that he’s the man in New York. At times it’s been easy to doubt him, but in the Giants three biggest games (Patriots, Bucs, Cowboys) he’s been the go-to guy. Perhaps this is his coming of age. Eli’s not Peyton, he’s Eli.
The Packers are going to be a tough test next week, but, really, why not us? Few expected us to win against Tampa. None expected us to win in Dallas. And not too many will forecast us in the Super Bowl. And that’s just the way we want it.
Enjoy this victory Giants fans, it’s one of the biggest we’ve ever had.
