Blogger, NEWSWEEK Contributor and very happy Giants fan Robert Cox files from the Super Bowl: 

Bucky bleeping Dent... Aaron bleeping Boone...

And now David bleeping Tyree.  When the Giants needed it.  When his quarterback needed it—scrambling, clawing, tearing, willing his away from New England defenders —David Tyree made a catch that will be replayed in every Super Bowl highlight reel for as long as there are Super Bowls.  As number two on the depth chart behind high-wattage star receiver Plaxico Burress, Tyree does not see a lot of balls thrown his way.  He sure made them count tonight including the 32-yard mother-of-all-catches with Giants trailing 14-10, 75 seconds on the clock at the ball at the Giants at their own 44.

Sure Eli Manning, Plaxico Burress, Michael Strahan, and Antonio Pierce were the stars, but it will be that hand-to-helmet catch that's going to stick in the craw of the now 18-1 Pats and their legions in PatriotNation.

Not only did the Patriots not win the Super Bowl and not complete their undefeated season but it of all teams it had to be the NEW YORK Giants dropping them just 39 seconds short of perfection.  It doesn't make up for it but for many New Yorkers the G-Men stealing the crown right out from under the self-anointed team of destiny takes a little bit of the sting out of the Red Sox's amazing comeback, down 3 games to none in the 2004 American League Championship Series, against the Yankees (OK, not really, that still sucked).

As for me, if I was on Cloud 9 after the Giants beat the Packers in Ice Bowl II then I must be on Cloud 10 now.

There's no point in rolling out the platitudes—a game for the ages, unforgettable, an instant classic—if you don't know what happened there's no point in my telling you here because anyone who cares about football was watching tonight.  As a long-time Giant fan I found myself watching the clock somewhere about the end of the first quarter, willing it to run out the quarter, the half, anything to shorten the game.  Incredibly, the clock made it all the way around to the fourth-quarter and with three minutes ago the Giants were hanging precariously to a 7-3 lead.

My seats in the Terrace level in the corner of the end zone was overpopulated with Patriot fans who broke into gleeful, greedy, vindicative, evil, rude, selfish, celebration (OK, they were just happy their team took the lead but hey, I'm a Giant fan).  They were absolutely certain it was all over.  A chant of "19-and-0...19-and-0...19-and-0" went up from the crowd.  The few Giants fans around me slumped in their seats.  Yet somehow the Giants rallied, give their fans the most exciting, riveting, frightening, joyous two minutes of football ever in the history of sports (OK, Super Bowl XLII was a really great game, but hey, I'm a Giant fan).

When the game finally ended I collapsed in my seat, exhausted and content, watching the scene of celebration unfold below me.  After the Giants received the Vince Lombardi Trophy and Eli Manning won the Cadillac MVP Award for Super Bowl XLII, I made my down to the field level seats and worked my to the railing above the ramp leading to the Giants locker room.  With all the jostling going on among delirious Giants fans it wasn't easy to hold my camera steady (but hey, I'm a Giant fan, not a professional photographer) but I did get some great shots of the Giants leaving the field in victory.

For a look at my complete set of photos from the Super Bowl click here (I will add captions on Monday).

Finally, as one of many who stood in awe and watched those two towers collapse, let me take a moment to note that three times since 9/11 a New York area team has had a chance to win a championship for the New York area.  The New York Yankees lost Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.  The New Jersey Nets were trounced by the Lakers in 2002 and lost to the San Antonio Spurs in 2003.  The Giants then become the first New York area team to win for New York after the attack of the World Trade Center in 2001.  While that may not mean a lot of many people around the country it means a lot to New Yorkers, many of whom lost friends, families, co-workers and colleagues on that fateful September day. And now the Giants will get a victory parade in the Canyon of Heroes.  For that, thanks.