Maureen McGovern sang that there's got to be a morning after. And so it was one morning after Super Bowl XLII that the NFL wrapped up its activities for its 2007 season today with its traditional 8:30 a.m. news conference featuring the commissioner, the game MVP and the winning coach.

I won't dwell on the Giants' 17-14 win over the Patriots much more, but two final points struck me about the las… More

NFL Films among many others painted this NFL championship game in similar stark colors. Today's game would result in either the perfect season or the perfect upset.

The perfect upset it is.

In what many will declare the greatest Super Bowl of all the XLII played, Eli Manning, Plaxico Burress and the New York Giants answered an 80-yard touchdown drive capped by Tom Brady's 6-yard TD pass to Randy… More

The Patriots, whose defense yielded the longest Super Bowl drive by time on the opening drive of the game, almost matched that record with their offense on the opening drive of the third quarter.

New England got help from the Giants' Chase Blackburn, who failed to get off the field on a punt in time. Coach Bill Belichick called for a red-flagged replay challenge for 12 men on the field and sure e… More

QB Eli Manning and the Giants took the opening kickoff and drove into the Super Bowl record book.

It's not a record that's easily found, but in holding onto the ball for the game's first 9:59, the Giants set the NFL mark for the longest drive by clock time in Super Bowl history. Manning helped set it by converting four third-down situations, three on completions.

The team they took the record f… More

My perch at University of Phoenix Stadium for Super Bowl XLII is in the auxiliary pressbox, midway up the upper level of the place, off what I think is the southwestern corner of the field. It should be off the near right end zone as you watch on the TV screen. Just thought you'd like to know.

The Patriots and Giants finished their stretching and their half-speed plays and have left the field, an… More