USFFL - SUPER BOWL YEAR I (2000) - CLASSIC!
THE GREATEST GAME
If you folks could have watched it, you would have all been shaking your heads saying it was the greatest game you ever watched and most worthy of a Superbowl!! It had missed FGs, turnovers, low penalties, and most importantly, some incredible coaching on both sides of the ball.
THE GAME (Rob, if I mess something up, please correct me)
Game started out with the G-men kicking off. Rob engineered a beautiful drive down the field but was stopped short of a TD…John Hall attempted his first of five FGs on the day and MISSED a chip shot. The Giants could not muster much offense and wound up punting but for the first time this season, Brad Maynards punt was blocked giving the Jets the ball within the Giants 25 yard line which set up their first TD on a Bernie Parmalee 5 yard run (7-0 NYJ). The Jets would make it a 10-0 lead early in the second qtr.
The Giants offense finally came alive late in the second quarter when Ike Hilliard caught a bomb to the Jets 6 yard line and Tiki Barber took it in to make the score 10-7 with 5 minutes remaining in the half. The Blue Wall came up big late in the half stopping the Jets on the 1 yard line where John Hall connected on an 18 yarder to make it 13-7 at the half.
In the second quarter, both kickers missed FGs thus the score remained the same entering the 4th quarter. On the first play of the 4th quarter, Richie Anderson caught a 3 yard TD pass and Wayne Chrebet snagged the two point conversion making it 21-7 just as the 4th quarter began. On the Giants next possession, Ike Hilliard caught another bomb (56 yards) for a TD to make it 21-14.
On the following Giants possession, Collins tossed an INT but Jason Sehorn was kind enough to return the favor soon after. On fourth and one on the Jets 2 yard line, Collins sneaked for a first down. The Giants then scored a TD but it was called back so on 2nd and 8, Collins connected with Daniel Campbell for an 8 yard TD to tie the game with 4 minutes remaining.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Jets kick returner fumbled the ball but was able to fall on it. Both teams could do nothing with the ball on their possessions but with less then 2 minutes remaining, the Jets began to drive. Vinny connected with Laveranues Coles for his third bomb catch of the day and was within the Giants 30 yard line with under a minute left.
On third down, with 8 seconds remaining in the game and the ball on the Giants 22 yard line, Coach Kaplan took a chance figuring John Hall’s range is dramatically affected between the 22 and 23 yard line (From 22, Hall is good 2-8, 12 but from the 23 he is 2-6, 11, 12). The Giants keyed on Curtis Martin and he lost one yard. With one tic remaining, Hall setup and the roll was an EIGHT!!!! NO GOOD!!!!! OVERTIME!!!!!
In OT, the Blue Wall chose an excellent time to pick off their second Testaverde pass of the game and had the ball on the Jets 39 yard line. On first and ten, Collins decided to get this game over with and connected with Ike Hilliard for a 39 yard, Superbowl winning TD. Giants 27, Jets 21.
This honestly had to be one of the most exciting games I have every played…if this was a televised game, the ratings would have gone through the roof.
Rob Dinardo coached an unbelievable game and was gracious to the end. I am fortunate to have been able to pull out this victory against him. The man made some incredible calls and he truly deserved to play in the Superbowl. In fact, both Dinardo’s are terrific coaches!!
Jason, thanks for putting together an incredible SOM football league. The Giants will be looking forward to defending their championship next season…but for now, they are going to enjoy being the 2000 USFFL SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!2000NYA_AT_2000NYN.HTML
If you folks could have watched it, you would have all been shaking your heads saying it was the greatest game you ever watched and most worthy of a Superbowl!! It had missed FGs, turnovers, low penalties, and most importantly, some incredible coaching on both sides of the ball.
THE GAME (Rob, if I mess something up, please correct me)
Game started out with the G-men kicking off. Rob engineered a beautiful drive down the field but was stopped short of a TD…John Hall attempted his first of five FGs on the day and MISSED a chip shot. The Giants could not muster much offense and wound up punting but for the first time this season, Brad Maynards punt was blocked giving the Jets the ball within the Giants 25 yard line which set up their first TD on a Bernie Parmalee 5 yard run (7-0 NYJ). The Jets would make it a 10-0 lead early in the second qtr.
The Giants offense finally came alive late in the second quarter when Ike Hilliard caught a bomb to the Jets 6 yard line and Tiki Barber took it in to make the score 10-7 with 5 minutes remaining in the half. The Blue Wall came up big late in the half stopping the Jets on the 1 yard line where John Hall connected on an 18 yarder to make it 13-7 at the half.
In the second quarter, both kickers missed FGs thus the score remained the same entering the 4th quarter. On the first play of the 4th quarter, Richie Anderson caught a 3 yard TD pass and Wayne Chrebet snagged the two point conversion making it 21-7 just as the 4th quarter began. On the Giants next possession, Ike Hilliard caught another bomb (56 yards) for a TD to make it 21-14.
On the following Giants possession, Collins tossed an INT but Jason Sehorn was kind enough to return the favor soon after. On fourth and one on the Jets 2 yard line, Collins sneaked for a first down. The Giants then scored a TD but it was called back so on 2nd and 8, Collins connected with Daniel Campbell for an 8 yard TD to tie the game with 4 minutes remaining.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Jets kick returner fumbled the ball but was able to fall on it. Both teams could do nothing with the ball on their possessions but with less then 2 minutes remaining, the Jets began to drive. Vinny connected with Laveranues Coles for his third bomb catch of the day and was within the Giants 30 yard line with under a minute left.
On third down, with 8 seconds remaining in the game and the ball on the Giants 22 yard line, Coach Kaplan took a chance figuring John Hall’s range is dramatically affected between the 22 and 23 yard line (From 22, Hall is good 2-8, 12 but from the 23 he is 2-6, 11, 12). The Giants keyed on Curtis Martin and he lost one yard. With one tic remaining, Hall setup and the roll was an EIGHT!!!! NO GOOD!!!!! OVERTIME!!!!!
In OT, the Blue Wall chose an excellent time to pick off their second Testaverde pass of the game and had the ball on the Jets 39 yard line. On first and ten, Collins decided to get this game over with and connected with Ike Hilliard for a 39 yard, Superbowl winning TD. Giants 27, Jets 21.
This honestly had to be one of the most exciting games I have every played…if this was a televised game, the ratings would have gone through the roof.
Rob Dinardo coached an unbelievable game and was gracious to the end. I am fortunate to have been able to pull out this victory against him. The man made some incredible calls and he truly deserved to play in the Superbowl. In fact, both Dinardo’s are terrific coaches!!
Jason, thanks for putting together an incredible SOM football league. The Giants will be looking forward to defending their championship next season…but for now, they are going to enjoy being the 2000 USFFL SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!2000NYA_AT_2000NYN.HTML
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