:00:54. > :01:02.Good evening. Yesterday was effectively super Bowl semi-final
:01:02. > :01:12.Sunday. Coming up tonight, we will show you which two booked their
:01:12. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:25.place in the big show in The AFC has gone with the form
:01:25. > :01:35.books so far, the Patriots and the Ravens were the top two seeds going
:01:35. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:47.in, and they're the last two standing. A little less predictable
:01:47. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:58.has been the NFC, with both the New York Giants and the 49ers providing
:01:58. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:09.What a great weekend that was. We have our resident expert with us
:02:09. > :02:17.tonight, Mike Carlson. Before we go into these two mouth-watering line-
:02:17. > :02:20.ups, some great news for British fans. Yes, there Rams have
:02:20. > :02:24.committed to the next three international series games at
:02:24. > :02:28.Wembley. That will give it a certain amount of continuity. Next
:02:28. > :02:33.year they will be playing at the New England Patriots, which looks
:02:33. > :02:39.like a good game. There will be a lot of new players. Hopefully the
:02:39. > :02:46.Rams will be a much-improved team. Kudos as well, with the New England
:02:46. > :02:53.Patriots coming over. Yes, they made the super Bowl winners at that
:02:53. > :02:58.point, they could be losers, but they consistently have a good team.
:02:58. > :03:03.With them coming over for the next three years, does that perhaps
:03:03. > :03:08.increase the potential of a London franchise? It has been talk about a
:03:08. > :03:12.lot, realistically I don't think it is a possibility. There are the
:03:12. > :03:16.Just I will problems, and secondly, as a spectacle, the London games
:03:16. > :03:21.are great, but the traditions in this country are that once you have
:03:21. > :03:25.a team, you stick with it, which means that people will not
:03:25. > :03:32.necessarily transfer themselves to the London runs, if that is what it
:03:32. > :03:36.turned out to be. I have a feeling they might even go back to Los
:03:36. > :03:41.Angeles, where they came from. have had Wembley booked out for the
:03:41. > :03:47.past couple of seasons, and in fact, tickets for that game, in October,
:03:47. > :03:55.go on sale tomorrow. We will have highlights on the BBC as usual.
:03:55. > :04:01.should hope so! One other thing I wanted to touch on, two Brothers,
:04:01. > :04:07.both coaches, both now in separate conference finals, incredible.
:04:07. > :04:12.what is incredible is how much they lookalike. Jim looks like the mean
:04:12. > :04:18.a version of his brother. They played each other once this season
:04:18. > :04:22.already. If they get to the super Bowl, it would be the second time.
:04:22. > :04:26.But after the game, they each send the tapes to their dad for a
:04:26. > :04:36.critique. What he tells them before they play each other I would really
:04:36. > :04:39.
:04:39. > :04:45.like to hear. We start with John tonight, and the Ravens. They have
:04:45. > :04:55.a defence which has a reputation as an immovable object, coming up
:04:55. > :04:57.
:04:57. > :05:03.against the unstoppable force in this one. Last week in Foxboro, Tom
:05:03. > :05:13.Brady was inspired, throwing for six touchdowns. When he wasn't
:05:13. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:18.throwing for touchdowns, he was handing it off to Hernandez. So far,
:05:18. > :05:28.the Patriots have looked unstoppable, but then again, the
:05:28. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:41.Ravens know a thing or to about Quarterback Joe Flacco feels he
:05:41. > :05:50.does not get enough respect for the success of the Ravens. He will need
:05:50. > :05:56.to live up to his own billing in this one. New England had to settle
:05:56. > :06:01.for an early field goal. Baltimore replied with three points of their
:06:01. > :06:11.own early in the second quarter. We join our commentary team with New
:06:11. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:42.inside, just missed it. When you show your hand too early, Tom Brady
:06:42. > :06:56.
:06:56. > :07:06.Up and over the top, he wants a flag, but does not get it. Second
:07:06. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:23.down and 10. Another big play for New England. He's covered, and that
:07:23. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:48.after gaining four. Boarding again, that's going to be a face mask, I
:07:49. > :07:53.believe. Face mask, on the defence. Paul Duff the helmet. Half the
:07:54. > :08:00.distance of the goal. The whistle was blown once the helmet came off.
:08:00. > :08:07.It was not the back of the helmet, he grabs the face mask. This is
:08:07. > :08:14.dangerous right here. First and goal. Just inside the eight. And
:08:14. > :08:24.he's into the end zone for the touchdown! You said it, he pulled
:08:24. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:38.around, look at the blocks down the field by Wes Welker. Tom Zbikowski
:08:38. > :08:54.
:08:54. > :09:04.good on the extra point. -- Stephen Williams. A second and five.
:09:04. > :09:06.
:09:06. > :09:16.Another catch, breaking free, inside the 20. Watch this by Joe
:09:16. > :09:21.
:09:21. > :09:27.Flacco. Into the corner. Ray Rice going through. Second and three.
:09:27. > :09:37.Ray Rice once again, trying to back his way in. He may be a few inches
:09:37. > :09:44.
:09:44. > :09:54.through. May have got there with the second effort. He gets down low
:09:54. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:28.has got his man for the touchdown! Everybody's covered, but Joe Flacco
:10:28. > :10:38.breaks out of the pocket, he comes down the line of the scrummage, and
:10:38. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:50.front with his 35 yard kick, then added another in the second half.
:10:50. > :11:00.We rejoin the action with Baltimore driving from their own 39. Third
:11:00. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:22.Watch this, that is what he does best, giving more opportunities to
:11:22. > :11:32.get deep, take his time, set up and drive it down the field. From the
:11:32. > :11:32.
:11:32. > :11:42.47 of the Patriots, it's Ray Rice. Second down and six. Those
:11:42. > :11:47.
:11:47. > :11:57.underneath, and another drop. Ferdinand six. Joe Flacco getting
:11:57. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:01.away from the heat, and he's got another conversion. On the sideline,
:12:01. > :12:07.they want a personal foul, because they say he could not protect
:12:07. > :12:17.himself. But he caught the football, held it for a little while, so they
:12:17. > :12:18.
:12:18. > :12:28.can be no illegal hits after this. Williams comes in, fake, and the
:12:28. > :12:48.
:12:48. > :12:58.quarterback is out, making four the 10! He tries to reach for the
:12:58. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:09.line. No signal yet. Touchdown! Patriots this term, tired of seeing
:13:09. > :13:19.Joe Flacco throw the football on the third down, they Blitz. Not
:13:19. > :13:24.able to make the tackle in the open field then some. The ruling on the
:13:24. > :13:34.field stance, it is a touch down scored. So, the effort by the
:13:34. > :13:44.rookie out of Maryland. Joe Flacco now has thrown two touched downs,
:13:44. > :14:02.
:14:02. > :14:06.LaQuan Williams who stripped it. Yeah the wide receiver, coming from
:14:06. > :14:10.behind, across the field, the speed an the force. Look, he's holding
:14:10. > :14:20.the football perfectly. The force and speed is so much, no choice but
:14:20. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:02.to fumble. thing, looking down the field.
:15:02. > :15:12.can pick up the first inside the one. Second and ten.
:15:12. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:32.football back at the 21. I think he's down. Right knee. He was down.
:15:32. > :15:37.Good job by Cook getting it down and the kick hooks through.
:15:37. > :15:41.More bad new for new England, Gronkowski hurt in a nasty
:15:41. > :15:44.collision, but able to hobble back to the locker room.
:15:44. > :15:53.We rejoin early in the fourth quarter with the remaining patriots
:15:53. > :16:03.at the Ravens 23. COMMENTATOR: Gronkowski always such
:16:03. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :17:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:17:08. > :17:13.was his knee down before he got into the end zone? The ruling on
:17:13. > :17:23.the field will be reversed. The runner's knee was down prior to the
:17:23. > :17:36.
:17:37. > :17:41.goal. They say short. They got everybody
:17:41. > :17:44.bunched inside. Look at the line backers, they're all free to come
:17:44. > :17:51.up and make the hit. That was absolutely short. I do like the
:17:51. > :18:01.call. I would go for it here on fourth down, this close. Be alert
:18:01. > :18:16.
:18:16. > :18:23.want to try. This since the play is over, once he gets the tip of that
:18:23. > :18:33.football on the goal line, it's worth the risk.
:18:33. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :19:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:19:21. > :19:31.Big time spike on the back end of way, then he clieds and drives on
:19:31. > :20:01.
:20:01. > :20:07.Spikes with the interception and the Ravens first give away of the
:20:07. > :20:11.post season. It's a huge one at 7.22 to go.
:20:11. > :20:21.Spikes, who had a fumble recovery last week, now has the interception
:20:21. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:39.as a 20-yard run back. haifens say they have it. It's
:20:39. > :20:46.Jimmy Smith with the football. He's out to the 35. He stepped out at
:20:46. > :20:52.the 37. I don't think it hit the ground. That was some play. They're
:20:52. > :20:56.trying to go for the touchdown. Slater down the middle between the
:20:56. > :21:06.double coverage. Oh, it is intercepted. What a play tipping it.
:21:06. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:18.He tips it over to the rookie Jimmy the Ravens have Rice galloping for
:21:18. > :21:21.seven. It's not easy, but you have to be
:21:21. > :21:31.aggressive as a quarterback, even after you've thrown the
:21:31. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :22:19.Rice missed two snaps. And the flag, a false start by the
:22:19. > :22:47.
:22:47. > :22:53.the 34, making this a 50-plus starter. I was watching when they
:22:53. > :23:01.were warming up. Cund iff had trouble making 50 yarders, didn't
:23:01. > :23:06.make them. Fourth and sixth and they're going for it. What a call.
:23:06. > :23:11.Time Out signalled by the Ravens. Cameron comes in. Harbaugh says
:23:11. > :23:21.hold on a minute, guys, I'm calling a Time Out. They're still going for
:23:21. > :23:48.
:23:48. > :23:54.on downs at the 33. STUDIO: New England couldn't take advantage
:23:54. > :23:59.though. Ed reed broke up this play to give the Ravens the ball back
:23:59. > :24:09.with less than two minutes on the clock. This is all you can hope for
:24:09. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:24:58. > :25:08.Jim, in a situation like this, 1.44 field goal range with 1.05
:25:08. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:23.having just used one here and they need a yard for the first. Ray Rice
:25:23. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :26:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:26:13. > :26:23.minute! Moore took it away from Town torrey Smith. What a throw by
:26:23. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:52.makes the play W15 seconds left, here comes Billy Cundiff to tie
:26:52. > :26:56.this game and in all likelihood send it to overtime. 16 for 16 in
:26:56. > :27:06.the last four years on field goals. Look out! It's no good! It's no
:27:06. > :27:34.
:27:34. > :27:40.journey to Indianapolis. They're probably struggled to make eye
:27:40. > :27:42.contact with anybody in the locker room. Unfair to blame him. Even if
:27:42. > :27:46.he makes the kick, they only go to he makes the kick, they only go to
:27:46. > :27:53.overtime. He's been hurt a lot this season. He only just came back.
:27:53. > :27:57.brought him on with about ten seconds before the snap. He hooks
:27:57. > :28:01.balls. He always has. That's why they didn't try the kick from 50
:28:01. > :28:04.yards earlier in the quarter. The kick before that looked like it was
:28:04. > :28:10.missing to the right, it hooked back to the left. This hooked out
:28:10. > :28:16.and well out. It's a sad way to Laos a game. How did we get to that
:28:16. > :28:23.situation, where they were relying on him for a kick? Great plays by
:28:23. > :28:31.the Ravens, specially Moore. He turned into a hero of sorts. He was
:28:31. > :28:39.the goat early in the game when he got beaten by Smith. He went in for
:28:39. > :28:45.the touchdown there. What you see it's not totally his fault. The
:28:45. > :28:51.patriots have a seven-man blitz. They have to pick up PETA man for
:28:51. > :28:57.man. He doesn't play behind Moore. He needs to be up on Smith. He's
:28:57. > :29:01.not. McCourty can't get over in time. Looking at the touchdown,
:29:01. > :29:06.Smith pulls McCourty with him. He should have drawn a flag there.
:29:06. > :29:10.This is tug boat stuff here as he flys over. Moore made up for it.
:29:10. > :29:14.Two plays before that missed field goal, looks like a touchdown. I
:29:14. > :29:18.thought it was a touchdown to Lee Evans there. It was ruled
:29:19. > :29:24.incomplete. The field judge there. Evans catches it. There's one foot
:29:24. > :29:29.and two feats. The second foot comes down just as he loosens the
:29:29. > :29:34.ball from him. Both feet have to be down with possession. He doesn't
:29:34. > :29:38.have both feet down yet and now he doesn't have possession. The field
:29:38. > :29:42.judge in a perfect position to make the call. Moore made a big play on
:29:42. > :29:48.the next play as well. That set up Cundiff to miss the field goal.
:29:48. > :29:51.tight decisions there, one given, one nogt. Two touchdown passs from
:29:51. > :29:56.Flacco. His critics couldn't say this defeat was down to him. He had
:29:57. > :30:00.a good game. He did. The patriots dared Flacco to beat them. He very
:30:00. > :30:05.nearly did. They shut down the running game except for Flacco. He
:30:05. > :30:11.ran the ball well. He made a couple of bad throes, but basically he was
:30:11. > :30:21.making throws when the necessity called and overcame that moustache
:30:21. > :30:22.
:30:22. > :30:31.that I think he grew for Chinese You're obsessed with Chinese new
:30:31. > :30:37.year! Happy New Year. Same to you. On the other hand, Brady was
:30:37. > :30:43.uncharacteristically out of sorts. Yes, he missed that touchdown pass
:30:43. > :30:50.to Gronkowski. He was off. What ball to maul were doing was to say,
:30:50. > :30:55.because on the ground, they were taking away the long stuff, and
:30:55. > :31:01.making the Patriots to drives over 10 or 12 plays. And if you
:31:01. > :31:08.quarterback is not perfect, it puts the onus more on the defence.
:31:08. > :31:14.the back field had its problems, but the defence did step up, and
:31:14. > :31:21.Vince Wilfork was immense. Watch him here. This was the third and
:31:21. > :31:28.three. I think there are going to trap him, but they don't, watch the
:31:28. > :31:38.centre, Matt Burke, he just leaves him alone. On the very next play,
:31:38. > :31:38.
:31:38. > :31:46.fourth and sixth, Vince Wilfork just rushes Matt Burke backwards
:31:46. > :31:50.towards Joe Flacco. Just pushes him back. Vince Wilfork is built for
:31:50. > :32:00.comfort, not for speed, but he has been a rock for the Patriots this
:32:00. > :32:03.
:32:03. > :32:06.season. Well, not a great game for Tom Brady, but that connection with
:32:06. > :32:10.Gronkowski has been electric over the post season. You probably saw
:32:10. > :32:15.him back on the field, the early news is that he will be fit to line
:32:15. > :32:21.up for the Super Bowl. To find out who Brady and Gronkowski will be
:32:21. > :32:26.facing, we now go over to the scene of last week's dramatic finale, the
:32:26. > :32:29.home of arguably this season's biggest success story. The San
:32:29. > :32:39.Francisco fortyninerzz have been transformed this season under the
:32:39. > :32:48.
:32:48. > :32:55.The much-maligned Alex Smith has been managing the offence all
:32:55. > :33:05.season, but last week he carried his team through, a team which is
:33:05. > :33:13.
:33:13. > :33:19.Every year, one team seems to come up with a late charge, carried on a
:33:19. > :33:22.run of momentum defying a regular- season mediocre record. The New
:33:22. > :33:27.York Giants this year have been described as the most complete team
:33:27. > :33:37.left in the play-offs, and they are just starting to reflect former
:33:37. > :33:38.
:33:38. > :33:46.glories of their own. COMMENTATOR: Unbelievable! New York,
:33:46. > :33:52.football, Giants, baby! Let's had to a wintry San Francisco, which
:33:52. > :33:56.provided testing conditions for both teams from the off. It was the
:33:56. > :34:00.fortyninerzz' the France who struck the first blow of the game, almost
:34:00. > :34:10.forcing a turnover here. New no, were forced to kick, and we join
:34:10. > :34:28.
:34:28. > :34:34.the action with the fortyninerzz in to the and so on. Touchdown! They
:34:34. > :34:43.go with a tight split with Vernon Davis, and you can see how much
:34:43. > :34:49.field he has to working. They did not expect Vernon Davis to go deep,
:34:49. > :34:56.and with that kind of speed, there is no way that the defender was
:34:56. > :35:02.able to keep pace. Looked like Vernon Davis came close with those
:35:03. > :35:08.two steps to being out of bounds. Was there enough to overturn the
:35:08. > :35:11.call on the field? With regards to the replay, there must be clear,
:35:11. > :35:16.incontrovertible evidence that the ruling on the field was wrong, you
:35:16. > :35:24.have to be certain. Here, the ruling on the field stands, it is a
:35:24. > :35:29.touch down. On the Giants' following drive, Tom Coughlin went
:35:29. > :35:33.for this four and one. The fortyninerzz then had their first
:35:33. > :35:38.big scale of the game, Kyle Williams fumbling the ball, but the
:35:39. > :35:48.Giants were unable to hold on. We rejoin play at the start of the
:35:49. > :35:57.
:35:57. > :36:06.the way. Another third Dell and conversion for the Giants, and Eli
:36:06. > :36:14.Manning going 36 yards to Victor Cruz. Wide Open, and Hakeem Nicks
:36:14. > :36:23.sets up first and goal inside the 10, at the eight macro. Jacobs
:36:23. > :36:30.picks up the first down. They fake the delayed hand-off, incomplete,
:36:30. > :36:39.dangerous throw. Coverage by Rogers. The intended target was Hakeem
:36:39. > :36:49.Nicks. Manning pulls it back, and hits his tight end for the
:36:49. > :36:51.
:36:51. > :36:58.touchdown. They go the other side of the formation, it looked
:36:58. > :37:02.initially that he was going for the crossing ball from the receiver. We
:37:02. > :37:10.return to the play at the end of the quarter, Manning on second and
:37:10. > :37:20.10. Manning goes over the middle and finds Victor Cruz, who goes
:37:20. > :37:30.
:37:30. > :37:40.Victor Cruz shows of those good hands, does not get out of bounds.
:37:40. > :37:43.
:37:43. > :37:49.Manning, pass is caught. What a half Victor Cruz is having! And now
:37:49. > :37:53.the Giants are inside field goal range. The impressive Victor Cruz
:37:53. > :37:58.court for another 13 yards, but Manning decided to stop the clock,
:37:58. > :38:03.and the Giants settled for this field goal. They took a narrow lead
:38:03. > :38:13.into the third quarter, both teams exchanging possession, and we
:38:13. > :38:29.
:38:29. > :38:39.rejoin the action with the 49ers on the 30! Smith, with protection!
:38:39. > :38:45.Vernon Davis has another touchdown! Well, Vernon Davis, he moves across,
:38:45. > :38:52.and he gets one-on-one coverage with Philips. It is basically the
:38:52. > :38:57.same kind of route that he ran when he had the 73 yard touchdown. He
:38:57. > :39:04.starts to go up the centre, then runs up the sideline, and Alex
:39:04. > :39:14.Smith delivers a perfect ball. Manning was sacked on the following
:39:14. > :39:14.
:39:14. > :39:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:39:54. > :40:03.play, but for both offences were is touched by the Giants inside the
:40:03. > :40:07.30. It is a challenge by Tom Coughlin, it appears to worse that
:40:07. > :40:13.it glances of the knee of Kyle Williams. What do you think of that
:40:14. > :40:22.call? Listen, it clearly does touch him. The Giants in my opinion are
:40:22. > :40:29.going to get the ball here. It hits the 49ers player on the knee. The
:40:29. > :40:33.ball is dead as soon as they pick it up, but it is the Giants' ball,
:40:33. > :40:43.at the 29 yard line, where they recovered it. So, manning back onto
:40:43. > :40:53.
:40:53. > :41:01.the field. The hand off goes to it, ends up on his back. And Smith
:41:01. > :41:08.is the guy who put him there. The Giants have had it six times, they
:41:08. > :41:18.have not made two first downs since half-time. Furzedown inside the 15,
:41:18. > :41:23.
:41:23. > :41:33.Hakeem Nicks! Turnover has the Giants inside the red zone. Holding,
:41:33. > :41:44.
:41:44. > :41:54.receiver was Hakeem Nicks. Now, second and 20. Manning completes to
:41:54. > :41:57.
:41:57. > :42:07.Bradshaw. His forward progress is stopped just inside the 17. Manning,
:42:07. > :42:12.
:42:12. > :42:19.touchdown! First catch of this NFC Championship game, 17 Yard
:42:19. > :42:29.touchdown. Jake Ballard was on the inside, pulling the safety out of
:42:29. > :42:42.
:42:42. > :42:52.three. Here's Kyle Williams! Good return about to the 45. Knocked
:42:52. > :43:02.
:43:02. > :43:08.down by Grant. Smith, takes off! Alex Smith down inside the 35!
:43:08. > :43:18.Hunter breaks two tackles and takes it down to the 15th. There have
:43:18. > :43:40.
:43:40. > :43:48.been no points scored at this end the fake. The pass was incomplete.
:43:48. > :43:54.Pass grow -- pass is caught. Crabtree made the catch, but short
:43:54. > :43:59.of the first down. Look at Jim Harbaugh, he wanted a time out, but
:43:59. > :44:04.did not get it. Whatever it was he saw the Giants were doing, he was
:44:04. > :44:14.hoping to get the time out, but he was unable to get it before the
:44:14. > :44:18.
:44:18. > :44:23.ball was snapped. It is fourth and two, and they will try and tie it.
:44:23. > :44:27.All square at 17. As was the way for much of the game, the ball
:44:27. > :44:34.continued to change hands between the two quarterbacks, the pressure
:44:34. > :44:44.getting too much, as the defences were on top. So, it was Eli Manning
:44:44. > :45:01.
:45:01. > :45:06.who had his hands on the ball, with There was great coverage everywhere,
:45:06. > :45:09.but Eli kept the play alive. I've said it a lot of time when's he has
:45:09. > :45:19.time and he can buy time, he can get through every receiver on the
:45:19. > :45:54.
:45:54. > :45:59.the season. Now he gets it on the Almost a circus catch by Victor
:45:59. > :46:08.Cruz. You see that he's trying to make a play on the ball as it's
:46:08. > :46:13.bouncing around. Manning had Mario Manningham that would have gotten
:46:13. > :46:18.him the first down. Just unable to haul that one in.
:46:18. > :46:21.STUDIO: So near, yet so far for the Giants as they were forced to punt.
:46:21. > :46:26.Alex Smith couldn't pull off heroics with seconds left. So it
:46:26. > :46:30.meant that the NFC championship would be decided in overtime.
:46:30. > :46:34.We're going to start another game. The big change was that the, that
:46:34. > :46:38.each team will get an opportunity to possess the ball unless the team
:46:38. > :46:43.that first possesses it scores a touchdown or if the defence happens
:46:43. > :46:49.to force a safety. That would end the game also. The key is that
:46:49. > :46:53.field gold in the first possession won't end the game.
:46:53. > :47:03.COMMENTATOR: Akers tide for -- tied for fourth in the regular season
:47:03. > :47:03.
:47:03. > :47:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:47:45. > :47:49.with 47 touch backs. He's got incomplete.
:47:49. > :47:59.Rogers was on him. If if he could make that catch, he does not pick
:47:59. > :47:59.
:47:59. > :48:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:48:42. > :48:52.Any points by the 49ers ends this looks to be just short. Vernon
:48:52. > :49:32.
:49:32. > :49:42.Davis on the catch. Good job again line backer brings him down with a
:49:42. > :50:05.
:50:05. > :50:10.sack. Just tin Smith. Justin Smith goes right through, pushing him
:50:11. > :50:14.back, a bit like what we saw last week in that New Orleans game, him
:50:14. > :50:24.driving the offensive tackle into the quarterback. He does the same
:50:24. > :50:40.
:50:40. > :50:47.Williams, the rookie knocked it out. The second year receiver, punt
:50:47. > :50:54.returner, Kyle Williams, he's muffed a punt and now this one is
:50:54. > :50:57.knocked out by Williams, recovered by the Giants, already inside
:50:57. > :51:06.field-goal range. Williams he comes in there, he's able to make a play
:51:06. > :51:13.on the ball. You see Devin Thomas, the hustle he has getting down the
:51:13. > :51:23.field. The same kind of hustle we saw earlier on the muff by Kyle
:51:23. > :51:35.
:51:35. > :51:39.Williams two. Big plays then in the Coughlin wants to do here, if he's
:51:39. > :51:49.going to just try to score a touchdown and not put it in the
:51:49. > :52:26.
:52:26. > :52:33.hands or set it up for the field field. He will snap it, Weatherford
:52:33. > :52:43.will hold it. Tynes will try and end it and set up that rematch with
:52:43. > :52:54.
:52:54. > :52:57.back to the Super Bowl. Super Bowl 46 will be the patriots
:52:57. > :53:02.and Giants after this low snap. Good job by Weatherford who's had a
:53:02. > :53:08.nice day all around. He sure has. Of course, the way he punted the
:53:08. > :53:13.ball throughout this game, but to be able to secure a poor snap and
:53:13. > :53:19.get it placed then perfectly for Lawrence Tynes to kick the game
:53:19. > :53:28.winner. Officially a 31-yarder to win it
:53:28. > :53:32.for the Giants. Oh, my gosh, twice. It's amazing, iing mean, this team
:53:33. > :53:34.the way we come on the road against a good team, ten minutes almost
:53:34. > :53:39.a good team, ten minutes almost into overtime. Someone had to win
:53:39. > :53:45.the game. Give my hats off to San Francisco, they're a great team.
:53:45. > :53:48.Just a lot of effort, a lot of effort. We knew it would be a tough
:53:48. > :53:53.game against this defence. We knew we couldn't give them turnovers.
:53:53. > :53:57.That's one thing we could not turn the ball over. We hit a couple big
:53:57. > :54:04.plays. The receivers stepped up, had great plays and played tough
:54:04. > :54:08.all game. So Eli Manning and the super
:54:08. > :54:12.excited Giants to the Super Bowl. At times there the guy who put the
:54:12. > :54:16.kick over born in Scotland, you couldn't tell from his accents
:54:16. > :54:21.though. Not quite. He played in Scotland as well in NFL Europe.
:54:21. > :54:24.What a hard fought game, two really good defences playing at their best.
:54:24. > :54:28.San Francisco had a lot of chances to win that game. You said I
:54:28. > :54:32.remember last week, that there was no way the Giants were going to let
:54:32. > :54:37.Vernon Davis beat them. He almost did, especially the first opening
:54:37. > :54:42.quarter. I was amazed that the Giants were covering Vernon Davis
:54:42. > :54:48.in much the same way that the Saints had, except they weren't
:54:48. > :54:53.blitzing. There was no excuse. Here beaten one on one. He outruns him.
:54:53. > :54:59.On this one, the other safety is on him at the line of grimage and gets
:54:59. > :55:03.beat by five yards -- scrimmage and gets beat by five yards. Here,
:55:03. > :55:11.Davis is down field. They finally have a second guy on him, but it's
:55:11. > :55:18.a line backer who is already passed out. Finally they get both saists
:55:18. > :55:22.on him. -- safe tiz on him. This was a key play of the game. He make
:55:23. > :55:26.the first down and San Francisco is going on to possibly the win the
:55:27. > :55:30.game. Great plays from Alex Smith but not consistent enough. No, the
:55:30. > :55:34.receivers didn't step up. He only completed one pass it a wide
:55:34. > :55:37.receiver the whole game. You can't pass to nobody I guess. On the
:55:37. > :55:41.other hand Manning kept the score board ticking over, kept them in
:55:42. > :55:48.the game when the 49ers were really firing. We've seen this time and
:55:48. > :55:52.time again over the season, Mike, he keeps them playing. Yeah, he has
:55:52. > :55:57.this inate ability to keep plays alive. Watch the pressure he's
:55:57. > :56:02.under here. At the last minute, he knows where the outlet is and he
:56:02. > :56:05.turns and gets the ball away. He can throw a decent ball when
:56:05. > :56:09.completely off balance and under pressure. He moves up from the
:56:09. > :56:13.pocket and now he's off balance, he's flicking that with his wrist
:56:13. > :56:17.and getting nothing behind it. It's a perfect pass for Victor Cruz to
:56:17. > :56:22.get it. It's not perfect in the sense that it's easy to catch, but
:56:22. > :56:26.he throw it's where only Victor Cruz can make a play on it. He
:56:26. > :56:32.expects receivers to make plays and even Cruz and guys like Bend It
:56:32. > :56:36.Like Beckham were making plays for him. You mention the option there's
:56:36. > :56:41.that Manning has and we said that before as well with the 49ers as
:56:41. > :56:46.well, perhaps not the same for Alex Smith. Mario Manning at the end,
:56:46. > :56:52.first catch of the game in the fourth quarter and Victor Cruz ot
:56:52. > :56:55.of nowhere really. Cruz tore them apart in the first half. Undrafted
:56:55. > :57:02.guy who hung around and got his chance through injury last year.
:57:02. > :57:08.He's torn up teams all season. Manningham a great illustration how
:57:08. > :57:14.to bring a guy in for the one play. They see a match up they like.
:57:14. > :57:19.Mangham the only pay he saw the whole day in the quarter. That sets
:57:19. > :57:24.up for a repeat of Super Bowl 42. Eerie repeat because the Giants
:57:24. > :57:27.have done so many things the same this season when they beat the
:57:27. > :57:33.undefeated Patriots. What's interesting is that you said, I
:57:34. > :57:38.think Chris Collinsworth they are the best balanced team. They have a
:57:38. > :57:43.decent defence, great front four. Patriots always a question mark
:57:43. > :57:48.defencively. Tom Brady though for the patriots, fifth Super Bowl for
:57:48. > :57:54.him. Has he cemented his place as an all time great. If he wins a
:57:54. > :57:58.second Super Bowl, yes. Can they win a third, sorry a third for him.
:57:58. > :58:02.Eli Manning they were arguing about whether he's an elite quarterback.
:58:02. > :58:06.He's stepped up now. Thanks for all your help over the last three weeks.
:58:06. > :58:10.You get some rest because you're in for a long night in a couple of
:58:10. > :58:18.weeks. Super Bowl is live here on the BBC. You can watch it on BBC
:58:18. > :58:23.One and in HD Sunday February 5, a week next Sunday, 10.55pm. As I say,
:58:23. > :58:26.get plenty of rest, because it's probably going to be quite a long
:58:26. > :58:31.night. Fascinating match then between the patriots and Giants.