It has been simply amazing what Syracuse Alumni have done......in the past two days. Yesterday Syracuse Head Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim tied Dean Smith on the all-time wins list at 879 wins, but today Head Coach Tom Coughlin led the New York Giants to a Super Bowl Victory. Coughlin played halfback at Syracuse with the legends Floyd Little and Larry Czonka. In 1967 Coughlin set the school record for pass receiving yards. These days he hoists Super Bowl trophies.
The game itself was much like 2008 when the Giants beat the Patriots on a tremendous catch by former Syracuse player David Tyree. This year Eli Manning threw a tremendous ball on the sideline to Mario Manningham during a fourth quarter drive to set up an Ahmad Bradshaw touchdown. Bradshaw thought about kneeling to the turf with only 57 seconds left to try to drain more clock and then thought better of it. The Giants took the lead 21-17 and Tom Brady was unable to work his heroics allowing the Giants to capture their second Super Bowl victory in the last four years.
Coughlin has become the 13th coach in history to win multiple Super Bowls. With this victory he has elevated himself to one of the elite coaches of all time. Congratulations to the Syracuse Pro Tom Coughlin on making us Orange proud yet again.
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