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Thy lost because they didn't play as well as they could have and because the Giants played exceptionally well.Just a question though. Do you think being 18-0 instead of 17-1 is why they lost the SB?
Why didn't they play well enough? Poor game plan? Extra pressure from being 18-0? Extra distractions from Tomase-gate and from spygate? Bill's red hoodie? Who knows, but (except for the hoodie) I wouldn't throw out the possibility that any of those did play a role.
We also can't forget the extra focus of the Giants. They were extra fired up to face an unbeaten team that they had competed very well with in game 16. Sure you're focused to win a Super Bowl anyway but when you feel that the whole world discounts your chances, it does help. The Giants would not have been so widely ignored by everybody if we had been 17-1. The "us against the world" mentality sure helped the Patriots in 2001, so it isn't crazy to think that it helped the Giants in 2007, and that mentality was aided by our undefeated status.