Giants 24 - 14 Bucs

Wow. Not much more to say. I admit that I was feeling that this game was one the Giants could win, but as usual, it was said with fingers crossed, hoping that Eli Manning wouldn’t screw up.

Well, perhaps this will be the game we look back on as a turning point. Eli was nearly perfect today in Tampa - no turnovers at all - as the Giants moved past the Buccaneers with relative ease in an NFC Wild Card weekend match up.

Even with all the pre-game storm-in-a-tea-cup crap regarding Ronde Barber’s so-called bulletin board material, and Jeff Garcia’s so-called hoax over the Giants in the playoffs, Big Blue won their first playoff game since the NFC title game against the Vikings in 2001.

That win earned the Giants a ticket to Dallas to take on the Cowboys next Sunday. It’s the first time these NFC East rivals have met in the playoffs. The Cowboys have already beaten the Giants twice this year, will they do it a third? Or will the Giants build on the excellent performance of guys like Manning and Ahmad Bradshaw? You know I’ll be tuned into FOX at 4:30 next Sunday to find out.