Table of Contents
Foreword Ernie Accorsi 7
Author's Note 9
1 The Birth of the Giants 12
2 The Duke 18
3 L.T. 26
4 Super Bowl XXI 35
5 The Greatest Game Ever Played 41
6 The Spoilers of Perfection 49
7 George Young 59
8 The End of the 18-Year Championship Drought 67
9 Jersey's Native Son 71
10 Ahead of Their Time 79
11 General Tom 87
12 Sam Huff 94
13 The Fumble 101
14 The Eli Manning Trade 106
15 Cappy 113
16 Ernie Accorsi 119
17 December 29, 2007: Seeking to Spoil 126
18 The "Bald Eagle" 131
19 The Brilliance of Bill Belichick 139
20 The Man in the Middle 146
21 Phil Who? 156
22 Steve Owen 164
23 The Guarantee 170
24 The Championship Catalyst 174
25 Lombardi & Landry 179
26 Fire and Ice: The 2007 NFC Championship 186
27 Eli in the Mud 193
28 Super Bowl XXV 199
29 Pioneer Pete 206
30 The Catch 211
31 A Giant Romp 220
32 The Unsung Heroes of Super Bowl XLVI 227
33 Michael Strahan 232
34 September 11: United in Grief 242
35 Tiki Barber 250
36 Giant Heartaches 256
37 Preston Robert Tisch 261
38 Eli's Guys 266
39 Cruuuuuuzzzz 274
40 The Sneakers Game 283
41 A Game of Revenge 288
42 The Wilderness Years 294
43 Manning's Streak Ends 298
44 On the Move 305
45 The First Time 310
46 The Game That Put the NFL on the Map 315
47 Odell 320
48 A Championship Showing 328
49 Tom Coughlin Resigns 334
50 Goodbye to An Old Friend 341
Postscript: Giant Honors 349
Acknowledgments 361
Bibliography 363
About the Author 367
