Divisional Playoffs, Giants vs Cowboys, 2nd half

• Coughlin wants to stop the run in this half. Not a good start there. Barber is tough to stop. 121 yards so far. Ugh. That time they stopped him.
• Glenn with another one. Not sure what Joe Buck means when he talks about the snaps being late (I'm watching the game and doing something else too - SORry.) Dallas O-line is doing a good job keeping the pass rushers away from Romo. Except on that play where he ran right past a ton of Giants for a 1st down. They had him but he slipped out.
• 3rd and 12, thanks to a penalty. Dallas committing lots of those today. That gets them to 4th and 12 and a FG try. Horrible throw by Romo; if he's calm he throws that right to T.O. and it's another touchdown. Look at T.O. yelling at Tony. Not too badly, actually. Still, maybe this is the meltdown game. Oh please let it be the meltdown game.
  
• Dallas looks a little downtrodden after that drive. Interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if Wade Philips wasn't any good at pumping up a team. He "treats them like men." Last time I heard that? Herm Edwards. That's working out GREAT in KC.
• Nice return gives NY nice field position.
  
• Jacobs pounds it out. Max Kellerman has it right, he's The Juggernaut.
• Oooo, Eli. That hurt. Bad sack. Now to 3rd and 17. 4th down, not enough to try the field goal. Dallas calls time out for some reason, hopefully that'll come back to bite them later.
• Aaron Ross is in a sling. Running out of players here. Giant players are starting to bitch and moan (well, Strahan is) and they all look tired. Bad penalty on Dallas, though, could give a little spark. Strahan had something to bitch about.
• Ooo, if Crayton catches that pass that's an easy first down. Shit. Not looking good here, although at least they stopped 'em there. Need to SCORE. Now.
  
• McQuarters with the nice punt return. I think the Giants have had decent field position all day. If I remember correctly, McQuarters is returning punts mostly because he doesn't fumble,
  
• Sam Madison is basically coaching on the sidelines. I like it.
• Gotta score a touchdown this time. Come on.
  
• Eli's overthrowing everybody. Remember the running game? Remember Bradshaw and how good he is? OK, Bradshaw's in there now. Not sure why they seem to have given up on the run already. It's only a three point game. Wouldn't it be better to control the clock, keep the ball as long as possible?
• The American Idol people scare me. That's fans and contestants. Oh, and the hosts. They don't scare me, but they're irritating.
  
• There you go - Steve Smith, 1st down, 1st and goal. Smith has 4 for 48, that helps.
• Sheee-it, cousin, that was a nice run by Bradshaw. Stopped at the 1, but barely. And Jacobs storms in, throwing the ball at the play clock, which was a little weird. Wade's looking nervous... which is reasonable, consider his past playoff experience.
• Another Dallas penalty knocks them back. 8th so far.
• Crayton drops another one. Ha ha. Witten catches one, boo-hoo. Then T.O. drops one. HA HA!
  
  
• OK, we'll stop taunting Crayton. He caught that one.
  
• Oh right, Indy lost.
• Sacktastic! Romo goes down. Some receiver (Miles Austin? Who dat?) was open but Romo went down hard. Another incompletion and that's 4th and 13. Ha ha.
• Romo's getting rattled, yelling at players and stuff. Punt is downed at the 3 yard line, feh. Jacobs pounds his way through to at least get them out of the end zone, but they don't convert. Too close to go for it I guess but that just sucks.
  
• Oh look, women in the kitchen. I didn't know we had color television in 1952.
• Those Mac/PC commercials would be insufferable except that it's generally acknowledged that Windows Vista blows massive chunks.
• And now he's SACKED... oh ye-ah-ah-eh-ah... SACKED... 000 ye-ah-ah-eh-ah!
• Witten. WITTEN. At least they stopped him before the first down. How are we not noticing that Witten is doing this frequently? Witten again, but theres a flag. Illegal formation on Dallas, so its 3rd and 9. Romo's getting really mouthy to the officials, which is unusual for him I think.
  
• Automatic first down on a Giants penalty, which Romo follows up with Intentional Grounding. The officiating is a little wacky today on both sides.
• Interesting comment by Aikman about the clock. Giants are pounding Romo and they're getting totally rattled. 3rd and 20 and they have to use a time out or take a delay of game penalty. Come on...
  
• 4th and 20. Strahan not on the field, not sure why but he looked really spent earlier so he might just be over tired. Punt-a-rooski. 3:46 to go, 21-17, New York Football Giants in the lead. Giants have 3 time outs, Dallas has one.
  
• Let's see if they run the ball. They do. Bradshaw gets a few yards. It's an interesting strategy, using him at the end. I think that might be counter-intuitive, since he's a little guy (5'9", although at 192 lbs it's a big 5'9"). 3rd and 5, not good. Need to get the 1st. Oy, Eli gets sacked. 2 minute warning.
  
• A 5'9" man should be, at most 176 pounds. So Bradshaw's kinda big, though not by football standards. A 6'4" man (Brandon Jacobs' height) should be 207 at most. Jacobs is 264.
• Grr.... Need to stop them now. 2nd and 1, they stop Barber (actually he ran into his own O-lineman), clock is running, they get another play off, barely. Romo does a Favre and flips to Witten for a 1st down. Giant time out stops the clock at 31 seconds for Tuck's injury. (Acting? Dunno.) Jerry Jones is on the sideline. Giants need to step up BIG here.
  
• Same weird thing with the snap not happening at the right time again, this time it's called as a false start. 2nd and 11 as Witten catches another one, gets out of bounds but it's because of a push and therefore the clock runs, so Dallas burns the last time out.
  
• Romo gets hit, throws it away, 3rd and 11, 22 seconds left. Spagnolo is praying. Romo overthrows to the end zone, 4th and 11.
• INTERCEPTION! GIANTS WIN! Jerry Jones looks like he just ate his own liver. No amount of lovin' from Jessica Simpson is going to make this one go away. Holy crap, we're off to Green Bay.