they've been able to mix and shower for tom coughlin, as if with the leg right now. the giants wind up 9-7. the nfc east champions. >> cris: tom coughlin knows how quarterbacks feel right now. you know he's back there, but you don't know where he is. >> al: they should pour it on fewell. >> cris: maybe that's who it's for. he took heat. once he got boley in there. uh-oh, maybe the son-in-law is going to get him. there you go. >> al: 31-14, the wendy's post-game report coming up next. >> bob: well, in the second half, dallas rallied back, but then the giants pulled away again to end the cowboys' season and prolong their own. 31-14. eli manning, 24 of 33 for 346 and three touchdowns. one of those tds, caught by the dynamic young receiver, victor cruz, who had six receptions all told for 178 yards and the two of them are on the field with michele tafoya. michele? >> michele: thank you very much. eli, after all the highs and lows of this season, what does a win like this mean? >> it's a great feeling. our guys have stuck together the whole season. we've had ups and downs

they've been able to mix and shower for tom coughlin, as if with the leg right now. the giants wind up 9-7. the nfc east champions. >> cris: tom coughlin knows how quarterbacks feel right now. you know he's back there, but you don't know where he is. >> al: they should pour it on fewell. >> cris: maybe that's who it's for. he took heat. once he got boley in there. uh-oh, maybe the son-in-law is going to get him. there you go. >> al: 31-14, the wendy's post-game report coming up next. ahh... so much better than last year. [ both screaming ] throw the food out the window! throw the food out the window! [ growling ] never again. everyone deserves a great vacation at a great price. get on board a carnival cruise and get more fun for all. >> bob: well, in the second half, dallas rallied back, but then the giants pulled away again to end the cowboys' season and prolong their own. 31-14. eli manning, 24 of 33 for 346 and three touchdowns. one of those tds, caught by the dynamic young receiver, victor cruz, who had six receptions all told for 178 yards and the two of them ar

head coach tom coughlin was asked what a second title would mean to him and his quarterback eli. >> i a great endorsement for the quality of football player that he is and for the kind of season eli has had and what he's meant to our football team, our franchise. the second part of that is it's not about me. that's the furtherrist thing from my mind is how that -- ft.est thing from my mind is how -- the furthest thing from my mind is how it's going to enhance my legacy. >> you don't think about that as a player. i think you concentrate on the opponent. that's new england, trying to get ready for them. try to keep your mind focused on the job and what your performance is going to take, what type of style of football it's going to take to win this game. >> the giants defeated the patriots in week nine 24-20. patriots are currently 2 1/2 point favorites. >>> the king of pop is taking over glee. we have a special sneak peek at an all new michael jackson episode coming up next. >>> on the news edge a melee caught on camera. this university of richmond fight got so bad the cops had to be ca

of course the giants quarterback who had a pretty nifty speech for his team according to tom coughling that really hit home with the guys. a lot more coming up right outside the big stadium, lucas oil in just a few minutes at 6:00. >>> has vance and his hog arrived? >> yeah. vance took the harley a short time ago. he's going to be joining us a bit later but we need to let him get settled in. that is a long drive on a motorcycle. >> especially in the side car. must be wiped. >> yeah. he's -- he has a lot of recuperating to do. >> all right. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> and here is a quick preview of what's coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00. a war of words in the race for the white house. tonight the republican presidential hopefuls trade jabs one day before the florida primaries. and getting back to normal, students in louisa county, virginia will be able to do something this week that they haven't done in five months since that earthquake that damaged their school. and oh, baby. a woman gives birth to a nearly 14-pound baby. >> wow. >> and she didn't use any drugs. and she is able to

tom coughlin and his crew take a 20-17 win. and the giants off to the super bowl against the new england patriots. and giants fans, they were certainly outnumbered but they generally felt very welcome. >> we flew all the way out from the east coast and here for the game. >> goth am city all the way. we love you san francisco but you're going home after today. >> everybody is very nice. >> everybody is hospitable. >> we still love you 49ers. >> we got them next year. good job harbaugh. >> the toughest day for anyone yesterday, harbaugh's parents, they lost twice. >> san francisco police used pepper spray on a violent fan and the spray struck a police officer and another fan. one person had a minor injury when a car drove over his foot. and police say mostly it was a peaceful day. that is good news. bad news is, here is your super bowl matchup. eli manning, new york giants, will face off against tom badey and the new england patriots. super bowl 46. the pats with a very narrow win over the baltimore ravens. it will be played febr

coach tom coughlin called it a stomach bug and adds that he hopes that it's just a 24-hour deal. >>>, to the nba and a hard-fought game in atlanta. portland's raymond felton dove and dished to craig smith for a layup in the third period giving the trailblazers a lead. it stayed tight. there was a three-pointer on the way to 24 points in the game. then a steal back and a lob for the alley-oop dunk you see right there. atlanta won it 92-89. >>> in orlando, the magic and the spurs in an overtime battle as san antonio's gary neal drilled a three-pointer for the lead. magic anderson missed a last chance three and j.j. redick shot, well, that was a little too late. the spurs won their first round game of the season, 85-383. >>> in college hoops, yukon at home against cincinnati. the bearcats led much of the game. but yukon shah baz hit a three-pointer to tie the game with less than ten seconds to play. it wasn't enough. cincinnati's kilpatrick answered with a three of his own. the bearcats won it 70-67. >>> finally, every athlete gets a bit frustrated at times. but take a look at this. dur

the head coach tom coughlin was asked what a second title would mean to him and his qb. >> the greatsement for the quality of future -- and what he's meant -- the franchise. the second part of that is not about me. what is going to -- how that enhances my legacy and that is nowhere near anything that i think about right now. what i am -- . >> the players, evidently, love coughlin. remember, they talked about firing him earlier in the season. tonight, the wizards host the bulls and seeking back-to-back wins the first time since last april. nine-11. saturday, the wizard put an end to the road's utility. the wiz broke into the win column away from verizon center and defeating the bobcats, 102- 99. the first road win since last april 3rd, which took place against the bobcats. the team passed the ball well and didn't have it on the stretch down the line. the bulls are in up to, coming off of a tough loss to the heat yesterday, 97-93. are there concerns about playing 17-5 chicago? >> i am not worried about chicago. i am worried about our guys and how we play. we have a -- to find our ident

it didn't surprise giants coach tom coughlin. >> we did know that some of the things we were able to in indicative that we could play with them and as we prepared this week, we felt the exact same way. we look forward to coming in and playing, as i said, and our players were excited about it. >> kind of top of the mountain and you forget how bad this feel is. after the 2009 season, we lost to arizona. it sucks. >> in the afc playoff in baltimore. the ravens much heralded the defense, choked the texans. they intercepted yates three times including a grab by ed reid. at the four-yard line with two minutes left. houston still had a chance to win it, but yates' hail mary pass ended up hitting the turf. no good there. ravens over the texans 20-13. here is next week's schedule. on sunday. baltimore and new england face off for the afc crown. you can see that here at 3:00 eastern on cbs. the giants in san francisco taking on the 49ers for the nfc championship. the winner of those games will clash two weeks later in super bowl xlvi. >>> when we come back, another look at the top stories and

the last ten matches in a row while the giants also boast a five game winning streak and coach tom coughlin on wait to make it six. we did it in anticipation of this of coming out here to indianapolis of getting started in this wonderful super bowl week of our conducting our babies and practices year acclimating our players to the surroundings have enough to really get over the stadium tomorrow for me day so we're excited to get things started. for me while the patriots are out on sunday and they're also prepared to spend the next few days working hard but also intend to enjoy need. great to be here i regard where you play and you go see it was incredible experience for all of us and i've been very fortunate my career to be my fifth time and you know you try to communicate to the younger players how special it is to be here because you really do never know when you're going to come back and that's that's what makes for a fun week even deal with you guys for another week is fun for the players. have. more in just under two hours time until then i think. well with the. science technology inno

prevailed in the last ten matches in a row all the giants also boasts a five game winning streak tom coughlin can't wait to make it six. we've done it in anticipation of this of coming out here to indianapolis of getting started on this wonderful super bowl week of our conducting our meetings and practices here acclimating our players to the surroundings having an opportunity to get over the stadium tomorrow for media day so we're excited to get things started . and finally the powerhouse of russian women's basketball spot and kay are preparing for their last group match of the year and on wednesday the club has gone from strength to strength despite the murder of its flamboyant own a two years ago cause it impossible for feels more on a fascinating story born in lutherie any nine hundred forty seven commoner chiming to eighty two years railed before being unmasked as a spike in one thousand nine hundred seven and sent to jail but five years later the multinational citizen and speaker of nine languages was released in a riot in moscow where he became a concert promoter overnight in shows for

. >> michael: and they continue to get it done and you have to give a lot of credit to tom coughlin. three weeks ago a lot of people were ready to say he's stayed too long in new york, it's time for him to go. but he had his team ready to play today, had them ready the last few weeks and perry fewell has done a good job with the defense. >> curt: he's been unbelievable, but the player of the day, the quarterback there, mr. elite, eli manning's first 300-yard passing day in the postseason in his career and added three touchdowns as well to be the farmers insurance player of the day. >> terry: eli has played great. take into account the last four games against the jets and the cowboys and then atlanta and now on the road against green bay. ten touchdown passes, only two interceptions. i mean at the beginning of the season when everybody said top five quarterback, and he said, yeah, i think i am. he's exactly right. he has proven it throughout the course of this season and there is nothing a coach wants more, jimmy, than to put that ball into a quarterback's hands that he trusts, and no

a number of usual responses, starting with the pronunciation of tom coughlin's name on media day. >> way it's said back home and the way i said it after i went to searches and nobody, they butchered it. the nuns killed me. i didn't -- the way the nuns got it and i was not real pleased with that pronunciation and so i changeed it. >> i would be some sort of businessman. i graduated with the degree in business and i would be doing some sort of business in nigeria and i wouldn't number america for sure. >> oh, yeah. yeah. that -- yeah, baby, yeah. that is great. yeah. yeah. no doubt. >> straight up and -- what do we have here? >> um, that is a on --um, sinead o'connor? what do you think? yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> okay. it was not sinead o'connor. that was tom brady. the giants are 2 1/2-point underdogs despite beating the patriots in week 9 and beat them four years ago in the soup bomber. back to you. >> i know that as a sports broadcaster, you're not really supposed to want one team over another. the redskins are not in this game. who are you going for? >> i would like the giants to

head coach tom coughlin was asked today what the team is doing to prevent that bug from spreading. >>ybody's wearing a mask? everybody's washing their hands? everybody's doing everything they can. like when your sister came home with whatever and you got it. you know what i mean? so there's where we are. [ laughter ] [ pause ] [ inaudible ] >> not going any further now. >> oh. >> hey. hey. >> you think that's bad? you know, there's two weeks in between the super bowl right and this game. get ready for two weeks of that. alex smith has taken more than his fair share of criticism, fair territory as a starting quarterback until the nfl. eli manning probably knows about expectations better than most. eli manning i don't know how he got out there was. i thought he was on the ground and... then he came out of the pile. >> reporter: most quarterbacks with a super bowl ring especially after authoring one of the biggest upsets in nfl history would be given a free pass after a down year. there's never been the case with eli manning. he was ripped this summer for saying he thought he was an elit

tom coughlin is a good man. i remember him from monday night. i guess i would have to go with mr.. >> bill: talk again next week and get it all firmed up. miller and i would like to thank everyone come to see us on february 25th. just a handful of tickets remain there. both shows will probably sell out tomorrow. i alone will be in durham, north carolina february 3rd, tickets are selling out fast as in tampa, melbourne. sarasota in florida already sold out. details on all of that on bill o'reilly.com. mitt romney attacks newt gingrich and newt gingrich attacking mitt romney. play you two very very negative ads. you can decide their >> bill: back of the book segment tonight, did you see that? it is already virginia nasty in florida between mitt romney and newt gingrich they are dueling ads. first the one paid for by the gingrich supporters. >> think you know mitt? think again. >> those who follow the path we pursue find it's the best path and end one a nation taken mandate approach. >> when mitt romney invented government run health care he helped barack obama write the disastrous h

tom coughlin is a good man. i remember him from monday night. i guess i would have to go with mr. week and get it all firmed up. miller and i would like to thank everyone come to see us on february 25th. just a handful of tickets remain there. both shows will probably sell out tomorrow. i alone will be in durham, north carolina february 3rd, tickets are selling out fast as in tampa, melbourne. sarasota in florida already sold out. details on all of that on bill o'reilly.com. mitt romney attacks newt gingrich and newt gingrich attacking mitt romney. play you two very very negative ads. you can decide their ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow, ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums yeah. the spectrum is from lg. and the r2 unit is from... from naboo. naboo. yeah. the spectrum's got a 4.5" screen, fits nicely in your hand. r2-d2 needs a starfighter. starfighter ? that's like a million dollars in gas. yeah, it's pricey. it's got verizon's 4g lte fo

tom coughlin not happy. vernon davis strikes a pose. three catches, 112 yards, and two touchdowns.ourth quarter giants down, 14-10. eli manning to mario manningham. his first catch of the game. 17-yard touch. 17-14 the 49ers would tie it, though. and we would go to overtime. in o.t. giants punting away. kyle williams back to receive. it was a rough game for kyle. after botching a punt he loses another. kyle's father kenny who is the general manager of the chicago white socks says kyle has been receiving death threats today. devon thomas the former redskin recovers his second fumble for the giants and he is pretty jacked up, too. so lawrence tines off of the 31 yard game-winner and that is pure. the giants win it, 20-17. after that fumble advancing to their second super bowl in the last five seasons. tough to take if you're vernon davis. >> we played as hard as we possibly could. i'm proud of those guys because they work their tails off out there tonight. and we still got to look on the bright side. we always have next time. next year. >> this thing about this team and this opportun

. >>> on the nfc side, john harbaugh's brother, jim and the 49ers taking on tom coughlin and the giants. vernon davis has been uncoverrable. he's having a great post- season. that's a 28-yarder to make it 14-10. in the fourth quarter, eli manning and the giants stepping up. small windows not a problem. he spits it in to manningham. late in the game though, overtime. kyle williams lets this punt get away from him. devin thomas, former washington redskin makes the recovery. sending the giants to the super bowl. they win it 20-17. wow, what a day. the caps and the wizards losing on sunday as well. that's going to do it for your morning sports. i'm dave owens, have a great monday, everybody. >> coming up, maryland's governor will see how his agenda plays in the twitter verse later today. >> resolving the dispute between wolf traps in another venue in northern virginia. there is a possibility of that today. we'll tell you how. quick check of the commute. >> facing two difficulties this morning. one is the patchy dense fog. coming down from clarksburg to the point where the lanes divide. the

they wanted to fire tom coughlin, they thought he's an idiot, he's not. he's a great coach.lent than the patriots. this is not the patriot team of four years ago, belichick put it together with smoke and mirrors. he has a little offensive back playing offensive back now, he's got the taxi squaders playing in the secondary. he's put it together. but new york should win this game because they are healthy and the only reason that new england will win, if god wants them to. >> you said new england. that's the only way they can win. new york is the best team. >> you got a score for me? >> i think it will be 24-21. >> hold on. oh, wait. i can do that after? i'm not betting anyone, don't -- >> we don't do that. >> no, we don't. let's talk about -- one of the game's biggest stars, peyton manning. he's hurt, how soon -- he's going to be a free agent soon, right? >> here's the deal. he's an icon. he made indianapolis. for his owner to come out and knock him and call him a politician is unbelievable -- he's not going to play in indianapolis next year. >> you don't think? >> no. indiana

about how he's got a stack of letters on his desk where fans with were calling for the head of tom coughlinit's sports wonderful. you can turn it around. they've gotten it done impressively so. they're healthy now, the defense is playing with a nasty mind-set. they're a tough squad. >> going back to what happened on sunday, the missed field goal, that close, what happened? >> you know what, the execution on that, it's a chip shot the. you would think billy cundiff has to feeling extremely down about that. it was a chip shot. a 32-yard field goal. but it goes to show you, you've got to execute mechanically, the focus has to be there each and every time. >> before we go. joe paterno. here's a man who had extraordinary athletic record as a coach. >> you know what, one can only hope the longview may look at him favorably because he was a towering figure. mentored hundreds of kids, donated millions. charlie, you can't overlook the fact that some kids' lives were radically and adversely changed forever. you would like to think that the adults in charge there at penn state would have done a lot mo