It turns out that the Giants' 23-20 overtime victory over the Packers was described quite nicely by Akeem, the main character in Coming to America, portrayed by Eddie Murphy:
"Oh, it was most exhilarating. The Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big 'H'. It was a most ripping victory."
UPDATE: In comments, there seems to be a debate about who was first to notice this, with an unnamed Deadspin commenter, The Big Lead, and Hot Foot Blog all getting votes. It certainly wasn't me.
SECOND UPDATE: Apparently Big Blue had this first.
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Packers-Giants Outcome Described by Akeem (Eddie Murphy) in 'Coming to America'
Posted Jan 21st 2008 2:47PM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: NY Giants, Packers, New York, TV and Movies
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. haha. nice video.
Posted at 2:57PM on Jan 21st 2008 by bet the super bowl
2. That's brilliant, MDS.
Posted at 3:02PM on Jan 21st 2008 by JCN
3. Too bad TBL already had this since early morning...Otherwise I could see posters attributing this find to you...
Posted at 3:17PM on Jan 21st 2008 by truth
4. some deadspin commentator mentioned it last night
Posted at 3:30PM on Jan 21st 2008 by dj
5. http://www.hotfootblog.com/bigblue/?p=14
If you're going to blatantly plagiarize, you should maybe quote the source. Also, you should fix the spelling error when copying. He says "gripping". "Ripping" doesn't even make any sense there.
Posted at 4:17PM on Jan 21st 2008 by David
6. I posted this on Big Blue last night at 9PM EST.
Deadspin credited me, as have several other blogs as well.
Posted at 4:58PM on Jan 21st 2008 by Anthony De Rosa
7. The Big Lead gave me credit as well...
http://thebiglead.com/index.php?paged=2
Posted at 5:03PM on Jan 21st 2008 by Anthony De Rosa
8. Hey to the Packers...you gave us all a great season you have nothing to be ashamed of....nothing! This was not a blow out game!!
My mom use to say...Life is like learning how to walk...you fall down, get a few scars pick yourself up again and try until you succeed. You will always have the scars but they will remind you of what it took to succeed!
You guys did great...all of you!!
They had a quote from Brady this morning commenting how playing in Arizonia will be so much warmer...give me a break! It was 23 degrees out and he whined!!
Posted at 7:19PM on Jan 21st 2008 by Pattie
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Posted at 9:23PM on Jan 21st 2008 by Lance