The normally demure pressroom erupted when New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning found Plaxico Burress in the end zone for the winning Super Bowl touchdown four years ago.
It was hard to tell if the uproar was from thrilled Giants' beat writers or stunned New England Patriots scribes aghast at their team's first loss of the NFL season.
In any case, the Giants' improbable 17-14 triumph in Arizona provided some of the most memorable Super Bowl moments. It's doubtful, however, that Sunday's game in Indianapolis can equal the theater of the game that concluded the 2007-08 season.
Manning engineered a 12-play, 83-yard drive that ended with the game-winning strike to Burress.
But the play that many consider to be the best in Super Bowl history came when a ducking and spinning Manning escaped a severe rush and found David Tyree deep downfield with 59 seconds left.
Tyree, a little-used wide receiver covered like a sweater by Rodney Harrison, caught Manning's desperation throw by pinning the ball against his helmet as he fell to the ground following a full-extension leap.
"Until I saw it on TV with my own eyes, I didn't realize the magnitude of the catch and how great it was," said Tyree, who would never catch another pass in the NFL.
Former Patriots defensive lineman Jarvis Green told the Boston Herald this week about his near sack of Manning.
"When I think about that play sometimes, I think if I could have made that play, I could have been going to Disney World," he said.
"I had four or five tackles and a sack already, and that would have put me over the top. That would have ended the game. I just know after that play, about three or four weeks after that, I was still really shaken."
Twenty-four seconds later, Burress cradled the game-winner in the left corner of the end zone to end the Patriots' dream of becoming the league's first 19-0 team.
