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Pressure from Thomas off the edge, Eli Manning. Stays on his feet. Airs it out down the It is is called Mike Tyree. Inside the 25 and a timeout taken. Oh my gosh.
This ball is thrown and Tyree just goes up for it like a basketball player. Harrison trying to knock it down. And Eli, man, I don't know how he got out of there. I thought he was on the ground and then he came out of the pile and just slings it. That's a great catch.
By David Tyree. No kidding. And we'd keep the Giants hopes alive for a Super Bowl championship, which they go on and beat the undefeated Patriots 17-14. A guy that doesn't need to be reminded of that because he made it happen. He was the head coach of the New York Giants, two-time Super Bowl champion.
Tom Coughlin, former Jacksonville Jaguars coach, the first one they've ever had, and Boston College coach, too. Tom, welcome back to the Brian Kilmeat Show. Great to see you, coach. Hey, Brian, great to see you. It's been a while.
I know. You look great. Your thoughts hearing that again? Yeah, well, I started smiling when I did hear it. Um that was uh That was a moment when I was, you know, right there on the side, on the sideline right across from.
Eli, and I you know, I just yelled out to Mike Carey, the official, don't blow it dead, don't blow it dead, because it looked like he was in that kind of position where the official could have blown it dead, and somehow you saw Eli kind of scramble out of that. Throw the ball down in the middle of the field, and then I'm thinking, oh God, if he overthrows this ball overthrow in the middle of the field is an interception. David Tyree goes up, makes the greatest catch in the history of the Super Bowls. It took me a long time to teach him that catch, by the way. He goes high in the air.
He catches the ball in two hands. One arm gets ripped away by Harrison, who's a 220-pound safety.
So he automatically pins the ball to his helmet. As he goes down, Harrison goes across the back of his knees, which if you're playing in the backyard, you know usually the ball goes flying out when somebody threatens your knees. And he somehow David Tyree hung on to the ball. But you know the interesting thing about it, Brian, still? We're still going through a third and 11 to get to the point where we score the touchdown to win the game.
And that's where Steve Smith comes in with that great play.
So wow, besides that, you don't remember much about it. And David Tyree, again, would not play another game, right? That would be it for him.
Well, yeah. No, he was injured.
Okay. Yeah. And uh. Unfortunately, but He'll never be forgotten for that play he made. And remember this, cut 47.
Manning. Loves. Burris alone touchdown New York. Plexico Burris had been held down all night. That's a bigger reason why the Giants got past the Packers in the NFC championship game.
With his 11 catches, 151 yards. Did not have a catch the entire second half, two all night. Plaxico would make the winning catch. I was actually at the Super Bowl watching that on the field. They covered it.
Cloud Blitz right there, Brian. You know, Eli's in the huddle, and he said, If they sing to cover you, Plax, I'm coming to you. And they did, they brought the house, of course, Blitz Zero. And in our studies, Plaxico and our entire offensive team had noticed the different ways in which people react. When the blitz is coming And Plexico faked the slant move, which caused the corner to sit a little bit.
Went by them. The ball is up in the air for the touchdown. The interesting thing there, Brian, is With about 20 minutes left to go before I had to turn the inactive sheet in, I didn't know Plexico was even going to play. Because he had a knee injury, didn't practice all week. But because he played...
He was double teamed most of the day, which helped us in other areas of our game. You were convinced, I understand it. I don't want to put words in your mouth, and of course, you'll correct me. When you played them in the last game of the season, You were convinced that you could play with them, right? We were.
When we came off the field, we really believed it. And as we were walking off, I could hear the Patriot players. talking and They knew they had won the game, and there's no doubt about it. And that was clearly stated to our team afterwards. We didn't win, but it was a heck of a game, but totally different from the Super Bowl: 38-35 versus 17-14.
The other thing, Coach, in the big picture, I've been dying to ask you this. When Eli was having those years in which it was people were doubting whether he was going to become this great quarterback. You never express doubt. And he was back talking to his old college coach, trying to get his confidence back. But you are this tough coach, no nonsense coach, all about winning.
But yet, there was something that you saw in Eli, and it took him a few years to get traction. What did you see in him? That maybe some other people wouldn't. Just remember, Brian, that His rookie year. When after about seven games, I instituted him into the starting lineup.
Kurt Warner to the bench. Kurt Warner was our quarterback. And they battled it in preseason, but Kurt won it. Kurt started. But Along about the time we were four and three, we had kind of stalled and didn't play well in Arizona.
So I decided to make the move right there. And it was a difficult transition for any rookie quarterback because they've never seen the speed and the way in which the blitz went about. But he fought his way through that. It wasn't easy. And you remember, we beat the Cowboys in the last game of the year where he made a great check at the one-inch line to score a touchdown rather than kick a field goal to tie.
So, anyway. Uh I knew I knew the ingredients. in Eli. And Eli in my opinion The greatest, one of the greatest, if not the greatest, big game quarterbacks. Of all time.
The way he played through. Those two. Super Bowl runs when nobody gave us a chance to win. Really, nobody. And he provided that the plays, the consistency.
Didn't turn the ball over. He turned it over once in that 07. Um Super Bowl run. Again in 11. The way he played.
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Tom Coffin, our guests. I don't want to go too long without talking about the J Fund. 30 plus years you did this. Tell everyone how this started. You have this player in Boston College gets cancer, passes away, and that really affected you to the point where you launched this pediatric cancer foundation and you continue to make it bigger and bigger.
Could you tell everybody about it?
Well, when I was the head coach at Boston College, my strong safety was a young man by the name of J. McGillis. He was a great kid, a great teammate. Yeah. Uh just the humble, solid, solid young man.
Grade in school. And uh After 10 games, we came back, and the doctors and trainers came to me and said they didn't think Jay could play the following weekend. I said, Well, what's going on? Why can't he play? Can't get the doctors in here.
Get them treated. He has a temperature, he has swollen glands.
Well, it wasn't a cold or wasn't something along those lines. It was leukemia, and a ravaging form of leukemia. Jay was gone. July 3rd of 1992, this was the season of 91. But going through that, watching the family, being with the family, watching how the parents drop everything, run to the bedside of the sick child.
And witnessing all of this. And having in the spring The ability, Mike Panels, a linebacker of mine, came and said the McGillisons need help.
So the players went into the community, they raised $50,000. We gave the McGillis family a check for $50,000 at halftime of the spring game. And the impact that that experience had on my wife Judy and I, we knew if we ever had a chance to give back. It would be in the name, image, and likeness of J. McGillis.
And that's where the JFUN Foundation started. In 1996, And 31 years later, Brian. We've helped over 6,700 families. to the tune of $39 million. And now today, that's amazing.
And now today you're announcing your first ever ambassador class as you enter year 31. Tell us about that. All right, we are doing just that. Today we are recognizing four individuals. Who have been tremendous supporters of the JFund, who have completely bought into the mission of the J Fund, who have established themselves in their own communities and are giving back.
Okay, are giving back, but they are. They are individuals who we recognize with great gratitude what they mean to their communities and what they've meant to the JFUD. You have Juan Carlos Amoris, the head coach of the Gotham women's soccer team. You have Logan Cook, the punter of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Ross Matisik. The long snapping, Pro Bowl long snapping of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and Chris Snee, who is currently a senior scout with the New York Giants.
Who is a Pro Bowl right guard for me. two Super Bowl champions. These individuals who, when they do get involved with JFund functions, whenever they're asked, they're there. Then they're not only there, they're there with their heart. Their commitment, their soul.
And so we are recognizing them at this point. Because they will then continue to spread the word in the community to new people for the involvement of new people in our great work, in our great cause. And so we're recognizing the ambassador program. kicking it off today in the 31st year of the JFund. Awesome.
Great.
Now, for you personally, Coach, I know your wife passed away. How are you dealing with that? You two are incredibly close. She's your biggest supporter throughout your entire football career. How have you dealt with that?
Well Not well. I don't, you know, you, someone who, we were married for 55 years, and Judy. Judy was the The person behind the scenes who allowed me to do what. what we were able to do. And if it wasn't for her, that would not have happened.
So Uh she suffered terribly with a with a very with a terrible disease. Um And uh It's not an easy thing to go through. I know. But she did. She died November 2nd of 2022.
But her spirit is still very much in the JFund because she was right there with me to establish it.
So and people that know Coach Tom Coughlin, he's just one of the most honorable people you're going to meet in and out of sports. Coach, you weren't done contributing to the Giants. Because of you, we had this announcement a few months ago. I know the challenges. I understand the expectations.
I know the fans are hungry for a winner. We're here with one mission. to become to earn the right to be called the world champions. in New York. Why was it important for you to express to John Harbaugh to take this job?
When John was fired in Baltimore, I sent him a text. Congratulating him on his years of service. on the accomplishments that he had. And his response was. Uh in text You know, thank you, blah, blah, blah.
I could use some advice right now if you have a minute.
So that became the phone call that I made to John, and John had many questions for me. There was a lot of things that we had to go through, but John's credibility brings so much to the giant.
Okay. The man has 193 wins in the National Football League. He's a tremendous person, tremendous coach. We believe that that's what the Giants needed at this time. And so Uh knowing full well That John Merrow was ill, and so on and so forth.
Chris Merrow actually was the guy that got involved and put this thing. uh completely together and uh And John is on board and the excitement in New York is great. What do you think? Do you think the Giants can go back to the winning waves, which they have not had since you left? I think so.
Yes, I believe so. And I think John's the man to lead them in that direction. Got the right quarterback? Yeah, I hope so. You know, I'm not a guy that sits around studying everything, but.
What I've saw, he's an outstanding young player and He does have to learn to get down. Yeah, he wants to run through people. We know about that. That's not going to work. It's not going to work at this level.
And lastly, Coach, if people listen to the JFon, hear about the mission, hear about your ambassadors, where do they go to contribute?
Well, jfund.org. We're on the internet. Just Google a J Fun Foundation and We will accept your contributions with open arms. For cancer, pediatric cancer especially. I mean, how can you go wrong?
Tom Coughlin, coach, I'll see you again soon. Thanks so much. Thanks, Brian. Have a great day. You too.
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