"The setup seemed standard enough. The Giants were trailing by 2 points, there was a little more than a minute remaining, and the Giants had the ball on the New England Patriots’ 6. Quarterback Eli Manning took the snap and handed the ball off to running back Ahmad Bradshaw, and as Bradshaw began his surge, the game suddenly turned on its head.
It was like opposite day. The Patriots defenders, trained their whole lives to try to push and claw and fight to bring down the ball carrier, stood up and opened a double-wide hole for Bradshaw to reach the end zone.
Bradshaw, trained his whole life to sprint into the end zone whenever he could, pulled up just short of the goal line and tried to fall down.
Even the players and coaches on the Giants’ sideline, who had spent their whole lives cheering when their team scored, did not know what to do when Bradshaw failed to slam on his brakes in time and fell, almost dejectedly, into the end zone for a touchdown.
The scene was surreal; the Giants had just taken a 21-17 lead in the Super Bowl, and no one was celebrating. Bradshaw did not even know whether to spike the ball."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/sports/football/super-bowl-46-after-giants-surreal-touchdown-debates-on-the-strategy.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha27
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