A different website (www.kissmesuzy.blogspot.com) has dubbed it the Giant Snatch, which has the benefit of being both juvenile and amusing.

I like "The Hat Trick" and "Patriot Missile".

"The Perfect Finish"

The "hat trick" is not bad...

But it seems to me that you want to reference both elements - Eli's Houdini-like escape AND the helmet assisted catch.

I'm weak and slow, nothing is really hitting me. Will chew on it a bit...

I favor something about head or ahead, like headhunting, or the go-ahead, or pulling ahead, etc...

I still like the suggestion "The Backbreaker," both for what it did to the Pats and the way Tyree landed. Can't do too much that also incorporates the escape as well.

I like the "Slip and Grip" play....gets both sides....

I've been calling it "Holy $*** did you SEE that?!"

I was calling it the Hail Loki, myself. (God of Chaos and all that...)

Given the decline of the English language, I would favor something along the lines of OMGWTF-No-Don't-Yes!-Beer Me. And you can either say it slowly, to drag out the suspense of the statement, just like the play seemed to take a couple of minutes to play out, or you can say it really quickly to mimic that frightful experience of having the entire game flash before your eyes, for just a second each time, like it did when Manning almost fell, when he threw the ball, when Tyree looked like he caught it, and in that moment when you realized he actually did catch it.

George....please.... mercy.


Let a guy heal a bit.

I'm still a fan of "The Great Escape". It even has its own theme song going for it.

People are overly consumed with the "name" being fully descriptive. "The Catch" doesn't fully describe Montana to Clark. "The Play" doesn't fully describe Stanford/Cal. "The Immaculate(without stain or blemish) Reception" doesn't fully describe a poorly thrown pass bouncing off a (defender's?) helmet to a running back who was out of position.

For me it doesn't need a name. Most of the "names" were coined immediately or within a few hours. Any name made up now would be a contrivance.

However, if you must have a name "The Great Escape" works. Had Eli been sacked, they would had to have called their last time out. It would have been 4th and 5 on the Giants 43 with only about 60-65 seconds left. Had Tyree dropped the ball, it would have have left 66-67 seconds left and the clock would have started as soon as the referee started placed the ball and started the play.

0-No!

I think it should just be called:

"18-1"

THE SCUD! It got right past the Patriots.

The Clutch.

Eli escaped the defenders clutch
Tyree Clutched it against his helmet
A clutch play

Heard that one suggested on the radio and really liked it.

"Catch Me if You Can"

Too long, but it covers both sides depending on how you interpret it.

I kind of like "The Perfect Connection," except it sounds a little too close to "The Immaculate Reception." "18-1" has also occurred to me.

I would go with "Fee Fie Foe Forehead". That would be fun to hear people have to say on ESPN. Name might work better for an epic fumble though.

My personal favorite is "The Un-Patriot Act". I heard this mentioned on the radio earlier this week. I also favor "Helm's Deep", but that is more or less an inside joke that just wont fly with the masses.

I dub it the "Where the Hell's my Defense? Son of a Bitch!"

That's what we call it at the office, anyway.

The one that I've heard alot of people mentioning is THE ESCAPE. It sort of references Eli's desperate scramble, the fact that the ball escaped from Rodney Harrison and that it was the beginning of the Giant's escape from being down and winning the game.

But, for all of us NE Pats fans it will probably always be known as THE PLAY.

I like "The Connnection". Its simple and takes into acout both ends of the play. If you want something more cute how bout "The Giant Savior" or "The Giant Saver".

And, "the immaculate reception" has nothing to do with being clean, its a play on the "the immaculate conception" the virgin birth, in case you didn't know (though most of you prolly did).

"The Play" is already taken, the Cal-Stanford crazy ending, and if you don't know what that is then you're not a real football fan.

The Cherry Houdini.

Was watching their last episode of the season and i'm not sure if they intended this as a nickname, but I think what they had to say about the play had a ring to it as well as accuracy: "The Double Miracle".

But I agree, anything they come up with now will just be a contrivance. It's almost passed the point of being talked about. I shudder to think if this sort of thing was happening 30 years ago for the 'Miracle On Ice'. Team USA defeats Russia, and NBC asks bloggers to name the upset:

NBC wants to know what to name the game! Was it:
A) AwesomeGate - 1980
B) Ivan Eats It
C) Miracle On Ice
D) Lake Flacid
E) What's Hockey?

I heard "Catch XLII", which I really like, but "Hat Trick" is good too.

NT

Personally, I like "Scramble Legs Over Tyr-easy."