frogman68

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Peyton Manning has a championship game to be at next weekend after all. He can go watch baby brother Eli guide the New York Giants.

A few hours after the reigning Super Bowl MVP lost his chance to get back to the big game, the less-heralded, often-criticized member of football's most famous family got the biggest victory of his career. Manning led the Giants past Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 on Sunday and into the NFC title game."I won't get tired of hearing that this week," Eli Manning said. "No one's given us much credit and probably still won't. But that's OK. We like it that way."

Eli, the Manning who doesn't do many commercials, threw two touchdown passes to Amani Toomer and led another scoring drive early in the fourth quarter. While he wasn't great, he was good enough to lead New York to its ninth straight road win and into a 10th road game -- at Green Bay, with the winner getting a spot in the Super Bowl. It's the furthest New York has advanced since the 2000 season.

ESPN - Cowboys fall short on last effort as Giants move on to face Packers - NFL Football Recap

Great game and I loved how Romo got flustered and the WHOLE team fell apart around him .

Lets hope San Diego takes care of NE dont want a rematch (or do the Giants want one?) of the final regular season game