The final stake was a replay, one that proved a football had bounced against the MetLife Stadium turf before it nestled into the arms of Dez Bryant. That was it. That was the ballgame. The scoreboard read Giants 10, Cowboys 7, and it would read that way forever.
That’s when the roar came tumbling out of the farthest reaches of the stadium, where most of the 80,874 who had arrived hours earlier in the snow still were in their seats, braving the frosty air, not even thinking of making an early break for the Turnpike.