# Did Tom Coughlin just invoke the Newtown massacre in his post shutout news conference?

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**Created:** [December 17, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tom-coughlin-just-invoke-the-newtown-massacre-in-his-post-shutout-news-conference/644249 "2012-12-17T01:18:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tom-coughlin-just-invoke-the-newtown-massacre-in-his-post-shutout-news-conference/644249/1 "2012-12-17T01:18:28Z")

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I was listening on the radio but wasn’t paying incredibly close attention but it sounded like Tom Coughlin spent a good 2 minutes talking about how his team was sad about the massacre after they just got shut out by Atlanta.

Did I imagine this? If he really did this it’s incredibly bizarre and not very classy.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tom-coughlin-just-invoke-the-newtown-massacre-in-his-post-shutout-news-conference/644249/2 "2012-12-17T01:20:31Z")

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The Giants dedicated the game today to the victims. I don’t see anything unclassified about that.

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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tom-coughlin-just-invoke-the-newtown-massacre-in-his-post-shutout-news-conference/644249/3 "2012-12-17T01:22:25Z")

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I heard a snippet of that and it sounded like he was using the shootings as an excuse why the Giants lost. I thought it was a pretty stupid thing to say.

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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tom-coughlin-just-invoke-the-newtown-massacre-in-his-post-shutout-news-conference/644249/4 "2012-12-17T01:24:28Z")

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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> I heard a snippet of that and it sounded like he was using the shootings as an excuse why the Giants lost. I thought it was a pretty stupid thing to say.

This.

I’m not talking about dedicating the game. I definitely don’t think that is classified.

Is there somewhere we can see video or hear audio of his post game? It was really fucking bizarre. Saying things about how they all had kids and were distraught and distracted etc…