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Before the insanity, before the grandchildren arrived and the stress of the moment reached a crescendo, Judy and Tom Coughlin snuck away for a rare dinner, just the two of them. It was Tuesday, and the couple sat in the otherwise unoccupied second floor of the Oceanaire, a trendy Indianapolis restaurant.
No one was around. No one bothered them. It was just the Giants' coach and his wife, sitting and laughing and talking about nothing in particular and everything. The moment. The Super Bowl. The magical playoff run.
Never did Coughlin allow himself a what-if. His legacy? That was not for Coughlin to ponder.
"If he has thought about it," Judy Coughlin said Sunday, "he wouldn't say."
But here Coughlin is now, a second Super Bowl ring soon to be fitted...
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