Since I'm being bullied into revealing my Super Bowl pick, here it is, because, well, I'm just that spineless.
Giants v Patriots: All the talk this week has been about Tom Brady's ankle, which is precisely why we need to eliminate the bye week in between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. Nothing pisses the sports media off more than not talking football after doing nothing but for the last few months, so non-stories like the Brady ankle become Watergate-ish in their perceived importance.
But I digress...
The easy thing to do here is look back at the Giants-Pats game at the Meadowlands last month and assume it'll be a similar game; after all, neither team has changed that much since that fantastic game on the last Saturday in December, and, of course, neither team has lost since then.
On the Giants side, Eli Manning and the New York offense are moving the ball extremely well, and balancing the run and pass well. The defence is solid, and any team with a former Ottawa Renegades kicker can't be all bad. (Wait, maybe it can...)
For New England, any so-called adversity the Pats have had to face this year has been met with a punch in the face and a quick count from the ref. No team, especially the Giants, can match the Pats on either side of the ball, and no one does better with 2 weeks to plan for an opponent than Darth Belichick.
Also, let's remember that this version of the Patriots is 3-0 in the Super Bowl and 18-0 this year, while the big stage is new for most of the Giants' roster.
I think New England will start out strong, say 10 or 14-0, but New York will stay in the game until the end. Unfortunately, the New England Patriots will win the Super Bowl and go 19-0 this season.
But rest assured I will be cheering for the Giants.
New England 37, New York 31.
Record: 7-3
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Still reviewing game footage, looking over reports, and analyzing stats.
Need more time before I make my pick.
The Bully
I was being PRESSURED to make a pick so: after considering ALL the facts, I have come up with my winner, actually THE winner.
AND THE WINNER OF SUPERBOWL XLII will be....
WHO CARES!!!!
Either way, there will be history made on Sunday. Either a team goes 19-0 or it's the biggest upset in SuperBowl history.
But, I promised a pick:
I too will be cheering for the Giants, yet I will also be cheering for the Pats as well. Huh?
I am not a Pats fan. I am not a Randy Moss fan. I am a Brady fan though. I am also a history fan. A 19-0 season would be absolutely unheard of and probably will never happen in my lifetime again. Do I want the Pats to win SuperBowl XL II? No. Do I think it would be awesome to be able to say that I was alive and witnessed that piece of history? Absolutely.
With all that being said, GO GIANTS GO! Everybody has written them off, not even giving them a chance.
Well, you heard it from my mouth (well, fingers technically)first. The Giants have a chance to win this game and proved it in the last week of the season. They were close last time; this time they will get the job done. The Pats have shown they are beatable this year. And the Giants will spoil their 19-0 season.
Giants by 10. 24-14.
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!!!!
GIANTS UPSET THE PATS!
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