Patriots Vs Giants (Super Bowl XLVI Gameday Thread)

I like this supper bowl match up it's an east coast rivalry like the Yankees vs. Redsox.

 

Lol...at what one little truthful comment will do...why such the defensive reaction. It's a fact. I thought we were all just posting meaningless statistics.

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I am just hoping for a good game. I could really care less who wins this one.

But if I had to bet it, I would take the Giants.

 

Taking the Giants offensively. Each team lucked into the SB. Patriots more so than the Giants, I also think that the Ravens started to expose the Patriots defense for what it actually is, a joke.

 

How do you figure the Giants lucked into the Superbowl? The ball that bounced off Williams leg, did Manning not have to throw a TD to Manningham on what 3rd and 14? Did Jaquan Williams not force the fumble? Let's also not forget the 49ers couldn't do much of anything on their last 5 drives, going three and out each time. Besides the two big plays to Davis, one of which was a busted coverage... what else happened?

Now to be fair the 49ers defense clamped down in the second half, doubling Cruz and not letting the Giants get past mid field. They beat up Manning but they didnt break his will, which is a testament to the type of player Manning is. A lot of QBs in the NFL would have crumbled under that duress. This wasn't luck, this was a good old fashioned football game where both defenses dictated the game. It came down to two turnovers and the Giants were on the plus side. That's all you can ask for.

You want to talk about backing into a superbowl, see the Patriots. Brady played piss poor. The Pats were badly outplayed in the fourth quarter. Evans should have known what do with that ball and clutch it not hold it like he did and Cundiff, what can you say? But even worse job by the Ravens coaching staff for not calling a timeout when it was apparent that Cundiff was in left field without a glove on, when his number was called. He was not ready to kick that fieldgoal.

 

Pats favored by 3 last I saw. That may go down to 1 if Gronk can't play. I expect him to play though, even if they have to carry him out.

Pats win.

 

that 3 point spread is for vegas to get more money on that Pats, that's all.

 

ok, seriously, after thinking about this game for a few days, i think it's going to be a tight game that comes down to the last possession, like both conference championship games.

We have never had an overtime Super Bowl in 45 tries. I'll go ahead and say this will be the first overtime SB. They will go into OT tied something like 24-24 and the first team that blinks will lose.

i wonder what the odds are for an overtime game occurring? since it's never happened, i would hope i would get pretty good odds (maybe 30 to 1 or 40 to 1)

 

meh, i dont think its going to overtime. NFL reporters are reporting Gronks injury is not what the Pats are letting on. He's got the same type of Injury Ben Rapelisburger has.

Both teams are going to score points, Pats will be having Edelman covering someone, what does that tell you for the Giants passing game.

 

the vegas money thus far has gone to the pats ............... line has moved to Pats -3.5

 

I read that the reason the spread began at 3 and not more is that the books want an over abundant amount of money to be placed on New England. Evidently, there is a lot of money out there on the Giants to win the Super Bowl at some good odds and the books stand to lose a whole lot of money if it doesn't balance out...

 

Hell, I don't know. I thought our 07 team was unbeatable, so who the heck knows anything. I'm getting trashed is the only thing I'm sure about, win or lose. It's always great having your team get this far, and hoping they bring home the trophy.

 

Good luck [MENTION=559]TOP DAWG[/MENTION]

 

I took a holiday on the Monday after, that way I can get up early and hit Modells for my NY Giants Superbowl Champion gear

 

yep, that makes sense because the pats odds before the playoffs to win it all were about 7 to 2 and the giants were about 25 to 1 so they're trying to offset the 25 to 1 money, which they are in danger of having to pay out.

 

predictionmachine.com has become my favorite site for good statistical analysis. they are much more accurate than footballoutsiders or any others i have seen. They usually hit on their picks about 70% of the time.

They have played the game 50,000 times in their computer and the Giants are their play. They're actually a pretty good play against the spread, covering about 58% of the time and they have the giants winning straight up 52% of the time.

 

If the Giants front four pressures Brady without any + Blitzes, it's going to be a long day for the Pats. Like I said before, if you can rush four in this league and drop 7 into coverage, that's tough for any opposing quarterback to overcome.

I like the Giants in this game, duh.

Giants 34
Pats 24

 

Patriots got caught and have not won a Super Bowl since Spy Gate. Screw Tom Lady and Bill Belicheat. If the Ravens exposed the Patsie defense in the AFC Championship game just imagine what Tom Coughlin will do to them with two weeks to prepare for this game. Go Big Blue!