Super Bowl Preview

Interesting Facts:
1.This is the 2nd meeting between both teams this year
2.This is the 1st time two brothers have went to the Super Bowl back-to-back as QB
3.Since their 14 game win streak against the AFC. The NFC is 2-7 vs the AFC
4.This is the 2nd all-Northeast Super Bowl(the other being Bills/Giants in 1991)
5.The Giants are 2-1 in Super Bowls(Won in XXI and XXV, lost in XXXV)
6.The Patriots are 3-2 in Super Bowls(Won in XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX, lost in XX and XXXI)
7.This is Bill Belilchick's 7th Super Bowl appearence(XXI, XXV, XXXI, XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, and XLII)
8.Belilchick is 5-1 in Super Bowls
9.Belilchick was defensive coordinator for the Giants from 1985-1990 under Bill Parcells
10.Tom Coughlin was head coach at Boston College, who plays 40 miles from the Patriots
11.In Super Bowl rematches the losing team of the first game is 5-5
(XII:Cowboys beat the Broncos 17-6 and 27-10
XV:Raiders lost to the Eagles 10-7 but won 27-10 in Super Bowl
XVI:The 49ers beat the Bengals 21-3 and 26-20
XVIII:Raiders lost to the Redskins 37-35 but won 38-9 in Super Bowl
XXI:The Giants beat the Broncos 19-16 and 39-20
XXV:The Bears beat the Patriots 20-7 and 46-10
XXV:The Giants lost to the Bills 17-13 but won 20-19 in Super Bowl
XXIX:The 49ers beat the Chargers 38-15 and 49-26
XXXIV:Rams lost to the Titans 24-21 but won 23-16 in Super Bowl
XXXVI:Patriots lost to the Rams 24-17 but won 20-17 in Super Bowl)

Now its time to break it down

Eli Manning vs Tom Brady

Brady has the bigger "big game" experience while Eli tends to be inconsistant. I'll take Tom.

Patriots 1 Giants 0

Laurence Maroney and Kevin Faulk vs Brandon Jacobs and Ahmed Bradshaw

Faulk is old and Maroney is inconsistant. Meanwhile New York has two rough and tough halfbacks named Jacobs and Bradshaw and yes Mistah Dailey I'll admit you boy Bradshaw is damn good.

Patriots 1 Giants 1

Randy Moss vs Plaxico Burress

Moss is Moss and but Burress is a fantastic receiver. He was great in Pittsburgh and just as great here. But Moss is the man in that receiving core. I'll go with another Marshall alum.

Patriots 2 Giants 1

Wes Welker vs Amani Toomer

Welker is the key to this offense. Without Welker, Brady will have problems. He's a great receiver and he's always open. Amani isn't too bad, himself but I'll take Wes any day of the week.

Patriots 3 Giants 1

Kevin Boss vs Benjamin Watson

Boss is a rookie with 5 game experience. Watson has loads of experience. I'll go with Benny and the Pats.

Patriots 4 Giants 1

Giants D-Line vs Patriots D-Line

Richard Seymour, Vince Wilfork, and Ty Warren vs Michael Strahan and his rag tag D-Linemen. Guess who wins?

Patriots 5 Giants 1

Giants Linebackers vs Patriots Linebackers

Tedy Bruschi, Junior Seau, Adelius Thomas, and Mike Vrabel versus...Antonio Pearce? I smell a blowout.

Patriots 6 Giants 1

Giants Secondary vs Patriots Secondary

The Giants corners contained Moss well in the first game but not the rest of the Pats offense. The Pats d stopped the Chargers and the Jags, both whom had high powered offenses. I like the Pats with Asante.

Patriots 7 Giants 1

Stephen Gostdowski vs Laurence Tynes

Lars missed two field goals 2 weeks ago in the clutch and Gostdowski has only missed 1 in the playoffs.

Patriots 8 Giants 1

New York City vs Boston

I hate NYC

Patriots 9 Giants 1

Bill Belilcheck vs Tom Coughlin

Belilchick has control over his players and Coughlin's tenure in New York has been filled with turmoil.

Final Score:Patriots 10 Giants 1

With that my pick for tomorrow nights game will be the Patriots 41 Giants 24