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Super Bowl Preview

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer

New York Giants (+12) vs. New England Patriots

Comments: The Giants have won 10 straight road games, including three highly impressive victories in the postseason. New York played New England very tough just five weeks ago, but like every other opponent the Patriots have faced this season, ultimately lost. New England has been terrible against the spread recently, but one of the biggest reasons for that, the weather, will be a non-factor Sunday. Moreover, the two-week layoff typically benefits the favorite. If that’s not enough, the public is heavily on the Giants’ side. But wait, there’s more; New York also decided it’d be a good idea to run their mouths all week, effectively putting the nail in their coffin. New England wins another Super Bowl.

Patriots 41-20

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26 responses to “Super Bowl Preview”

  1. gordonjer Avatar
    gordonjer

    I think the Onion put it best

    Giants: ‘We Almost Beat The Patriots Once, We Can Almost Beat Them Again’

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    http://www.theonion.com/content/news/giants_we_almost_beat_the_patriots

  2. Donald Trump Avatar
    Donald Trump

    LETS GO GIANTS BABY!!!!!!!

  3. Carli Avatar
    Carli

    It’ll be closer than that.

  4. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Ya I saw that Onion headline. Brilliant.

    Donald – My jinx against the Giants has only helped them so far, so you must be pleased with my continued dissing.

  5. Wellington Mara's Ghost Avatar
    Wellington Mara’s Ghost

    GIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNTTTTSSSS BITCHES!

  6. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Even though it made me look bad b/c of my erroneous prediction, I was absolutely rooting for the Giants. That game was awesome. Unbelievable.

  7. john waters Avatar
    john waters

    We FLY HIGH, NO LIE
    you know this…
    BALLIN!!!!!!!!!!!! Atta boy ELI-brush them suckaz off

    BTW…John Waters is in filming in B-More

  8. Brett Avatar
    Brett

    DDD,

    Not going to comment on who won…

    Was the play where Eli avoided being sacked and thn threw to Tyree who made that amazing catch not one of the best plays in super bowl history?

  9. Donald Trump Avatar
    Donald Trump

    best game ever.
    Best play ever.
    The Giants are super bowl champions.
    The curse of the red hoodie.

  10. Wellington Mara's Ghost Avatar
    Wellington Mara’s Ghost

    Best play of the game: Jay Alford burying Tom Brady for thinking he could put together a come-back drive with less than a minute to play.

  11. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    John Waters – Glad you’re back in B-More.

    Brett – Yes, it was one of the greatest plays in football history.

    Donald – Congrats. Such a good game.

    Wellington – I so thought the Pats were going to drive (30 secs and 3 TOs is enough time to get into FG range), but that sack was HUGE.

  12. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    Pinning the ball against your helmet, and holding onto it while being dragged down and forcefully contorted into directions the human body isn’t supposed to…just incredible. I have to say he should have been the MVP…I mean, that was a HORRIBLE decision and throw. There were at least 4 Patriots in the area, and it should have been an easy pick. Eli had no business throwing that ball, and if he doesn’t give Tyree that Escalade, then he should be stripped of the award.

  13. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Good points, and I do agree to an extent, but Eli’s escapability on that play was pretty sick.

  14. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    The escape was ridiculous, no doubt. It was a “No! No! No!….Yes!” play when he got out; I mean, this is Eli Freaking Manning here, not Culpepper in his prime, but then he just heaved the ball up for grabs towards the middle of the field, not a Favreian laser that doesn’t give the D a chance to close, but the type of pass that causes every coach/fan/family member to scream upon its very release, as it’s basically BEGGING to be intercepted. It was a rare “No no no!, Yes!, NO NO NO! YESSSSSS!!!!” play, and considering the situation…just completely unbelievable. I’m just surprised that Eli hasn’t gotten slightly more flak for the throw, as it’s not like it was 4th down or there were only 30 seconds and no timeouts left…but damn, that was nuts. I really wish I would have had money on the Giants (but I did hit a square, so that was almost as good).

  15. Dreamweapon Avatar
    Dreamweapon

    Yes, yes, congratulations to the Giants, I’m glad someone took down Shady Brady and Bill Belicheat in the end. Who ever would have seen Coughlin winning a SB? Crazy year.

    Triple-D, quick True or False: The San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s will combine for over 200 losses in 2008? [g]

  16. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    I’ll go false, only b/c I don’t think Seattle or Texas are all that special. Although Bedard changes that tune a decent amount. It will be close. The Giants may lose 110 outright.

  17. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    I don’t think the A’s lose more than 90. While they unloaded some talent, they also unloaded some dead weight. If healthy (unfortunately, that’s a bigger “if” than usual, but I don’t mean perfect health, just not decimated by injury on a regular basis), I think they could win 80. The Giants, unfortunately are going to be on the wrong end of a lot of 2-1 games.

  18. Dreamweapon Avatar
    Dreamweapon

    For the A’s to win 80 games, I think they’re going to need 30-32 starts out of Harden. They may as well buy a bunch of Powerball tickets, as the odds of that happening are about the same.

  19. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Keith – First off, sorry I must’ve missed this comment yesterday. Anyway, I agree and don’t see the A’s losing much more than 90 this year. Getting to .500 will be tough, but that division isn’t anything special, and Oakland does have some sleepers (Denorfia). Can they play Dan Johnson, Barton and Cust all at the same time? Sure seems like that would help the offense.

    I bet they trade Street at the deadline this year.

  20. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Harden was already complaining of arm troubles last month. He may very well be a lost cause. And it’s especially unfortunate too. Because his stuff is 2nd to none. Even better than the other huge disappointment – Mark Prior.

  21. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    I’m counting on about 5 healthy starts from Harden. I don’t think they *need* him to get to .500 at all. If the stars allign and Harden and Chavez are both healthy, I think 85+ is realistic, but since that is about the least likely scenario around (though I would have argued it more likely than the Giants and Eli’s path to the Superbowl a month ago), I’m looking at about 75 wins.

    It would be the ultimate irony (and cruelty) for Harden to put together a full season of domination when the A’s finally decided to go into full-blown rebuilding mode.

  22. Dreamweapon Avatar
    Dreamweapon

    Good to know—I kept that clown in my league last year and he contributed mightily to my missing the playoffs by a game, but was still considering making a very late play for him again this year just for the hell of it. So much for that. Is there is a bigger pussy in baseball, seriously? At least we KNOW that Prior’s shoulder was spaghetti and he submitted to surgery, he has something concrete to blame. Harden only has “feelings”.

    If I were the A’s, I would be like “shut up you fairy, get out there and pitch or go hire Baker & McKenzie if you want to collect your paycheck. Until our doctors cut you open you are taking that mound.”

  23. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Keith – That really would be cruel if Harden does that. Although I’d still prefer it to the more likely, injury-laden path.

  24. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Dreamweapon – There’s actually a lot of truth to that. Harden has been very reluctant to pitch through soreness and pain. While I normally agree with that approach when it comes to pitchers, the A’s give off the impression that Harden is not exactly the toughest guy around. He needs to pitch or go under the knife this year. That’s for sure.

  25. Keith Avatar
    Keith

    Harden was a hockey player growing up in Canada, so it’s even weirder.

  26. RotoScoop Avatar
    RotoScoop

    Good point.

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