Tegis Posted January 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22, 2012 New York Giants (NFC) - New England Patriots (AFC) Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana Network: NBC Announcers: Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth Halftime show: Madonna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Here we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 C'mon Patriots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NibblyPig Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Fingers crossed it's not de ja bloody vu. I remember, vividly, watching Superbowl XLII in Daedalus, Cambridge MA, in disbelief. Christ, that was disappointing. Bring it home, Tommy B!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Pats still owe karma 2 Super Bowl loses at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkr Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I wonder who YankeeInMadrid will be rooting for............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I imagine the Giants, but still a shitty matchup for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Shame it's being played indoors....One day domes will be a vague memory. I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Now, the trick for me is how do I get out of having to work.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Patriots 35, Giants 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Worst case scenario, you quit your job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NibblyPig Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Now, the trick for me is how do I get out of having to work.... Do you work at Temple Bar still, maqroll? I'm sure they'll be showing it there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 C'mon the Giants. Oh and Madonna ? **** seriously ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Whoever wins, we all lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Now, the trick for me is how do I get out of having to work.... Do you work at Temple Bar still, maqroll? I'm sure they'll be showing it there Nah, I ditched Temple going on 2 years now. And the place I work at now is very buttoned up, a totally non-sports type of place...they'll have the game on, but no volume, and the few people who do show up that night will have no interest in the game... Could be worse, I could be working a job that has no TV at all.... But this game is MASSIVE, I can't believe we have a shot at revenge so soon after our last SB.... You have to think Brady got that bad game out of his system...he's gonna go ballistic against NY.... The Giants are a clutch team though, you have to give them props, especially Goober. He's turned into a fearless leader, and he's deadly on 3rd downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 23, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2012 Brady annoys me, so Giants it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 This is a tough one... If Brady wins he cements his place as on of the all time greats for me. If Eli wins he will have more Super Bowl rings than his so called "more successful" brother. Which would be very entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2012 Very difficult. On paper you'd have to say the Giants. Eli will rip the Patriots' defence apart and the Giants defence are just as capable of stifling Brady as the Ravens defence was. Put simply, for me the Giants are a better, more balanced version of the Ravens with a much better offence. The X-Factor on the Patriots side is of course Tom Brady. His less-than-brilliant performance against Baltimore will be a carrot to ensure he doesn't do it again. Giants fans will be wary of a backlash. On the Giants side, the X-Factor will be their linebackers. Can they put enough pressure on New England's passing game to make it ineffective enough. Basically this game will be decided by what happens with Brady on the pitch. Can he keep up with the scoring that Manning will be doing on NE's defence. It's going to be a brilliant game though. I don't expect anyone to run away with it and I expect it to be quite high scoring. Both teams approaching or surpassing the 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Will the Pats show us the respect we deserve this time? Or just complete arrogance and act as if we're just making up the numbers like last time? Given the coaching staff and QB, I'm going to think the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Very difficult. On paper you'd have to say the Giants. Eli will rip the Patriots' defence apart and the Giants defence are just as capable of stifling Brady as the Ravens defence was. Put simply, for me the Giants are a better, more balanced version of the Ravens with a much better offence. The X-Factor on the Patriots side is of course Tom Brady. His less-than-brilliant performance against Baltimore will be a carrot to ensure he doesn't do it again. Giants fans will be wary of a backlash. On the Giants side, the X-Factor will be their linebackers. Can they put enough pressure on New England's passing game to make it ineffective enough. Basically this game will be decided by what happens with Brady on the pitch. Can he keep up with the scoring that Manning will be doing on NE's defence. It's going to be a brilliant game though. I don't expect anyone to run away with it and I expect it to be quite high scoring. Both teams approaching or surpassing the 30s. The Patriots D has come a long way since the early part of the season. We've really tightened up. Look what we did to Ray Rice yesterday... That said, it's gonna be in a dome, so weather won't factor into it, meaning both offenses will be flying. As long as Brady plays better than he did yesterday, it should come down to which team outguns the other. If I was neutral I'd put money on New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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