Since there's no Sports forum, there's really nowhere else to put this but...

Pats beat the Chargers 21-12 in the AFC Championship game to get into the Superbowl.. Unlikely heroes in Maroney and THE CLUTCH VET TE Kevin Faulk makin' it happen for the Pats on Brady's off night... But the Chargers were missing Ladainian and had a limping Phil Rivers and Antonio Gates so that really crushed their dreams to play on the grandest stage from the outset. Hope they win it, I wanna see the greatest team ever to play.

Congrats to the NY Giants as well with a clutch performance from their backfield in beating the Packers in the NFC Championship game- Brandon Jacobs and Bradshaw making it happen and after 2 missed FG's, Tynes's ain't intimidated and hit a 47 yarder in Overtime to win it for the Giants... Can't forget about Plaxico, who absolutely destroyed the Packer's secondary and even hard hittin' Al Harris had no answers for the 6 foot 5 Wide Receiver. What a game this was, probably the best playoff game I've seen but the Giants had a little more heart to make it to the Superbowl in Arizona. I feel bad for Favre... Grant couldn't get it going but he wasn't given many opportunities and Favre turned into how he played last year in the 2nd half and through a costly INT to Madison in the end... bah

Hoping to reach for a nice Superbowl party... I wanna see history in the making with the Pats winning it all.

I want to see the Patriots fail.  I don't like them.

Superbowl weekend will be fun, since I live just a couple miles from the stadium, and might be working at the game.

I'm calling it Giants 35 - Patriots - 31 btw.

Hate to steal this from a DIGG comment, but:

"Third Tynes a charm."

The Giants just played better this game. Hope the patriots top off their perfect season.

Didn't the Patriots cheat or something?
I don't watch football.

It will be a most joyous occasion if the Giants win.

I can't stand the Patriots.

Being realistic, however, I just can't see the Giants winning without a whole lot of luck or the Patriots simply not showing up.

As much as I wanted the Packs to win and I hate to admit it but the Giants have a TON OF poise - even more so than the Patriots, who have demonstrated such a high level through their sheer talent alone.

The Giants have set an NFL record with 10 consecutive road victories so travelling to Arizona will actually benefit the Giants more than the Pats and the warm temperature will probably be even for both teams - as the Pats rely on that for their prolific air attack of Tom Brady to Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Donte Stallworth, Jabar Gaffney, Ben Watson and Kevin Faulk... Their D especially their linebacker corps - Junior Seau, Ted Bruschi, Adalius Thomas, Mike Vrabel and their secondary Rodney Harrison, Asante Samuel, etc. will all also benefit as they look to put the pressure on the opposing offense and they lay down massive hits. Brady needs to get his wide outs going early in order to avoid any sort of let downs and teams have done a great job in limiting the wide receivers in the recent weeks but Maroney has a done a good job of taking advantage of defenses that don't really focus on him much and he's putting up pretty big numbers to lead the Pats to victory...

But the Giants will also benefit from the warm temp in Arizona because they like to pound the ball with Brandon Jacobs and Bradshaw... Plus if a physical guy like Al Harris couldn't phase Plaxico in the cold one bit, then the Patriots' weak secondary has absolutely no chance of stopping Eli to get it to Plaxico on a consistent basis nor to Boss, who has filled in admirably for Jeremy Shockey.

As much as I want the Pats to win it to make history so that we can see the greatest team ever to play the game, do not put anything past these resilient Giants... They were huge under dogs in every game expected to get blown out but their poise and determination on the road has got them playing at this high of a level and they're at least the second best team in the NFL if not the best - only time will tell. As I said, they set an NFL record with 10 consecutive road victories and they're definitely not expected to win the Superbowl but that may work in their favour... They played the Patriots extremely tough in the season finale and had em' beat but the sheer talent of the Pats fighting for that perfect regular season got them over the hump...

I'm hoping for one hell of a kickass game though and it really should be... Go Pats, make history baby...

fuck the steelers for not getting in

Go Pats.

This is the Patriots' game. They're the only team to go 18-0 in NFL history, while breaking like every other record along the way. To break the momentum of the team is going to be tough, especially with so many veteran NFL players on the team like Seau, Vrable and Maroney and of course Belichick running the show. Doesn't hurt to have the potential best quarterback of all time on your team either, or the record setting tangent that he and Moss have put together.

I gave Green Bay a better chance of beating the Patriots. The style to beat them this year is to play extremely offensively, BULLY receivers (especially on the inside routes, Welker is ALWAYS waiting) while at least maintaining a decent defense. Just never letting up is the trick to me though, put the same pressure on them that they put on you. I say Green Bay for that because Favre's entire style is based around his go big or go home playing attitude, which means he either makes enormous plays or breaks them. It doesn't mean they would have won, but it would have given them a chance, which in my opinion is all a team has anymore against them. Unfortunately for Favre, his continually dangerous plays tend to catch up with him, and they did against the Giants.

Pats beat the Cowboys earlier this season, and I pictured more of the same if they went to the Superbowl but given they lost that Giants game (The Giants did not win that game, the Cowboys lost it by absolutely bombing in the clutch repeatedly and Romo eventually losing composure) that won't be happening anyways.

Now the Giants, they are not an easy team for New England. Manning is finally starting to show he's learned the composure that his brother has, and showed that he's gotten over his troubles of playing in bad conditions. This team got awfully tough this season, and suddenly has been blasting through the playoffs on what almost seems like Plaxico Burress will. They showed a decent running game against the Packers, and they were able to deliver in the clutch (Well, not Tyne but the team was, and he did in the end I guess. That weather was also windy as hell). They have pass protection capable of putting heat on players like Moss, and their defense has only looked better and better as the season's progressed. Umenyiora in particular put up some big plays last night.

I think the Giants will start strong, but fade quickly. This is the Superbowl, emotions will be high and adrenaline will be pumping from the start, and I think that will play against them. You can't ignore the pressure that's going to be on Eli, especially given that Peyton did not make the Superbowl and that's going to get to him. This is just another ride for Brady who has been here before, and seen victory 3 times doing it. Giants start winning early, maybe even get a 2-TD lead perhaps, and it's around then that the extremely underrated defensive line of the Patriots will start heating it up. Faced with the pressure of a stalwart team such as NE, the Giants will start buckling under the pressure of the biggest game of the season and composure will not maintain in the way we've seen it do so as of late for them. As the Giants begin to let up pressure just a bit, they begin allowing turnovers they shouldn't have, costing clutch plays and allowing the Pat offense to start doing what it does best. They seal the deal in the second half, as the Patriots almost always do.

This one's over in the third, 28-17 Patriots.

Here's my 2 cents:

1. Yes the Patriots are undefeated, but that doesn't mean they can't lose. Hell, a lot of the games that they have one have been close. Either coming back to take the lead in the 3rd quarter or just simply always being in the lead, they know what they have to do to win.

2. Personally, I'm kinda glad the Giants get another shot at the Pats. If anyone saw that game, you know it was amazingly close and the Pats barely scraped by again to pick up the W. I don't know all the statistics about that game or anything, but I know from watching the Pats play this year that the Giants were the team that game them the most run for their money. I'm interested to see what new plays the Giants can come up with that will open more holes in the Pats' defense.

This should be another close one, just as the one earlier in this year. May the best team win. (But I sure would like to see the Pats lose in the superbowl ;)

This is pretty much the worst superbowl ever, im debating watching it but i might as well for the commercials. fuck the giants but FUCK THE PATRIOTS. i dont like a single fucking person on their entire team, theyre all a bunch of cunts. I HATE the giants with a passion but i hate the patriots even more, their old ass "veteran" defensive line included. i'd rather see the giants win because id love to see tom brady collapse on the floor and cry like the bitch he is. fuck im pissed. i would have never imagined at the beginning of the season that the superbowl would be GIANTS V PATRIOTS or i wouldve just not bothered to watch football this year. fuck.fuck.fuck. this sucks. it was also hilarious seeing belichick win coach of the year after he was caught cheating at the beginning of the year. fuck i hate the patriots and their bandwagoning piece of shit fans too.

also i have to hear shit from my girlfriend and her parents because theyre fucking giants fans. fuck. and my roommate is from new hampshire and is a New England fan. fuck. there is no winning scenario, i have to hear shit from both of them for a whole year.

my ideal superbowl ending scenario would be a really big bomb exploding the shit out of the dome in arizona, or giants winning by 1... w/e.

edit: i reread and just realized its just a stupid rant with lots of cussing but fuck it.

unfortunately i am pulling for the patriots to win this game

reason 1: i hate eli manning so fucking much it hurts. seeing his disgusted expression on draft day when he was taken by the chargers WHICH WAS BOO HOO NOT THE TEAM HE WANTED made me hate him forever. professional athletes are disgusting enough without having to endure this level of bullshit. reasonable people are usually very happy to be the most desired collegiate player in the nation. particularly ones who, like manning, actually aren't very good.

reason 2: there is a despicable guy i know irl whose favorite team is the giants, and the thought of him being happy is unacceptable.

reason 3: i have money on the patriots


yeah this is the worst/most painful superbowl ever and this is the first time in around 10 years where i probably will not watch it at all.

it's not that i dont like football, its that ive been watching football for so long and like it so much that i have developed an unreasonable (not really, its pretty reasonable imo) hate towards these teams and cant stand seeing either of those shitty teams play, especially in the super bowl.

oh well, ITS THE GR8TEST GAME EVER!!! PATS V UNDERDOGS!! HISTORY!! i have to hear that dumb shit from so many retards who dont even watch regular season football and all it makes me want to do is punch them in the face.