Post your official prediction here. And maybe for once, people can put aside their hate for the Patriots and give their true feelings about what will happen for the game. I understand that you WANT the Patriots to lose, but do you REALLY THINK they will? really truly in your heart do you REALLY think they will lose? if you do, fine, but i think alot of people predicted the Jags & Chargers to win mainly due to their personal hate for New England.
The Karma Police won't kill either team, mainly since both teams commited major karma infractions -
Patriots:
-the 19-0 book
-releasing the parade details
Giants:
-Plaxico's guarantee
-Showing up in Arizona wearing black suits to "mourn the death of the Patriots dynasty"
Brady will have great protection all night, and with a fully healthy O-line, Maroney will be huge as well. The Giants pass rush is overrated and their secondary is sketchy. The Patriots won't shoot themselves in the foot repeatedly like Dallas & Green Bay did.
On the other side, Eli will have some success and Plaxico will be good for a few bombs, but I don't think they can hang with Brady & Moss. Not on this stage.
Patriots 42, Giants 27
Last edited by monosylab1k; 02-01-2008 at 11:08 AM.
I think the black suits were more for team unity.
http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal...am_solidarity/
"I think it was Antonio [ Pierce's] idea," said wide receiver Plaxico Burress, when asked why all the Giants were dressed in black suits for the cross-country trip. "This is what our team is all about. It is about everybody being together all the time - not just when we are out on the football field."
I hope both teams buses run into eachother on the way to the game killing all members of each team.
that's what they're saying publicly, but...
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/fo...res_back_.html
It came in response to the Giants' decision to wear black to Super Bowl XLII. They arrived Monday night in dark suits, explaining their odd choice of wardrobe this way: Business suits for a business trip.
Sounded good, but there may have been a secret reason for the black threads. SNY, quoting unidentified players, said the Giants wore black to mourn the death of the Patriots' dynasty.
A couple of seasons ago the Broncos beat the Pats in the playoffs and everyone said that was the end of the dynasty. That really worked out didn't it?
or...it could actually be for the reasons stated. Why does everything have to have an air of Belichik-ian intrigue and conspiracy?
Besides, if the Patriots actually care about the clothing of their opponents or need something like that for motivation, then they are in trouble.
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A watchable game is all Im asking for.
obviously not. playing the disrespect card has helped them to 3 Super Bowl wins already.
No, talent helped them to 3 Super Bowl wins already.
because the game is 0% mental.
Dude, do you honestly think that pre super bowl media garbage makes a difference in the outcome of the game?
If so, you should go to media day, you'd love it.
And do you think that in the middle of the third quarter when the coach calls a play, the linebacker for the team is thinking, "I'm going to drop into coverage so much quicker because that damn team was wearing those black suits"?
I didn't say it wasn't. I said talent helps wins games. That talent is not strictly physical. Nice job on making things up.
My point is that execution wins games. Whomever wins the game will do so because they were better than the other team on Sundays. Whomever executes their game plan with more success will prevail. IMO, New England is going to win this game because they are the better team and would do so whether the Giants players said anything or not.
Do you think the fact that the Giants are so y that they'll pull bull like that doesn't motivate the Patriots to focus harder & play harder to shove it back in their face.
Sorry but maybe if you guys followed the team as closely as I do you'd have a clue. The Patriots have a history of using every perceived slight & display of disrespect as motivation to beat the other teams ass.
Whether it's Philly releasing a parade route, the Steelers packing their bags for the Super Bowl before the game, Anthony Smith talking , LaDainian Tomlinson talking , Igor Olshansky talking , the Rams being anointed SB Champs before the game is even played, Freddie Mitc talking , Indianapolis buying tickets to the AFC Championship Game before they played the Pats, Deon Grant trying stare down Belichick before the Pats-Panthers game, Joey Porter claiming that the Patriots "aren't on our level", Spygate, or Bill Polian pissing & whining to get rules changed.....the Patriots use that ALL for motivation.
People can say "why do they need that to motivate them?" but obviously it works.
Talent is an obvious part of the puzzle, but the Patriots have beaten far more talented teams than them, and lots of times it's the motivation from feeling like nobody respects them. It's completely fabricated but if it works, as it obviously does, then more power to em.
Last edited by monosylab1k; 02-01-2008 at 11:56 AM.
Oh and back to the original premise of this thread.
Pats 35
NYG 24
I follow teams pretty closely and have no evidence that words by the other team were the sole reason for my teams wins.
You don't think the Patriots would have been as successful as they have been if other teams kept their mouths shut?
So you follow this team so closely that you are actually in the heads of each and every player. You can read minds!!!!
Quick, what am I thinking?
Ok, I'll tell you......you're an idiot.
when did i say it was the sole reason? nice job making things up
when did i say it was the sole reason? nice job making things up
I never said you did...those were my words.
then why even say it? it had no bearing on the discussion whatsoever.I never said you did...those were my words.
I said it to emphasize my point.
The Patriots are too good to need any motivation from an opponent. The only way they lose is bad luck through either injury or a bunch of mistakes that get capitalized on.
I want the Giants to win, but the real outcome:
Patriots 49
Giants 38
Tom Brady caps the perfect season off with another MVP and breaks Steve Young's Super Bowl TD record by throwing 7, all to Randy Moss.
Pats 44
Giants 16
-talking???Thats a very basic element of the game, but I guess If you want to claim that is what it takes for a team to get up and play in the ing SUPER BOWL, or any game for that matter, then by all means.
and the refs. and cheating.
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