Super Bowl predictions anyone?

[larryJ]

It's time to put in your predictions for the winner of the Super Bowl.

I think I am going to go with the Patriots.

Larryj

[readyaimduck]

Well, I predict that before the game ever starts...the score will be 0-0.   
I am and always have been for the Broncos  (lost a few years when Elway left...but I believe in them)

ready

[flintauqua]

Chiefs vs Cardinals!

Oh, wait.  That could only happen in some different dimension far far away.

I absolutely hate Brady, so I'll take the Ravens over the Pat's.

If GB wiins today, I take them all the way, if not the 49'ers beat the Giants and then the Ravens to be Super Bowl champs.

[Warph]

NY Giants!!!!!!  Go Manning

                   

[Wilma]

Nobody but the Giants.

[larryJ]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!   GO PATS!

Although I think my heart stopped a few times there at the end. 

Larryj

[Wilma]

GIANTS all the way.

[Warph]

NYGiants 37 - NEPats 31

MVP - Eli Manning

[Warph]

Here are five records already held by those involved... NYGiants & the NEPatriots in Super Bowl XLVI:

1.  Patriots receivers Deion Branch and Wes Welker are tied with Dan Ross and Jerry Rice for the most receptions in a Super Bowl game (11). It's not inconceivable for either (or both) to break this record.

2.  Tom Brady has completed 100 passes in previous Super Bowl games, more than any other quarterback in NFL history. He's also tied with Drew Brees for the most completions in a single Super Bowl (32).

3.  The New York Giants scored a record 30 points in the second half of Super Bowl XXI.

4.  In Super Bowl XX, the New England Patriots managed only 7 yards rushing the entire game, a record low.

5.  Time is important to the New York Giants, who hold Super Bowl records for time of possession (40:33 in Super Bowl XXV) and drive length (9:59 in Super Bowl XLII).



Now that we know where we stand, let's examine 10 records that could be tied or broken in Super Bowl XLVI:

1.  Should New England lose the game, the Patriots will become the fourth team in history to lose the Super Bowl four times. (The others who have done so are Minnesota, Denver, and Buffalo).

2. No team has ever scored more than 14 points in the first quarter of any Super Bowl game (The Patriots scored 14 in the first quarter of Super Bowl XXXI).

3. In this "Year of the QB," both Eli Manning and Tom Brady have a chance to better Kurt Warner's record of 414 yards passing in a Super Bowl game.

4. If Deion Branch catches 12 passes, he'll tie Jerry Rice's record for career Super Bowl receptions (33).

5. Hall-of-Famer Jerry Rice is the only player to score 3 receiving touchdowns in a single Super Bowl game. He actually did this trick twice, in Super Bowls XXIV and XXIX.

6. No field goal attempt of 55 yards or longer has ever been made in a Super Bowl game.

7. If New England's Bill Belichick wins this game, he'll tie Chuck Noll's NFL record by winning his fourth Super Bowl game as head coach.

8. No Super Bowl team has ever been shut out, and no Super Bowl game has ever gone into overtime.

9. The Patriots and Giants have each allowed a safety in previous Super Bowls. If either team scores one in Sunday's game, its opponent will set a new record for most safeties allowed in Super Bowl games.

10. While kickoffs have been returned for touchdowns 8 times in previous Super Bowls, there's never been a punt returned for a touchdown in a Super Bowl game. Ever. The longest punt return in Super Bowl history was a 45-yard effort by the 49ers' John Taylor in Super Bowl XXIII.


Finally, here's one NFL record that definitely, absolutely, positively will NOT be broken in Sunday's game:

Jim Turner and Mike Clark kicked record-short field goals of only 9 yards in Super Bowls III and VI, respectively. The goal posts were right on the goal line in those days. They were set back 10 yards into the end zone in 1974, rendering this record impossible to break today.

[larryJ]

Okay, watching the Super Bowl with two sixty plus women who don't know nothing about football.

Wife says, "I'm only staying until the first guy falls down........"  (actually stayed for half the first quarter.)
Wife:  "Why are they playing in Indianapolis if they teams are from New York and New England?"  (answer: cities bid for the game.)
Wife's cousin:   "Is there no snow in Indianapolis?"  (answer: domed stadium.)
Wife:  "So on that play the quarterback did the play himself?"  (answer: No, he handed it off.) (Response: Oh I didn't see that.)
Wife's cousin left the room.
Wife:  "Why are they booing that guy?"  (answer: they are not booing.  His name is Cruz......Cruuuuuuzzz.  Response: Oh.
Wife:  "What is a safety?"  (answer;  complete explanation of a safety.)
Wife left the room to take a nap.  Response:  Yeah!
All this and still 4 minutes to go in the first quarter!

Whew!

Larryj