Sunday, February 3, 2008

Super Showdown


It's the Patriots. It's the Giants. It's SUPER BOWL XLII! As John Travolta just told Ryan Seacrest (yea, you heard right) we have the NFL’s The Best Team vs. The Hottest Team. What we have here right now is our Bleeding Sports Super Bowl Pick'em. As this moment, the Bleeding Sports Brain Trust, G. Francis, and The PickMeister, J. Daniels are all tied up, which means the Super Bowl determine the 2008 Undisputed Bleeding Sports NFL Playoff Pick'em Champion of the World.

And away we go…

The PickMeister – J. Daniels

New York (+12) over New England

Another game for the Cheaters brings another ridiculous spread. When are people going to learn? As I said before the AFC Championship, New England hasn’t covered any of their insane spreads in weeks, including the whole playoffs. There is no way the Patriots beat the G-MEN by 12 points on Super Bowl Sunday, not even if Belichick filmed the Giants walkthrough. In fact, the Giants will win outright. In their week 17 meeting, New York fell short by only 3 points in a 38-35 defeat, despite having a 12 point lead going into the fourth quarter. That game proved to be a turning point for the G-MEN, who have been playing excellent ball since. They went on the road and beat three respectable opponents, including the two best teams in NFC. With the newly discovered weapon of Ahmad Bradshaw the G-MEN once again have a thunder and lighting duo ready to punish New England’s grandpa linebackers. I happened to watch the America’s Game of the 1990 Giants last night and couldn’t help but notice just how similar that team was with this year’s Giants. The ‘90 Giants clawed their way through the playoffs, avenging their regular season loses to the superior 49ers in the NFC Championship and the Bills in the Super Bowl. This year is no different. The G-MEN have avenged 3 of their six loses in their playoffs and are now looking for the 4th against a ‘far superior’ team. Coincidence? Not at all. GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN!

Giants 38, Patriots 35


The Bleeding Sports Brain Trust – G. Francis

The Patriots take a shot at history in Super Bowl XLII. The only thing standing in their way is the New York Football Giants. New York and Eli Manning got hot at the right time, taking the momentum from nearly ending the Pats’ perfection at the end of the regular season right into the playoffs. Nobody saw it coming, but the road warrior Giants blitzed through Tampa, made Dallas cry, and gave Green Bay the cold shoulder. The Giants made an impression arriving to Arizona decked out in black and will make an even bigger impression Sunday night leaving New England black and blue. The Giants proved they can hang with Tom Brady’s bunch and at Super Bowl they will do one better by pulling off the biggest upset in the history of sports. New York can move the football on offense, which will enable them to control the clock. On defense the G-Men need to put pressure on Brady and keep Randy Moss from making the big play. The Giants nearly pulled the upset last month and have only been playing better during their Cinderella run this postseason. The Patriots are the overwhelming favorite with good reason, but in the end Cheaters Never Win. Chalk one up for the Underdog.

Giants 37, Patriots 28