Here is the transcript of New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin's press conference Friday. A little late-night reading material for you. See all of today's press conferences on our Transcripts page.

Q: What’s it like going back to a once in a lifetime experience and what will you tell the guys who haven’t been to the Super Bowl before?

A: For all of us it’s a lifetime experience. We may not put once with it, but if you’re fortunate enough to be in a position where you’re going to the Super Bowl and you’re in this profession, it’s very, very difficult to compare anything to it, whether you’re a rookie, whether you’re a veteran, whether you’ve been in it as long as some of us have. We’re very excited about that. We’re trying to keep all things in perspective, not get the cart before the horse. I think they’re doing a pretty good job of that. Just the turnout, in terms of the number of people from the media, makes it very difficult for them to realize it’s work days. These are work days for us and we have to get our work done.

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The biggest headache for the New York Giants offense in facing the New England Patriots in the 2012 Super Bowl is knowing that Bill Belichick has two full weeks to cook up ways to try and confuse Eli Manning and derail the Giants' explosive passing attack.

The biggest problem physically, and I do mean biggest, is trying to deal with New England nose tackle Vince Wilfork. Handling Wilfork (who has to weigh at least 25 pounds more than his listed weight of 325 pounds) is, to me, the Giants' biggest obstacle in handling the New England defense on Super Bowl Sunday.

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The 2012 Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots creeps a little bit closer every day. I have been thinking a lot about how the Giants got to this point, and I thought I would put together a list of the 10 players who I thought had the most to do with getting the Giants to Indianapolis.

I also asked Mike and Sean for their lists, partially for reference as I put mine together and partially so you could also see their thoughts on the subject. Their lists will be underneath mine, which I will give you in reverse order starting with No. 10.

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Could the decision by Greg Schiano to bolt Rutgers for the head-coaching job with the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers end up affecting the New York Giants coaching staff? It might if the Star-Ledger is right in speculating that Giants' offensive line coach Pat Flaherty could be on the list of candidates to replace Schiano in Piscataway.

Schiano left Rutgers on Thursday in a move that caught many by surprise. Now, with just a few days until the February 1 National Signing Day for college recruits the Scarlet Knights are scrambling to quickly get a new head coach in place.

Flaherty has been the Giants' offensive line coach since 2004 and has the reputation of being one of the best line coaches in the business.

Flaherty has never been a head coach at the collegiate or pro level, but he did coach in the collegiate ranks from 1980-99 before moving to the NFL. He coached the offensive line at Rutgers from 1984-1991.

There have been no indications yet that Rutgers has contacted the Giants about Flaherty, or that the school has set up interviews with any candidates. It is, however, something to keep in mind.

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Let's continue our look back at the Big Blue View archives from the coverage prior to Super Bowl XLII with a classic -- the discussion of those 19-0 t-shirts that were available for purchase prior to the game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots.

Pats' fans celebrating a little too soon?

Here is what I wrote that day:

This didn't come from Bill Belichick, Tom Brady or Robert Kraft -- but obviously somebody thinks it's a foregone conclusion that the New England Patriots will beat the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.

These shirts are already on sale from a Web site called 19-0.org.

Hopefully, this will work out as well for the Patriots as Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones taking orders from players for NFC Championship Game tickets before his team had played the Giants.

When I look back at this you know what strikes me? This story drew nine comments from the Big Blue View community. Nine! Things certainly have changed.

Good morning fellow Giants fans. It's the week between in the two-week wait until Super Bowl 46, and while there is no shortage of Big Blue news, it sure seems like a long time until the Giants play again--nine days to be exact. Does anyone care about the Pro Bowl on Sunday? I can't imagine any of us do, other than to watch and gloat about how none of our players are in the game. But if your football jones runs deep, I can see you looking forward to the game. But next weekend is the big one, one that we look forward to, hoping our Giants lift the Lombardi trophy again. Let's see what's being said this morning....

NY Giants' Eli Manning makes phone call to put Victor Cruz on route to succeed - NY Daily News
Victor Cruz hadn’t caught a pass from a quarterback in months, when his cell phone rang one day during the NFL lockout. He looked down and saw it was Eli Manning. It was not a call he was expecting to get. "I looked at it and I was like, ‘Eli Manning?’ Is this working?" Cruz recalled. "It was cool to see his name pop up on my phone." That was back when Cruz was an unknown, unsure of his spot on the Giants’ roster, and still hoping for his first reception in the league. This phone call wasn’t just a thrill, though. It was one of the most important calls he ever received

Giants get a kick out of Steve Weatherford - NFC East Blog - ESPN
"He was animated. We got that penalty and moved back, which was great because now we had grass, and he's jumping around and pointing and saying, 'Lawrence, this is a Super Bowl spot right here! We're going to the [expletive] Super Bowl! Then he ran over and was yelling the same thing at [Giants coach Tom] Coughlin, and Coughlin was like, 'OK, get back out there.' And he comes back and he's like, 'Let's [expletive] make this kick! We're going to the Super Bowl!" Good thing for Weatherford and the Giants that Tynes had been in this situation before. Neither the sight of Cundiff's 32-yard miss hours earlier nor the hyperactive lunacy of the man charged with securing the snap at the moment could rattle the Giants' kicker. His second career overtime NFC Championship Game winner was true and sent Weatherford sprinting around the field screaming celebratory profanities into Fox's cameras. "Just unbridled joy," Weatherford said. "That was my soul. You saw my soul on TV."

Absolutely hilarious. Can you guys picture Weatherford bouncing around and yelling at his coach that they would be going to the Super Bowl in a few minutes?

D'Alessandro: Giants' John Mara has brought his father's team into a new era | NJ.com

"But you know what the worst thing about that was — it wasn’t so much what mom did, it was the expression on my face. It was like I was watching something happen on live TV, and I’m powerless to stop it, and the cameras catch me searching around for an escape. ...".

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No matter the numbers the New England Patriots defense accumulated during the regular season (31st in the league in yards allowed) Patriots coach Bill Belichick has always been a defensive mastermind. He knows he has a challenge in getting ready for the Giants, who he said are "no one-man band."

"They have a lot of different guys to stop. You can't just say, ‘We're going to stop one thing.' They'll kill you with the other ones. ‘We're going to take away this guy,' but they have too many other guys. We're going to have to play good team defense. Everybody is going to have to do their job - this is no one-man band and we have to deal with all of them," Belichick said Thursday during his meeting with reporters.

"They run the ball, they play-action, they can throw it. When they have to throw it, they can throw it; when they have to run it, they can run it. I think that's the mark of a good offense. Even though you kind of know what they're going to do, they can still go out there and do it."

Other Thursday Transcripts

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Eli Manning
Victor Cruz
Mathias Kiwanuka
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We will be trying to crank out as many Super Bowl XLVI posts as possible leading right up to kickoff of New York Giants vs. New England Patriots, The Sequel. Here are a few goodies that the oustanding writing staff at SB Nation New York, including yours truly, have produced already this week.

Super Bowl 2012, Giants Vs. Patriots: Getting To Know New England - SB Nation New York
Let's take a look at the New England Patriots as the Patriots and New York Giants get ready to play in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. This will be a basic, if slightly off-beat, primer.

Tom Coughlin: Tim Tebow Of The Coaching Community - SB Nation New York
Tom Coughlin has been compared to Bill Parcells, Bill Cowher and Bill Belichick but the Giants fiery head coach shares more in common with the Denver Broncos superstar quarterback Tim Tebow.

2012 Super Bowl, Giants Vs. Patriots: Has New England's Defense Really Improved? - SB Nation New York
Defense wins championships. That is the long-held mantra of football coaches and analysts everywhere.

Eli Manning Admits Facing Tom Brady In Another Super Bowl Is 'A Little Strange' - SB Nation New York
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning admitted this week that facing Tom Brady and the New England Patriots again in the 2012 Super Bowl is "a little strange."

2012 Super Bowl, Giants Vs. Patriots: John Mara Praises Giants, Tom Coughlin - SB Nation New York