Mikey's Crystal Ball: Super Bowl Edition
by Mike Farley on Feb 2, 2012 12:01 PM EST
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Conference championship results: 2-0
Playoff record: 10-0
Season record: 175-91
Well, here we are. Three days away from the biggest football game of the season, and our New York Giants are one of the two remaining teams, with a legitimate shot at winning another title. I've had a decent run these last few weeks, and hope to continue that this weekend. The G-man will have his pick in an hour or so, but first I will give you mine....
NY Giants vs. New England at Indianapolis--Things are a bit different this time around than four years ago. For one, the Patriots are not 18-0 and are not favored by 10 or 14 points like they were back then. They are still favored, though, mainly because of a high-octane offense led by Tom Brady, and maybe because Brady and coach Bill Belichick have won three Super Bowls together. Of course, the Patriots did lose the last time they were here. Meanwhile, Eli Manning has had to answer questions all year after saying he was in the same class as Brady in a radio interview. The thing is, though, Manning has proved that to be true, with a career year including fifteen fourth quarter touchdown passes. He and his outstanding young receivers Victor Cruz, Mario Manningham and Hakeem Nicks are hard to stop; as are Brady and his cast led by the large and athletic tight end duo of Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez. Both teams had below average seasons on defense, but are peaking these last few weeks. This is going to be another great game, and one that should be, once again, determined in the fourth quarter. Giants 34, Patriots 31
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Wait a second...so am I...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Oh and again your doing great on those radio spots...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I'm sticking with Giants 38 Pats 24...That's my 'Humble Commode' prediction...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Giants could easily win by double digits.
Bradshaw and Nicks back, everyone healthy, and Gronk can’t be 100%.
Giants 24, Patriots 20
Take THAT to the bank. There have been a lot of similar scores between the postseason and the regular season games, so I think we’re gonna see the same score.
Don't be stealing
My line…. :p
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 2, 2012 1:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Can we get a venue change at this point?
Would love to have this showdown back in Arizona, Giants played well there.
Husker/Giants/Mets fan living behind enemy lines.
We're in the perfect place..Peytons Place...
The majority of the crowd will be making hellish noise for Eli and the Giants..The twelveth man is ours….
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
true this ^
As long as we keep in mind that AND let me say this very slow – we…..are…..a…..road….team…this….is….a….road….game…. ( Gmen play better as visitors) Lucas Oil IS NOTyour home!
I like the 38-24 score
that way I can enjoy that last few minutes of the game/4th quarter and not be a nervous wreck
It is better to be silent and be thought a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I agree!
There must be thousands of Giants fans that have this exact same sentiment, including me! It has been a rare occurrence though.
by jfostersbnation on Feb 2, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
I've said it before...i'll say it again.
i’m not into predictions…. but Farley has been on point all year.
dude is an animal
Fire Fewell
Not sure if my heart can handle another close game
Niners game was very stressful. Was hoping we just beat up on them but this is the Giants they only do close heart wrenching games
I have a room reserved at the local hospital.
This has been a tough week. After fifty some years of my father having season tix, he finally got picked in the lottery for super bowl tix. $900 face value up in section 500 something. I couldn’t talk him into going with my brother (I’ve already been back in 2000, couldn’t afford this trip, and I have some friends in town for the weekend). Anyway, a friend of mine and the family who has been sharing the cost with us for about ten years jumped at the opportunity. We thought about putting them up but stub hub is taking a 30% cut…f them. So my father drove in to the stadium from central LI, waited in line for 2 hours, got the tix, and then fought the traffic the way back. This game is on my birthday and I feel like I’m supposed to be there…woke up in a panic the other night. Not sure if this opportunity will ever present itself again. Still dealing with anxiety but not as bad now. Been drinking most every night. So my friend is meeting his father in Chicago and going to the game. He has helped me out in the past, leant $ for the 2000 SB, when I was out of work, and offered again for this game. If anyone deserves the tix, he does.
Now in section 133.
by Last year in Sec 127 on Feb 2, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
An act of charity and kindness can only have positive results
You have increased the good karma in the universe
Eli is our King!
Thank you sir.
Now in section 133.
by Last year in Sec 127 on Feb 2, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
I've attended 2 of 4
Won the lottery for 21 ($75 per ticket!), scalped for 42. I really feel like I should be there, but finances aren’t as strong as they once were. My wife’s a Hoosier and I know Indy well, I’d stay an hour out of town.
What tipped it for me is that my kids are 11 and 9 and for the first time they really care about a sporting event, so this one will go down as the family Super Bowl. When I went to 42 I didn’t think we’d get to another so soon.
Enjoy the game.
Blue is the color of melancholy and honesty
Green is the color of inexperience, envy and nausea.
Thanks
And did.
Now in section 133.
by Last year in Sec 127 on Feb 7, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
Alot of folks have compared this years team with 2007...
I am comparing it to the ‘86 team..Once they beat the Vikings they didn’t lose another game and they destroyed teams in the playoffs and nuked Denver in the Super Bowl…That’s what will happen on Sunday..and I have already said..Eli will overtake my man Simms for the Super Bowl performance record…He’s going to Disney World, baby…
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I hope your right Big B
I think it will be a nail biter and I predict a lot of Drunken cursing and then screaming then crying hopefully joyous crying.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Take that dude in the underwear down!!! Please!!!!
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Hahaha!!!!..What the fuck is that????..."Delocated"...
Delocate this….
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I've watched it
The dude is in the witness protection program, but agrees to star in a reality TV series anyway. It’s cringe inducing, like the original British version of The Office, not my cup of tea.
This campaign captures it pretty well.
Blue is the color of melancholy and honesty
Green is the color of inexperience, envy and nausea.
On train ride home yesterday...
From Philly to my home in the Philly suburbs, I sat behind two Eagle fans (E1 and E2), talking about the season:
E1: You going to watch the SB?
E2: No, not really, don’t really care. Pats are going to win and the Giants do not deserve to be there. They are just really lucky. All we [Eagles] had to do was win one more game and the Giants would not even be there. Pfft, no interest in the SB. We just saw this one and it was boring.
E1: Yeah, I guess you are right. Eagles should be there next year. Vick is getting better and McCoy is the best RB in the game.
E2: I would rather had Reid fired, but he should win more games next year with this team. I just hate the fact the Giants won this year. [Almost to my stop]
Me: How the hell can you both say these things? First, Giants beat the two best teams in the NFC to get to the SB and did so in awesome fashion. Second, the Eagles suck and will never win with a gimmick QB at the helm. You both are just as big of football morons as your head coach. Geez! SB42 was anything BUT boring. Go Big Blue fellas!
E2: A**hole.
Me: middle finger back at them.
Man, I hope they are on the train again next week! My prediction Giants 33 Pats 28.
Husker/Giants/Mets fan living behind enemy lines.
by CCE718 on Feb 2, 2012 12:35 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
Good for you..hahaha!!!...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
lol
this is great
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 2, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
rec'd for awesomeness
it’s amazing how envious some people can be…
"Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big "H". It was a most ripping victory."
DUDE!
If they win, consider wearing some sweats to work and carrying a change of clothes
Cause those dudes might vomit on you
Eli is our King!
Might have to do that, we know the Philly fans penchant for vomiting on others.
Just check out my signature. I live with this kind of stuff every day between fans of Eagles, Phillies, Penn St, I am surrounded. Sometimes I respond, sometimes I do not. These two were such idiots, they just gave me way too much material not to keep my mouth shut. Flipping the bird was just the icing on the cake.
Husker/Giants/Mets fan living behind enemy lines.
Rec'd for your bravado
And taking your life in your hands. Eagles fans have 50 years of nonchampionship frustration built up ready to unleash on the first person to cross them
The Possimpible - Where the possible and impossible meet - Barney Stinson
Big Blue View - Supporting the Catalina Wine Mixer since 2011
Ever since Bro went there,
I feel they’re like the little brother you can root for. As opposed to the obnoxious one (Jests).
Mikey, You got me in the post season, but....
I’m 184-82 on the year on Beat the Insiders. Leap of faith on the Broncos paid off for you. I never thought Alex Smith would play as well as he did vs NO, but they still needed the TO’s to win. Just for shits and giggles, I picked the Giants to win every game. I just can’t pick against them.
Bleeding Blue since 1962
I haven't been able to concentrate for 2 days and it's still only Thursday.
I need a healthy dose of daily swagger to make it through the afternoon.
Hell to the Yes!!
Swagger!!! Swagger!!! Paging Uncle Fester!!
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
agreed
where u at Fester
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 2, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
As requested, Swaggar Time!!!! (oh and see my sig for my prediction.0
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 2, 2012 12:56 PM EST reply actions
yesss
pics 2 and 3 are great. Alison Brie…. the main reason why Community is a watched show.
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 2, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
Excellent Mike
10-0 Great record If I may be so bold I’m thinking G-men double up the patsy’s 34-17
Manning passes for 325 and we run for 150 yards collectively Brady is sacked 5 times and hit another 10 +
Paying the bills I guess????
I had to screen print a part of this website and send it to someone at my work….i had to tell them to excuse the guy in his tighty whiteys, ski mask and riding a bearskin rug……way to go Ed!
I'm thinking of listening to the game in Hungarian
Super Bowl Broadcasts 6:20 pm ET:
• New England Patriots: Sirius 86 / XM 226 / Internet 879
• New York Giants: Sirius 92 / XM 225 / Internet 881
• National broadcast: Sirius 88 / XM 88 / Internet 88
• Spanish: Sirius 149 / XM 234 / SXM 550 / Internet 870, 950
• BBC Radio: Sirius 93 / XM 227 / Internet 861
• Chinese: Sirius 139 / XM 231 / Internet 866
• Japanese: Sirius 94 / XM 228 / Internet 862
• German: Sirius 138 / XM 233 / Internet 865
• Hungarian: Sirius 113 / XM 235 / Internet 869
• Portuguese: Sirius 137 / XM 230 / Internet 864
• Russian: Sirius 117 / XM 236 / Internet 868
• Dutch: Sirius 134 / XM 229 / Internet 863
• French: Sirius 136 / XM 232 / Internet 867
If you think this week couldn’t get any sillier, both Rosie O’Donnell and Larry the Cable Guy will be broadcasting from Indy on Friday.
Blue is the color of melancholy and honesty
Green is the color of inexperience, envy and nausea.
Chinese would be more melodic
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 2, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
What is not being talked about is...
what is the impact of the scouting Peyton is surely providing to Eli? Between the 2 of the them they should be able to fully dissect the NE D for weaknesses and tendencies. That there is an unfair advantage!
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
Giants will score 30 or more points, NE 20 or less. Guess who wins? Take it to the bank!
You know they are studying film together...no doubt about it...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Mikey
Really hope you finish the postseason perfect. You deserve it
Die hard Giants fan since wide Right! I was 6...
I'm down wit JPP
Yea you know me
Win Ugly.
-Eli Manning for MVP
I was thinking 24-21
But I changed my tune to 31-17 in favor of the Big Blue Wrecking Crew
Die hard Giants fan since wide Right! I was 6...
I'm down wit JPP
Yea you know me
Win Ugly.
-Eli Manning for MVP
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