Got this from this site:
http://www.blogsouthernvermont.com/shorthops/2008/01/giants_vs_patriots_super_bowl.htmlInteresting read.
While this weekend of NFL playoff action certainly had its surprises, the Giants defeating Dallas wasn't really one of them, at least not to me. I thought that the Cowboys were the most overrated team in this year's playoffs, and that any one of the other NFC teams could have beaten them.
But I can't help but be intrigued by the possibility of a Pats-Giants championship game. The Giants have the talent and ability to beat Green Bay, and as we have seen so often, any team can indeed win on any given day, especially in the playoffs. I would bet anything that San Diego is going to be little more than fodder for New England in the AFC title game, but it is possible that the G-Men could upset Brett Favre and company - especially in a low-scoring, rushing-and-defense kind of game like New York used to be so great at winning back in the Bill Parcells days.
This would set up a truly fantastic Super Bowl showdown. Of course, you have the Giants' heroic performance against Tom Brady and his guys in the final week of the regular season. Many Pats fans argue that their team wasn't nearly as "up" for that game as New York was, but the reality is that the Patriots wanted to go undefeated just as bad - if not worse - than the G-Men wanted to pull off the upset. And what we were left with is this: New York is capable of beating New England. Period.
Such a championship game would also add a whole new chapter to the classic New York - Boston sports rivalry. Big Apple sports fans have been dying for a chance to knock the "Massholes" off their high horse, and if the Giants could beat the Pats in the Super Bowl, that would tip the scales mightily back in New York's favor, and break a million Pats fans' hearts all at once. It is probably NY's best chance of accomplishing such a feat within the near future - it's not like the Knicks are going to knock the Celtics off course any time soon, and with the Bruins still climbing back toward respectability and the Yankees in the midst of a youth movement, this might be the best NY-Boston sports matchup we can get.
You can bet that lots of New York fans are DROOLING over a scenario in which the Giants spoil the Pats' magical season. And New England fans have to get at least a little bit nervous thinking about it.
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