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Who is favored in the Super Bowl this year? (Original Post) Major Hogwash Jan 2012 OP
NE by 3 JonLP24 Feb 2012 #1
Thanks. Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #2
yeah 7-0 for the Patriots NinjaKid Feb 2012 #10
Yep pipi_k Feb 2012 #3
Eli is all those things....just not every game :>) Pats are consistently good Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #4
Patriots favored by Vegas books to win Super Bowl mariematt Feb 2012 #5
Yabut, who is this Gronkowski guy they are all talking about? Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #6
It was pretty even between both teams JonLP24 Feb 2012 #7
Well, since no one alerted on this thread . . . Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #8
I am for the Patriots NinjaKid Feb 2012 #9
Me too...and... pipi_k Feb 2012 #11

NinjaKid

(7 posts)
10. yeah 7-0 for the Patriots
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 10:09 PM
Feb 2012

I agree, it would be 7-0 for the Patriots. The Giants will become dwarfs tomorrow.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
3. Yep
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 10:44 AM
Feb 2012

like the other guy said, NE by 3.

BUT

From all I've been hearing/reading on the sports channels/sites, they're talking about Eli Manning like he's Joe Montana, Tom Brady, and Superman all rolled into one.

AND

Some of them are giving NE little to no chance of winning if Gronkowski isn't 100%, and maybe half a chance (at best, the way it sounds) of winning even if he is 100%.

IOW, even though Vegas has NE over NYG, NE still sound like underdogs.

I really should stop listening to/reading that trash...



 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
4. Eli is all those things....just not every game :>) Pats are consistently good
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 11:49 AM
Feb 2012

which is why I think I may chill the champagne but not wash the glasses yet

mariematt

(8 posts)
5. Patriots favored by Vegas books to win Super Bowl
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 09:54 AM
Feb 2012

AS VEGAS (AP)—Las Vegas casinos have made the New England Patriots favorites to win the Super Bowl thanks to their national following, a decade of winning and the playoff mystique of quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick.

In odds posted Sunday night by Cantor Gaming, the Patriots opened as three-point favorites over the New York Giants after New York beat San Francisco 20-17 in overtime in the NFC championship game, Race and Sports Director Mike Colbert said.

“The public will still like New England,” Colbert told The Associated Press. “I don’t think people are actually hip to how good these NFC teams are.”

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Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
6. Yabut, who is this Gronkowski guy they are all talking about?
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 10:00 AM
Feb 2012

Although Regis picked the Giants, and Bill Murray picked the Giants, I haven't got enough information about the Pats to decide if they could actually beat the Giants or not.

They've already met once before this year.
But, I didn't see that game, so I don't know how that one turned out.

JonLP24

(29,349 posts)
7. It was pretty even between both teams
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 11:24 AM
Feb 2012

Eli Manning led a late 4th quarter drive to win the game with a few seconds remaining. Kinda like the Super Bowl they played in.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
8. Well, since no one alerted on this thread . . .
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 10:48 AM
Feb 2012

. . I'm going to have to go with the Giants this time around.

NinjaKid

(7 posts)
9. I am for the Patriots
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 10:06 PM
Feb 2012

I hope the Patriots will beat the Giants tomorrow. The Giants are too confident that they will win that is why I want them to lose. Look at what they have done, they even have a premature announcement in their website that they have won the Super Bowl ! Yay!

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
11. Me too...and...
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 10:20 PM
Feb 2012

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