# Superbowl Predictions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902 "2008-01-25T01:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnnieEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/1 "2008-01-25T01:11:30Z")
Patriots 37 - Giants 7 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/2 "2008-01-25T01:12:17Z")
Giants 31 - Pats 28 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/3 "2008-01-25T01:22:47Z")
The Bills, will take it! Oh, wait… right. Giants 24, Pats 17 ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/4 "2008-01-25T01:27:35Z")
Patriots 27, Giants 24. The Giants almost beat them once, and they’ll almost do it again. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/5 "2008-01-25T01:30:47Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] Patriots 27, Giants 24. The Giants almost beat them once, and they’ll almost do it again. [/QUOTE] Sadly, I think this is what will happen too, and we’ll be rewarded with gooey gobs of Brady knob-schlobbing et al until the hereafter. Brady and the Pats have deserved their praise, but it doesn’t stop me from being sick of it. I hope the NFC wins one this year, but I don’t see Little Brother being up to the task. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/6 "2008-01-25T01:32:47Z")
\ My prediction? … Pain!\ Giants 20 Patriots 17 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/7 "2008-01-25T02:44:39Z")
**GIANTS** 30 Patriots 24 Of course the **GIANTS** will win. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/8 "2008-01-25T02:58:50Z")
I think the Pats will win in a rout. I know the Giants played them close in week 17, but the Pats weren’t really _that_ into the game and I think were playing not to get hurt. I think they go full throttle this time, get a big lead early and turn this into an old fashioned Superbowl laugher. NE 42 NY 17 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/9 "2008-01-25T02:59:58Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I think the Pats will win in a rout. I know the Giants played them close in week 17, but the Pats weren’t really _that_ into the game and I think were playing not to get hurt. I think they go full throttle this time, get a big lead early and turn this into an old fashioned Superbowl laughre. NE 42 NY 17 [/QUOTE] You stole my numbers so I will say 42-24. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/10 "2008-01-25T03:03:44Z")
Patriots, 31-17. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/11 "2008-01-25T03:22:11Z")
I’ve been a Giants fan for years, and would LOVE to be wrong… but this looks like a blowout in the making. Let’s face it- if the Patriots are firing on all cylinders, the Giants have no chance at all. The Giants HAVE to keep the game close, because they don’t have a potent enough offense to win a high-scoring game. If the Pats get off to an early 14-0 lead, I think it’s over. The Patriots are NOT a team for the ages, and I actually think they’re a bit overrated. I can think of MANY teams that were much better (the Aikman-Smith-Irvin Cowboys, for example, would have crushed them), but for the salary cap era, they’re very good. NOT unbeatable by any means, but very tough to beat unless you play a perfect game AND they make a lot of mistakes. Will Tom Brady be kind enough to throw 3 more interceptions this time? I hope so, but I doubt it. If the Patriots put up points, the Giants will HAVE to respond in kind, and I’m not yet convinced that Eli Manning can do that. I would love the Giants to win, and will be delighted to eat my words… but I’m predicting a 42-10 Patriots romp. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/12 "2008-01-25T03:22:44Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I think the Pats will win in a rout. I know the Giants played them close in week 17, but the Pats weren’t really _that_ into the game and I think were playing not to get hurt. I think they go full throttle this time, get a big lead early and turn this into an old fashioned Superbowl laugher. [/QUOTE] After re-watching the Pats/Giants game last night, the Giants neither looked good nor played well against the Patriots. The Giants got the ball down by 10 with 4:30 left in the game. At that point the Pats went to a prevent defense, letting up a clock-eating TD drive in order to ice the win, so take that TD out of the meaningful scoring totals. There was also a kick return for a TD. Not only can you not count on that kind of thing, but it was also set up by a ticky-tack personal foul penalty. Ignoring that fluke, the Pats stomped on the Giants by 17 points. There were only TWO Patriots drives that didn’t result in points. What pressure the Giants brought didn’t faze Brady at all. Eli looked lost for almost all of the second half. All in all, the Giants looked seriously outclassed by the Patriots. Just an FYI for all the other Giants fans reading this thread. I have faith the Giants can win this game, but I need to review the Bucs game (I’m up to the second quarter) and the rest of the playoff games first. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/13 "2008-01-25T04:00:44Z")
I haven’t predicted the Giants to cover the spread once this postseason, and it’s worked out ok so far, so I feel alright about saying I fear the Patriots will pull a [Super Bowl XXIV](http://www.superbowl-history.com/1990.php) and win 49-10. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/14 "2008-01-25T04:14:52Z")
Say, I have an almost but not quite completely unrelated question that I don’t feel like starting a GQ over… What if they all died? Maybe not **all** of them, but let’s say the entire Pat’s offense (or whatever) is wiped out in, like, a bus accident or something. What would happen to the game? (I’ve asked this question around and gotten answers ranging from “Well, out of respect, you’d think they’d cancel!” to “They’d use practice teams” (also, “They wouldn’t use practice teams”) to “Wow, that’s sick…” and am wondering if there’s anything official that covers this highly unlikely scenario.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/15 "2008-01-25T04:20:17Z")
My prediction is that none of my squares in the pool will hit. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/16 "2008-01-25T04:37:25Z")
I’m sticking with my New Year’s Eve [prediction](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449706): > [@Hal Briston](#): > > I’ll be looking for some Week 17 payback by picking the Giants over the Patriots, 38-35. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/17 "2008-01-25T04:53:13Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Fire] Say, I have an almost but not quite completely unrelated question that I don’t feel like starting a GQ over… What if they all died? Maybe not **all** of them, but let’s say the entire Pat’s offense (or whatever) is wiped out in, like, a bus accident or something. What would happen to the game? (I’ve asked this question around and gotten answers ranging from “Well, out of respect, you’d think they’d cancel!” to “They’d use practice teams” (also, “They wouldn’t use practice teams”) to “Wow, that’s sick…” and am wondering if there’s anything official that covers this highly unlikely scenario.) [/QUOTE] I doubt there’s any codified protocol but I’d bet anything they’d simply cancel the game. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/18 "2008-01-25T05:26:02Z")
Patriots. No points. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/19 "2008-01-25T06:42:18Z")
[QUOTE=FoieGrasIsEvil] Sadly, I think this is what will happen too, and we’ll be rewarded with gooey gobs of Brady knob-schlobbing et al until the hereafter. [/QUOTE] Would we be spared that treatment of Eli if the Giants won? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902/20 "2008-01-25T07:04:05Z")
No. The only good thing about an Eli win is that everybody might have to take a break from polishing his brother’s knob. Patriots: 31 Giants: 24 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-predictions/434902.md?page=2)