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Everyone’s speculating. Everyone’s ready for some artery-clogging food and an endless abyss of beer. But what we’re all truly pining for more than anything else is the game. Who will reign victorious at Super Bowl XLVI? Will this year’s Super Bowl be a repeat of Super Bowl XLII, with the Giants delivering another New England upset? Or will the Patriots pull through and silence all of the Giants fans reveling?

Here’s what we know. Despite both teams going to the Super Bowl with Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning, Bill Belichick, and Tom Brady as they did in 2008, the two teams are far from what they were 4 years ago. The Giants now have Hakeem Nicks, Mario Manningham, and Victor Cruz; these three form a young group of receivers who are fully capable of being game changers.

The Patriots 2007-2008 offensive dream team, Brady and Moss, is no more; although the Patriots still have a threatening offensive game, they’re missing the intimidating passing-touchdown offense they had in Super Bowl XLII.

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