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Chargers at the Patriots and the Giants at the Packers
Let’s get ready to rumblllle!
Today’s the big day where we find out which two teams will be playing in Super Bowl XLII.
The underdog Chargers will be taking on the Patriots in Gillette Stadium at 3 ET and the game will be broadcast on CBS. The Giants and the Packers will go at it at the uber-frigid Lambeau Field, where temps will be near zero, with wind chills even colder than that. Game time is 6:30 ET on Fox.
Just for the record, this won’t be the coldest playoff game on record, but I’m sure to the fans sitting out in the stands, it’ll sure feel like it.
One fan sitting in the stands will be Eli Manning’s fiance Ali McGrew who, according to Eli’s brother Cooper, will do so at the request of Eli himself as he fears a jinx a la Jessica Simpsons’s alleged jinxing of Tony Romo:
No hottie is going to hex Eli Manning during the biggest game of his career — he’s made sure of that.
The Giant quarterback has told his college sweetheart and fiancee, Abby McGrew, to get layered up for tonight’s bitter-cold playoff game in Green Bay — because she has to brave the elements and suffer through the action from stadium seats if he’s going to win:
Eli believes he’s jinxed when McGrew watches his games from the cozy warmth of a stadium suite, Manning’s oldest brother, Cooper, told The Post.
Those times McGrew has watched her man play from a suite, the Jints have lost.
“Abby almost always sits in the stands, but I guess once or twice she was invited to sit in a suite and things didn’t end well,” Cooper told The Post.
So Eli took steps to ensure he’s not the next Tony Romo.
“In the spirit of superstition, Eli told her, ‘I don’t care if it’s 4 degrees in Green Bay, you’re sitting in the stands,’” laughed Cooper, who sells oil stocks and lives in New Orleans, the Manning clan’s hometown.
So, Cooper said, Abby will be in the stands tonight, shivering amid the cheeseheads at frozen Lambeau Field in wind chills expected to dip below zero degrees.
Just how the bleep does one stay warm in zero degree, windy weather? I know what I’d be wearing:
“Randy”, from the movie A Christmas Story,
getting all bundled up by his mother.
McGrew would have to get it specially made in Giants blue, of course 
As to predictions, ST reader William Teach predicted in the comments on the weekend open thread:
Giants by 4.
I think the Pack wins handily today, while the Chargers give the Pats more of a game then they’re thinking they’ll get. In the end, though, the Pats will win by 10.
How about everyone else?
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I don’t have a dog in this hunt – but I expect the ‘Bolts to get crushed by the Pats. And I can’t imagine the Packers losing on their own turf to the Giants -bad Wx or not.
We’ll see!
Go Chargers! Without their starting quarterback and the great tight end, Antonio Gates, it won’t be easy to beat the undefeated Patriots, but we’ve done it before and we can do it again. Thank goodness LT and Sean Merriman are ready to play.
Mitt Romney has given his campaign the day off, first since before Christmas. A day of rest? Or a day of football? My bet is a day of football. I’m hoping San Diego resident, son Matt Romney, can out shout (or out pray) the rest of those New Englanders.
Go Chargers!
Predictions:
Packers over the Giants by 14
Chargers over the Patriots by 3
Or at least that’s what I hope for.
I’d say Patriots over the Chargers by 14 and the Packers over the Giants by 4.
Beer’s on me if the Gmen lose!
I was at the Browns Raiders playoff game in 1981 and have never been colder in my life. We survived by sipping from a thermos full of 1/2 coffee and 1/2 brandy. After the game my late wife talked all the way home about how she couldn’t wait to draw a hot bath to thaw out. When we got home our water heater had exploded and flooded the basement.
One of the things that wasn’t mentioned in the article you linked to was that neither team tried field goals because the ball got so hard at that temperature that they couldn’t kick.
Old Browns fans still remember the play that led to the interception that ended the game. The call was red, right, 88.
So, did it look like Brady could have built a house on that field to you too? I think the Lions could go to the super bowl if Kitna got that kind of protection. Good grief. Brady is real good, yes, but if he can look at all 5 receivers before throwing, you are dead. There were so many times he could have tossed down a blanket and ate lunch before throwing. He needs to buy his offensive line new cars. They deserve it.
I do think that game is different with a healthy LT, Gates, and Rivers. Three INTs and they still win.. yikes.
I don’t friggin believe this!!!!!
Just assume that this “WOOOOO!” is really, really, really long, and really, really, really, loud!
LOL – a nearly perfect prediction, William! Way to go!
Congrats, NC Cop!!
I’ll second that.
Now…this may be close to treason for a Cowboys fan, but I’m pulling for the G-men to win it all.
And you have no idea how weird that sounds coming out of my mouth – a Giant hater since infancy.
Eli has gotten beaten up by the ny/nj press all season. Whats weird is I think he has had success earlier than his brother. I live in NJ but am not a Giants fan and cannot understand why everyone got on Eli’s ass.
I picked him up in two fantasy leagues – hes a solid qb.
ny fans are idiots and i bet they will still be complaining and whining tomorrow.
Go Giants!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!
Should be an interesting Super Bowl. For the Giants to have any kind of chance they HAVE to get to Brady. If they can hurry Brady, he’ll make bad throws, it’s that simple. They can’t cover all the threats that New England has, so they need to get to Brady.
However, until then I’ll just enjoy the win.
G-MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sodaboy, you’re right on the money. I haven’t dissed Eli as much as they media has, but I’ll be the first to admit I wasn’t convinced he was going to work out. Regardless of what happens in the Super Bowl, this year was a success for Eli and the Giants.
Congrats, NC Cop. The Giants will have to bring their A game on both sides of the ball to take down the Pats.
I hope Ted Thompson drafts some “Road Graders” for the O-line and another back or two alternate with Grant.