Giants vs. Patriots Predictions: New York Giants Safe Bet in Super Bowl 2012

With Super Bowl XLVI just a few days away, it’s time to start contemplating which team you are going to lay your hard-earned money on. It’s one of the toughest betting decisions of the year.

While I will never advocate gambling because of the lives it can ruin, there are people who still enjoy the rush of betting on a game as important as the Super Bowl.

It also doesn’t hurt when you win a little change.

Whether you are gambling real money at the proper facilities or betting on who makes the next beer run to the fridge, this is the must know info for making all of your crucial betting choices.

Spread: New England -3

The oddsmakers are calling this as a close game because that is exactly what it’s going to be. Many Super Bowls turns into defensive struggles no matter how great both offenses are, but this may be different.

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Over the last three meetings between these teams while both Tom Brady and Eli Manning were on the field, the games have been decided by a combined total of just 10 points (NYG 24 - NE 20; NYG 17 - NE 14; NE 38 - NYG 35).

Based on the Giants' four-point victory over the Pats during the regular season, I’m going to roll the dice with Manning and take the Giants and the points.

Over/Under: 55 points

Weather will not be an issue during Super Bowl XLVI, as the game will be played under the dome of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. That means airing out the ball is an option if and when a team gets down on the scoreboard.

In the regular season and playoffs combined, both quarterbacks have thrown for over 5800 yards in 2011-2012, and they have used the deep pass to get their teams in this position. While I am predicting the Super Bowl to be close, I think it has all the potential to erode into a shootout as the game starts to wind down.

While most fans would enjoy a repeat of 2008’s 17-14 Giants Super Bowl win, the Patriots want a result similar to the 38-35 victory the team had over New York earlier in 2007. Just like New York broke the Patriots' hearts in Super Bowl XLII, Tom Brady and the Pats are out to return the favor.

Despite neither team showing it much this postseason, this game will exceed the 55-point prediction and be closer to 65 when all is said and done. I’m taking the over.

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