Super Bowl Kickoff Time 2012: Crucial Info for Guaranteed Classic

The NY Giants will take on the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl that will soon be heralded as one of the best ever played. 

We are inching closer to the start of something truly special. Marquee players and dynamic playmakers are but a drop in the bucket of why this game will trump so many before it. 

Here are the crucial details for the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI.

Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN 

When: Live coverage at 6:00 p.m. EST (kickoff is at 6:29 p.m. EST)

Watch: NBC AND Live Streaming at NBC Sports website  

Tom Brady may be the reason that most of you know how prolific the Patriots can be, but that is not the only reason New England comes in as more than what we give them credit for. 

Sure, they have an awful defense, but they can be so much more when you consider their pass rush is  dominated by big man Vince Wilfork, and a tandem of tight ends that make them nearly impossible to stop on offense. 

With the Patriots, we get the familiar heroes that have dominated this time of year so often. But they are met with an underrated story in 2011. 

The Giants were on nobody's radar when the season came to a close, and look a lot like the Green Bay Packers from 2010 in more than that regard. 

They have just enough defense to stifle the best of attacks, and their offense is quarterback driven with a few dynamic weapons at receiver. 

Eli Manning is on fire right now, throwing with confidence and through some tiny windows. This will be the one game where every last question on his elite level gets destroyed. 

It will be a high-scoring and hard-hitting affair that you simply can't miss. 

This is the game that invented hype and over-saturation, but every once in a while the football gods get it right. 

This will be a clash that will most definitely live up to the moniker of Super Bowl. 

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