The Patriots actually have changed more than the Giants since New York's 17-14 upset in Super Bowl XLII.
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But after a 17-14 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, the Pats look like just another team that couldn't win the big one.
But there were some surprises: David Tyree's helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII against the Patriots only improved the Giants' chance of winning by 20%, which didn't crack the top 10.
But Tuck sacked him on third down on the Patriots' next possession, forcing a punt, and the game took on a similar feeling to that 17-14 Giants upset in Super Bowl XLII: the Giants weren't going away.
The exciting ending was reminiscent of what took place in the title game four seasons ago when the Giants stunned the Patriots 17-14 after a heroic game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLII.
Four times, the Associated Press selected him to its all-NFL First Team, and he earned a Super Bowl ring in his final game as the Giants upset the previously unbeaten New England Patriots, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII.
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And though some have been skeptical about choosing Indy as a host city for a variety of reasons (e.g. city size, potential weather concerns), the preliminary evidence from the secondary ticket market seems to indicate that fans from the Northeast will be in greater attendance than they were when the two teams met in Super Bowl XLII in 2008 in Glendale, AZ.
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Yes, it's the 42nd Super Bowl Sunday, Super Bowl 42 or XLII as it was in ancient Rome, where professional football began, I'm led to believe.
The XLII backstory is compelling, but what elevates this Super Bowl is how unpredictable it appears.
In the history of the Super Bowl, perhaps no other game illustrates this point more dramatically than XLII when the Giants came from behind to defeat the Patriots in the last seconds of the game.
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