Super Bowl XLVI: Regular Season Rematches in the Super Bowl Gives Slight Edge to New England
The BCS title game featured a rematch between LSU and Alabama, and even though LSU won the first meeting (on the road, no less), Alabama triumphed easily in the rematch. We’ll get a rematch in the Super Bowl, too. The Giants recorded an impressive regular-season win over the Patriots (on the road, no less; they were also without Hakeem Nicks and Ahmad Bradshaw). Who wins the rematch? Recently history says it’ll probably be the Patriots.
The Giants’ meeting with the Patriots will be the 13th Super Bowl played between teams that met in the regular season. The regular-season winners in the previous 12 such matchups are 5-7 in the rematch and the teams that won the first meeting on the road (as the Giants did) are only 2-4.
The last three Super Bowls that featured rematches from the regular season were all won by … the regular season loser.
2008 Super Bowl – Giants 17, Patriots 14
2007 Regular Season – Patriots 38, Giants 35
2002 Super Bowl – Patriots 20, Rams 17
2001 Regular Season – Rams 24, Patriots 17
2000 Super Bowl – Rams 23, Titans 16
1999 Regular Season – Titans 24, Rams 21
Previously: Super Bowl XLVI: Vegas Bookmakers Could Lose Big if Giants Complete Improbable Run After 7-7 Record
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January 27th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
seems like a fool proof system
/bets house on Pats
January 27th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
This seems about as reliable as CRM’s camel.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Brady looks super unathletic in that pic.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
i’d say it’s more reliable since it’s cherry picking data from 6 points over the course of 13 years. The camel is just a dumb beast compared to this statistical analysis.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Who wins the rematch? Recently history says it’ll probably be the Patriots
I would go with the Patriots as well, but not because of recent history, but because they are a better team.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Looks like he’s dropping a really satisfying deuce
January 27th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Pats, Pats, Pats.
/say no to the Giants
January 27th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
and/or constipated
January 27th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
How dare you. He’s an international treasure.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Brady looks super unathletic in that pic.
It’s the glove on one hand look. Ever since I saw David Carr do that, I haven’t been able to respect any QB who does it.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
#AnybodyButThePats
January 27th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
I fail to see how a game from two different teams in 1999 will correlate to next Sunday’s game. Just as dumb as the whole “this team is 0-8 at this stadium since 1965.” Like that team from the 70s is still playing.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
You took the words right outta my mouth (fingers?)
January 27th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Pats, Pats, Pats.
/say no to the Giants
Yeah, like we’re expecting an endorsement from Peegles fans.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Looks like he’s dropping a really satisfying deuce
Or getting a nice salad toss.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
You took the words right outta my mouth (fingers?)
ASL?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
This for sure will be posted in a hour.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
If history has taught us anything, it’s that NCAA title game results are great predictors of NFL title game results.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Hopefully Bama wins this game.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
Small sample size, no?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
OT: For the duckface haters.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Onto Giselle’s chest.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
What are their respective records v. teams with records >.500?
I know the pats’, before the playoffs, was 0-
January 27th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
what he said.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Onto Giselle’s chest.
She is Brazilian.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Man Warming Glow officially sucks balls now. Stupid bloggers getting better jobs and letting other people take over.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
lol at the throwing bread line.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Is that a request from SG to CJ?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Is this a cheap Senator knockoff?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
From the 4th floor balcony into the lagoon shaped pool
January 27th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Is that a request from SG to CJ?
I thought it was some American Sign Language thing — hence the ASL comment #16.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Did anyone see that picture of Hayden Pantierre stripping in 4 or 5 shots? Is that real?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Fun game. Also: who was not able to beat the Redskins in 2 tries?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
From the 4th floor balcony into the lagoon shaped pool
I bet the sound that would make would be glorious.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
GD that is funny.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
/stealing this
January 27th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Extremely cheap. Some would say thrifty.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
the splash-back on that would be un-real.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
The 2004 Cowboys. What’s your point?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Elijah Nelson Apocalypse Manning.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
My guess would be a dull fwap as it hit the mark.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
I guess this is a lot like the Bama-LSU arguments, where one team was a little better during the regular season match-up and now the two teams meet again for the title. If the Pats win this game by less than 3 points, I guess the Giants should be ranked No. 1 still.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Like Treet, or Apple Yos, or Family Guy.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Which I believe is where Peter King had them ranked this week. Which, of course, is the final word on the matter.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
My guess would be a dull fwap as it hit the mark.
And the anticipation of the sound would be filled with tension
January 27th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Fucking Browns…
January 27th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Post weekly 5 now.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
I hope Wilfork eats Eli and JPP breaks his body.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
I wonder how many people on here can tell you what Treet is a knockoff of.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Really bad hire.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Giants by 3. Just like in 2008. Book it.
/ Of course I’m completely trustworthy. Just ask BulletJoeBush.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
He was in on 62 of 75 Baltimore offensive plays in the AFCCG. That is astounding for a man of his dimensions.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
I’m voting for the 49ers!
January 27th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Giants by 18
January 27th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
BWWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
/puts pencil behind ear.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
I’m guessing we all have some stuff in common, socio-economic wise.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
/ctrl+f
//”golf”
///leaves
January 27th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Browns are gonna have a kick-ass offense. KICK-ASS.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Shurmur is going to remain play caller as well. The whole thing is just fucked up, man. Tweedle dee and tweedle dumb running our offense.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Jesus, can’t they do anything right?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
im more upset that shurmur is still the HC than i am about childress being OC.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Hilarious.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
I think he’s played even more in some games. He’s had a fantastic year, for a guy I thought they shouldn’t re-sign because he’d probably just eat himself out of the league when he got the contract.
/doubly exciting for you when a Cane is doing it?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
i never thought id see the day where NE ohio turns their back on the browns, but i think we’re pulling in that proverbial driveway.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
/crosses off every bad thing I’ve ever said about Hoodie
January 27th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Which gap is bigger? Pats’ O vs Giants’ O? Or Pats’ D vs Giants’ D?
//Bets heavily on the Giants
January 27th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
I had to look it up.
Seeing “Treet” made me think of “A Treat” soda…..which makes a delightful sarsaparilla.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
astounding for the effort he put out too…he was a man possessed.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Link?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
How upset will you be if they fire Shurmur next year and promote football’s Pierre McGuire to HC?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Will those two ruin RGIII and Kendall Wright, forcing them to develop somewhere else down the road?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
As Roda is saying, wait til the Browns start 0-4 and then Chilly takes the wheel. Browns are fucked. Does this pretty much mean we’re drafting RG3?
January 27th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
nah. my son asking me why his penis was hard, that’s hilarious. especially since I think I was the more immature of the two.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
i never thought id see the day where NE ohio turns their back on the browns, but i think we’re pulling in that proverbial driveway.
You can’t quit the Factory of sadness!
/see you next week
January 27th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
you mean if childress is interim? ill be pissed if he’s retained…but i feel like holmgren would come down from the front office…
sorry, that’s just too funny to keep typing. that fat, check cashing, walrus looking fuck would probably try and coach from his living room in seattle.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
How upset will you be if they fire Shurmur next year and promote football’s Pierre McGuire to HC?
About 1/10 as upset as Habs fans will be when Pierre is named the GM in la belle province.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
!!!
January 27th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
/looks at calendar
well, there’d still be a few weeks of golf weather left. i might not even notice, to be honest.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
I really hope the Indians are good this year. Cleveland needs it.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
Well straight up looking at the rankings, its the Pats O over the Giants O.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
OT: My buddy just finsihed a movie calld Video Stop and here is the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjC3ggvLFbk&feature=youtu.be
January 27th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
I saw it on twitter, which I am not on so I can’t link it. highly doubtful that it is real. didn’t stop me from killing off some babies though
January 27th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
my son asking me why his penis was hard, that’s hilarious. especially since I think I was the more immature of the two.
Mine told me the other day that his “weiner was on”. Tough to keep a straight face.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
I think Treet may actually pre-date Spam.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
The Eagles need to shit the bed next year and the 2 walrus fucks could possibly make some noise in Cleveland. Give Andy Reid a blank check.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
He’d be better than what they’ve got.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
the fact that Mike Tice and Childress are now OC’s amazes the shit out of me.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
The Pats’ secondary, revamped and if Arrington is back at full strength can’t be that far behind the Giants.
It’s more which team has the biggest advantage considering the front 7 versus the blockers. The Patriots’ ability to negate the pass rush, either through runs/draws/quick passes/QB scrambles whatever, that might not be as big a gap as you think. Even if the front 7 of the Giants is far superior (true), if the Patriots can gameplan to negate that advantage, it won’t matter as much.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:51 PM
He’d be better than what they’ve got.
No. And that is saying something.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
I assume it’s fake, but here it is (NSFW) http://i.imgur.com/wEJqA.jpg
January 27th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Put another more snarky way, Eli and Brady won’t be on the field at the same time, so it’s a pretty worthless exercise.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Very true, this is what the NFL network is for as well.
/Watches Packers
//Watches Saints
///flips over to a Browns turnover
////repeats cycle
January 27th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
At least the Cavs are building a nice little foundation in the post-lebron era.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Pierre McGuire lacks the social skills and etiquette to be a good television personality. He knows a thing or two about hockey though.
Just don’t tell anyone I said that.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
huh. learn something new everyday.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
It’s like people are forgetting the vaunted Giants D were 6th worst in the league. I hear all the talk about the guys they’ve gotten back from injury since the week 9 meeting, and no mention of the fact that Sergio Brown and Tracy White will not be the ones giving up the game winning drive(barring injury).
January 27th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Very much so. He’s the only one currently on the Pats roster.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
cleveland won’t win a championship until i dedicate my us open win (as an amateur, natch) to the city.
now excuse me…i have a mellow to enhance.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Don’t think I want to live in a world where Eli Manning is referred to as two time Super Bowl champion so with each passing day I’m inching closer to hoping the Patriots win. That doesn’t mean I will be rooting for them in any way, shape or form.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Confirmed: Treet, introduced 1931, Spam, introduced 1937.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:57 PM
I assume it’s fake, but here it is (NSFW) http://i.imgur.com/wEJqA.jpg
Looks fake, but I do imagine her body is just that delicious looking.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:58 PM
OT:
Andrew Bogut is out 8-12 weeks with an ankle fracture.
https://twitter.com/#!/trenni/status/163001280523010048
/OT
January 27th, 2012 at 3:59 PM
indeed…and whomever’s body that is is doing some fine work.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:59 PM
Thank you! This has been my issue… do you really want Eli Manning to be a 2x SB MVP, people?
January 27th, 2012 at 4:00 PM
He and Greg Oden should get a condo.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
12 weeks is essentially the season. Put him down.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
excellent work. this is the kind of production I expect on Friday people.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Very tough. Because that would also mean that Brady is 3-2 in the Super Bowl and still hasn’t won since 2004, which is rather enticing.
/Team Meteor
January 27th, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Treet is the Betamax of pressed meat products.
/Ate Spam for dinner on a weekly basis as a child
January 27th, 2012 at 4:02 PM
How in the F are you guys typing words? With your toes? Chin? We all know it’s definitely not your misshapen weiners.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:03 PM
it was my hope that Eli Manning would always be referred to as another douche from ole piss but that didn’t work out for me either.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:03 PM
They’ll have to pad the walls and child-proof the place to prevent any injuries from happening.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:04 PM
Don’t think I want to live in a world where Eli Manning is referred to as two time Super Bowl champion
Thank you! This has been my issue… do you really want Eli Manning to be a 2x SB MVP, people?
Do you want the denizens of Red Sox Nation to spend another year crowing about Tawwmy and Bellichick?
January 27th, 2012 at 4:04 PM
/Ate Spam for dinner on a weekly basis as a child
So, in other words, you’re at pretty high risk for developing colo-rectal cancer in your 50s.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:04 PM
This is where I am as well.
/Buys shares of pink Patriot hat stock
January 27th, 2012 at 4:04 PM
It’s hard to talk when he has Crosby and Toews dicks both in his mouth at the same time.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:05 PM
those facts don’t matter… apparently.
then again, by all rights, if a blown fumble call and kick had gone through the uprights we’d all be talking about what harbaugh has better special teams coaching for the super bowl.
I don’t think this game is going to be as good as it’s being made out to be.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:05 PM
I’m going through gambling withdrawals so I figured I’d post these since they just came out in Vegas.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:06 PM
We never had much Spam (or Treet), but I ate the hell out of some vienna sausages.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
God help them if its not on the 1st story and they have to deal with stairs.
/Which one is Mr. Glass again?
January 27th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
Shouldn’t you be not boning your wife?
January 27th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
becuase hearing “you can’t spell Elite without ELI” is better…
January 27th, 2012 at 4:07 PM
I figure I’ll have to avoid the comments here on Monday after the Super Bowl with either outcome so I guess it doesn’t matter.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
Shouldn’t you be not boning your wife?
I can not do that and comment here at the same time.
/multi-tasker
January 27th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
If it means the Giants lose, then I will gladly deal with Red Sox Nation getting another sports win.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
TAMALE!!!
January 27th, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Guys. I just placed a bet on the Pro Bowl. Help.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Seems like a nice guy. Good for him.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Guys. I just placed a bet on the Pro Bowl. Help.
I hope that bet didn’t involve the number of sacks or passes defensed.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:10 PM
I would call you a poor thing, but than i realized you probably grew up in paradise on the big island.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:10 PM
I figure I’ll have to avoid the comments here on Monday after the Super Bowl with either outcome so I guess it doesn’t matter.
I agree.
/still dreams of his Saints-Ravens Super Bowl choice.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:12 PM
As a Giants fan, I’ll say the Giants will win. As a football fan, I’ll say the Giants will win by 12.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:14 PM
Oh man, if only. Instead of Hawaiians I got poor Californians.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Link takes you to the PACKERS-Giants game from this season that ended with the same score (38-35)
January 27th, 2012 at 4:31 PM
He’s wrong about Barry and Emmitt, but usually right on everything else with the NFC East.
January 27th, 2012 at 5:18 PM
In 9 days, Eli Manning will have more RIIIIINNNNNGGGGSSSS than Peyton Manning.
I just can’t believe that.
January 29th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
5-7, that’s a one game swing from being 50/50… i.e. is this really statistically significant?