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The more things change the more they stay the same, is a phrase that describes the sports betting 2011 – 12 NFL season perfectly. After a four month long lockout, a shortened training camp and exhibition season, many bettors and experts, we included, thought this season may be the year in which one of the historically poor teams came alive and won the Super Bowl. Instead, despite the drastic price per head change in the season, two of the strongest franchises prevailed for the ultimate rematch. New England and the New York Giants are set to renew hostilities in two weeks time. Here is a preview of the Super Bowl 42 rematch set to take place in the house that Peyton built on Sunday February 5, 2012.

In 2008, the odds of a Super Bowl victory for the New York Giants seemed insurmountable entering their Super Bowl 42 clash against the undefeated New England Patriots. However, similar to their NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers last night, the Giants defense kept the team in the game the whole way through, limiting Brady and the Patriots offense to only 14 points on the day.

The Super Bowl XLVI has actors: the New England Patriots and the New York Giants will fight this February 5 at Lucas Oil Field for the Vince Lombardi trophy in a meeting full of history and implications.

The Patriots and Giants staged one of the most thrilling Super Bowls in recent times. In 2008, these two teams played the Super Bowl XLII, the Patriots came to undefeated and looking for the perfect season and the Giants looking to surprise the Goliath of the league. At that time the team of Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning won 17-14 in dramatic fashion with moves such as the legendary David Tyree received and the winning touchdown from Manning to Plaxico Burress.

The match was played in Indianapolis, home of the Colts team he plays for Peyton Manning who has strong ties with the two quarterbacks on the field. Peyton and Tom Brady are widely regarded as the two best quarterbacks of his era and have been involved in a rivalry that marked history, while the Colts superstar is the older brother of Eli, on which he has cast a shadow of what has found it difficult to exit.

As the world prepared for the game in the NFC Championship between the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers had other plans: using solid defense and great activities by quarterbacks who know what is being questioned, the NFC rivals aged dispatched Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers to set the table for an unexpected bereavement.

The 49ers overcame a brilliant effort of the Saints by one of the things they do best: the 49ers (the second team with more fumbles and interceptions in the season) took five balls delivered by New Orleans. Despite this, Brees and his team managed to turn their offense producing 472 yards against the usually reliable defense of the 'prospectors', if the 49ers would win that game, it would be on the defensive. That's when Alex Smith was a revelation. The question often 49ers quarterback threw for 299 yards but, more importantly, showed mettle guiding San Francisco to recover from two late deficits that would have intimidated any quarterback, achievement culminated with a pass that is already part of the history of 49ers Vernon Davis with just seconds left.