FSUPatsFan

I want this game more than any other, but I don't think I will experience the same joy as I experienced after SB 36.

Going into SB 36 I was kind of resolved with the fact that the Pats were probaby going to lose, but hoped that they would pull of a miracle. I never felt like the Pats were going to win that game until the ball went through the uprights. I thought for sure traitor was going to miss the field goal and it was going to go down as another Boston sports choke. That SB was the first time I experienced one of my teams winning a championship. I thought it would also be the last time.

Now, like a previous poster stated, we're entering '72 Dolphins, 49ers, Montana, and 70s Steelers territory. It's so much fun rooting for this team/players and watching them make history. I want this team to finish the deal more than any other. I would be more crushed if they lost this game than any other. More crushed than Aaron ******* Boone, SB 31, 2006 AFCCG, or any game for that matter.

karran_s

Well, looking back.. 2001 seems far away now but there are some moments that will live forever...

The crushing disappointment when Tom was caught from behind during the Raiders game in the snow.. Then, when it was ruled that it was an incomplete pass, not a fumble... the overwhelming joy, followed by the tremendous kick in the snow (over 45+ yds) by Adam !!!

To me, that was the greatest game I have ever seen in Football !!! Tops any other game I've seen so far...

That was the game which signaled the arrival of this team... Look how far we've come since then.

DarrylS

'01 is always special and that has been imprinted on my brain..

This year is about vindication and becoming historical, it is a ying and yang thing.. but will go with wanting this one very bad for so many reasons..

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Patjew

I want it really really really badly.

The potential perfect season + the terrible pre-beginning of the season (HGH, Spygate) + the fact that I will be present at the SB = holycrapIreallywantawinheremorethananyothergameple asejustgivemethisoneandIwon'taskforanotherSB...

...until next year, probably.

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patsfaninpa

I think a lot of us felt that way going into the game. One of my best friends is a Rams fan. And, I kept telling him not to worry. We gave you guys our best shot at home and couldn't do it. Turf, dome, we were doomed. Or, so I thought. I think Pats fans are taking the legacy of this current team a lot more personal than the 2nd and 3rd championships. We're not used to the whole world hating us. If you think about it. It's the sign of ultimate respect.
I'm 46. Never in my lifetime did I think I would hear fans of other teams say.
I don't care who wins it. As long as someone beats the damn Patriots!! I chuckle to myself when I read comments from fans of other teams like that. I know they are a lot younger than me. But, certainly makes me LOL.

I think we win the game. Want it very badly. Cements our legacy up there with the 60's Packers, 70's Steelers and 49ers as great dynasties. We can quibble about who's is better. But, this team ain't going away for the next 3-5 years barring a miraculous run of injuries. I believe I'm in the minority here. But, I wouldn't be as devastated as some others. We've got 3 more rings than I thought I'd ever see.

NENGFAN

Me too. I am going to watch it with a few Giant and PATS friend's of mine
(45 minutes away from my home) and I told my wife that if we lose - I mught not coming back for a while. It will be a lonely drive home.....It happened last year - went to the same place to watch the AFCCG and the drive back was one of the worst moments of my life! I was re-creating the TB pass to Troy Brown and how that could have sealed the deal.

Anyhow - we have come full circle and I am hoping to have the opposite result!

GO PATS!!

Mike the Brit

I take every Superbowl as it comes.

And I'm with you. Let the rest of the world look for an exciting game. A 31-0 blow-out would be just fine with me. (The Patriots have played enough exciting Superbowls for anyone.)

But I have to confess. I don't really dislike the Giants. Their day as "New England's Team" was before my time. I don't like the uniforms or the New York media and fans and I thought that they were a pretty boring team in the 80s. But I admire the way that they have played so hard in recent games and can't bring myself to dislike Eli as much as I dislike his brother (and father).

Still, I'm with you Brother Homer! Go Pats!

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ljuneau

I have already informed my boss that I may take a personal day on Monday. If the Pats win, I will show up to work in the best of moods. If the Pats lose, I will have too big of a hang-over to go, way too big of a hang-over.

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NENGFAN

I did that last year. I couldn't go to work on Monday after the PAST lsot. Didn't watch tv until the SuperBowl and the stopped watching again. However I realized that not going to work was actually the wrong thing to do because at work you are distracted - at home you just think about the game.

patsfanofNC12

I want this one the most, simply because I don't want to have to hear that we may have gone undefeated through the regular season but we didn't win the superbowl. GO PATS

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