do you expect more Pats fans or Giants fans at the Super Bowl ?

[PatsFanSince74]

You have Jets fans who have probably crossed lines by now and are rooting for their 'new' New York team.

ain't that the truth? i live in NYC and i'm disgusted by the Jets fans, who hate the giants normally, who are now cheering for them. if the giants were playing anybody but the pats, true jets fans would be cheering hard against the other new york team.

 

[italian pat patriot]

Well i have been living here in AZ for about 2 1/2 years and can say i have met more transplanted New Yorkers than Bostonians. I say 2 to 1.

2 to 1 would be not so bad as, overall, also the 'neutral' fans should root for NYG

(as in 2001 the 'neutral' fans were, imho, with us and against STL)

 

[PatsFanSince74]

(as in 2001 the 'neutral' fans were, imho, with us and against STL)

the only problem was that we were given so little chance of winning that most of them didn't bother cheering.

 

[groundgame]

SB 38: Approx. 70% Pats fans - 30% Carolina fans; SB 39: Approx. 65 %Eagles fans - 35% Pats fans.

Because of the historical significance of a potential N.E. perfect season, I think that will increase a modest amount of the Pats % and decrease the potential Giants total. Therefore, I think SB 42: Approx. 60% Giants fans - 40% Pats fans.

 

[4thand1]

I was lucky enough to go to SB39 in Jacksonville, and it was about a 4-1 ratio of Eagles fans to Pats fans, and the vast majority of the Pats fans were wearing Red Sox gear instead of Pats gear.

I had groups of Eagles fans pass me by and ask where all the Pats fans were. At least on game day the fan ratio was closer to even.

I think one reason is that a trip to the SB is an expensive proposition, and the fact that the Pats had been in the bowl just a year before had fans not wanting to outlay the cash again so soon, whereas the Eagles fans had their first SB appearance to attend. I heard of people in Philly mortgaging their houses for tickets to the game, and groups of Eagles fans could be seen on many street corners with signs begging for tickets.

I suspect the possibility of seeing the culmination of a 19-0 season will bring more Pats fans to the game this time around.

 

[Patriot Power]

Giants fans, 3:1 IMO.

...a lot of money among that season ticket base...

 

[onegameatatime]

that's also have to be considered; you are right...the 'neutral' fans probably will be 'against' us

You mean the Congressmen and businesspeople? I do not expect much noice there.

 

[italian pat patriot]

You mean the Congressmen and businesspeople? I do not expect much noice there.

that is true too...

 

[bigdgp]

Giants fans, 3:1 IMO.

...a lot of money among that season ticket base...

But who wants to spend all that money to watch their team lose? The line opened up at 12.5 and hasn't moved much. The Pats beat the Giants on the road while resting half their offensive line and and using High School Playbook. Even their most ardent fans think they only have a small CHANCE at winning the game.

My expectation is lots of Giants fans is Arizona, not a lot of Giant fans willing to drop the cash on the game.

 

[upstater1]

Traveling anywhere for a game gets to be expensive regardless.

For this week's game, I had $200 tix, $300 rt flight, $100 a night hotel (5 stars in Providence, yahoo! very nice) and lots of beer, food, etc., $200, $70 for a rental car (the Ford HHR, one of the poorest designs imaginable, no wonder Ford is hurting, tons of headroom, and yet I have to crouch down to see out the window? wha?), $100 for a base layer of thermal clothing, not to mention travel incidentals, tips, etc.

$1200 for 48 hours to see the AFCCG.

Yikes!

 

[italian pat patriot]

Traveling anywhere for a game gets to be expensive regardless.

For this week's game, I had $200 tix, $300 rt flight, $100 a night hotel (5 stars in Providence, yahoo! very nice) and lots of beer, food, etc., $200, $70 for a rental car (the Ford HHR, one of the poorest designs imaginable, no wonder Ford is hurting, tons of headroom, and yet I have to crouch down to see out the window? wha?), $100 for a base layer of thermal clothing, not to mention travel incidentals, tips, etc.

$1200 for 48 hours to see the AFCCG.

Yikes!

quite a lot; anyway when i saw in London NYG-MIA i spent (at the end) a lot too

 

[SeymourTrophies]

It'll probably be roughly the same ratio as it was in the first meeting. More Giants fans, but you could certainly hear the pats fans in the meadowlands when something happened.

 

[Double G]

Do you mean at the game or hanging around during the week? If at the game, I expect about a 50/50 mix, milling around 90/10 Giants fans; how many of those turds can afford tickets? It will be just like the Patriots/Eagles Super Bowl, remember how many of those ****bum Eagles fans were in Jacksonville but did not have tickets?

 

[italian pat patriot]

Do you mean at the game or hanging around during the week?

at the game