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With the big game just around the corner, we thought we would share some “Super Facts” with you so you can look like a football wizard come Sunday. Here are some facts that can help you look like you know what you’re talking about. » Seven current Patriots played in Super Bowl 42. Five of those are on offense, with just one on defense (Vince Wilfork) and kicker Stephen Gostkowski. The Giants, have had less turnover with 16 active players still on the roster from the 2007 season.

» When the Patriots’ Tom Brady and the Giants’ Manning face off, it will mark the first time in NFL history two Super Bowl MVP-winning QBs have met in the Super Bowl. In fact, it’s only happened one other time in NFL playoff history, when the Manning’s Giants beat the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers in the Divisional round on January 15.

» Pittsburgh has won the most Super Bowls with six.

» This year’s Super Bowl is the first to be hosted by the city of Indianapolis. The most frequent host? Miami at 10 times. New Orleans will host for a 10th time in 2013.

» An estimated 7 million U.S. employees will be no-shows for work the day after the Super Bowl.

» Super Bowl weekend is the slowest weekend of the year for weddings in America. It is, however, the top day of the year for pizza sales, followed by New Year’s Eve, according to pizza.com.

» The Patriots are the designated ‘home team.” They’ll wear their home blue jerseys; the Giants will wear their road white. As the “road team” the Giants will call the opening coin toss. The AFC representative is the “home team” for even-numbered Super Bowls.

» Tom Brady is going for his 4th Super Bowl win; he can tie Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw for the all-time record for QB’s.

» This is NBC’s 17th Super Bowl telecast. It’s the 8th for play-by-play announcer Al Michaels, tying Dick Enberg for second most all-time. (Pat Summerall called 11 Super Bowls.)

» The ‘face value’ of seats at Indy for this year’s Super Bowl is $800 or more. Face value at the Patriots’ first Super Bowl 26 years ago was $75.

» The teams aren’t playing for just a trophy and a ring, there’s a big bonus on the line. Each player on the winning team gets $88,000. The losers get half that.

Getting $44,000 at the end of a football game doesn’t sound like much of a loss to me. Well they say money isn’t everything but neither is winning…..right? I just hope it’s a good game full of great commercials and fun to watch. May the best team win. Who’s your pick?

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