Super Bowl XLII Has Nothing to Do With Sunday

Judging by the amount of ink being spilled about Super Bowl XLII this week, you'd think that the game was played this February. That's incorrect, of course. That game was played in February of 2008, which makes it hard to understand why it is getting mentioned just about every time someone brings up this Sunday's matchup in Foxborough between the Giants and the Patriots. We realize it is the same two teams doing battle, the same two coaches and even the same two quarterbacks. But it seems we are alone in also realizing that three-and-a-half football seasons represent at least that many lifetimes when it comes to the teams that will actually be on the field. Plaxico Burress, Randy Moss, David Tyree and Laurence Maroney scored touchdowns in that game. None of them will be on the field come Sunday and not a single Giant who caught a pass in that game remains on the roster. Michael Strahan, Tedy Bruschi and Rodney Harrison will be on TV Sunday, but they'll be in suits y...