hey there everybody...welcome to mlive's live blog on super bowl xlii.

i'm philip zaroo...i'll be filling in the sparse coverage of the big game, including all of the new commercials we'll be seeing.

i admit that this is my first time using the coveritlive application, so i'm no expert. but i do know that you can submit all your witty comments throughout the live event.

i have to be honest...i'm going with the giants in this one. we'll just have to see how that pass rush does. with brady's passing stats when he's out of the pocket, new york has to get some pressure on him.

you're a better man for it...! ok, everyone take your hats off and stand...

important third down coming up for the giants. inches to go.

BIG conversion on third and seven. manning finds steve smith over the middle.

no dice on this third down. giants forced to kick a field goal.

screen off a fake reverse goes nowhere for the pats on their opening play

pats convert a third down without completing a pass. therein lies the rub for new york.

third and three becomes first and ten with a 6 yard pass to welker. so. many. weapons.

antonio pierce spends some time in ben watson's bathtub. gotta throw the flag for pass interference in the end zone.

how many folks put their money on the pats' first td being a running play?

i'm sorry but if i walk down the street and random men smack me on the rear, we're fighting. even if do have a new dell laptop.

ok, for some reason, i'm loving the talking stain. way to go, tide stick

eli steps up and hits plex over the middle for a first....catch and fumble, but they call it incomplete.

pats blitz, but giants protection is great. eli launches a bomb and toomer makes a great catch.

giants have it on the 19, and jacobs picks up 4 on a first down run.

giants third and five on the 15, manning passes, it's tipped and intercepted by ellis hobbs.

maroney gets 8 on a screen. interesting switch up for the pats, using maroney that much.

...he did come on more at the end of the season.

ooh, getting a little chippy

apologies to all...i'm a rookie on this application, and i didn't realize i had to manually add all comments. i'm on it. thank you, guest, for pointing that out.

after a sack on first down, the giants fumble, but maintain possession. miraculously...!

i don't know but that kinda made me laugh

another pats drive opened with a run. at some point, do they have to open up this passing attack?

giants have to be happy with the way things are going right now.

no problem, guest.

unreal...manning gets chased down from behind by thomas and fumbles the ball. after a mad scramble, giants recover, but there's a penalty.

was that joey blue skies tossing into trip coverage???

did that make you want to eat a planters (or any other brand) cashew?

ok, i didn't follow that till the end, but i'll give it a thumbs up. just because justin timberlake got hit in the crotch.

how many planes could land on joe buck's forehead?

nice draw play to faulk, but looks like a hold

thanks ram. 51 seconds

giants recover. that's big.

great tip...assuming your're a pats fan.

ok, back in action. i have to say...i hate super bowl halftime shows. except when there are absolute classic artists on. like, say, tom petty or u2.

what's the over/under on how many nipples tom petty exposes?

yeah, those old ones are part of the long-term memory already. not the short-term that's essentially brain mush at this point.

pats pick up a first, but brady gets hit again

thanks wendy. what are you studying?

see you soon wendy. tell newton what up.

whoa! giants with too many men on the field on the punt. pats get the ball back!

pats keep throwing short, not downfield. hard to see the secondary, but giants must be playhing great out back. and geting pressure on brady.

pats catch faulk in the flats, but giants slip on a tackle. first down pats.