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Tom Brady walks off the field empty-handed. (AP Images)

No doubt many fans will look at the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss to the Giants as comeuppance for arrogant coach Bill Belichick. His spying scandal, his aloofness and cold stare have made him a disliked figure in the NFL. Perhaps bad karma played a role in Sunday’s upset.

“We’re disappointed,” was pretty much all Belichick said in his post-game interview with Fox’s Chris Myers.

The Patriots couldn’t put together much offense until late in the game and even then it wasn’t enough because their defense failed to stop Eli Manning and the Giants on offense at the University of Phoenix Stadium.

The Giants overcame huge odds to claim a 17-14 win in Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., and denied the Patriots a perfect 19-0 season. Underdog bettors reveled as the Giants beat the 11.5-point spread and collected at +400 on the moneyline.

New York’s defense stymied Tom Brady, forcing him into hurried throws, sacking him three times and keeping his options limited to Wes Welker (11 catches, 103 yards) and little else. On the sixth anniversary of the Patriots' first Super Bowl victory, they failed to collect their fourth under Belichick.

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