With Super Bowl Sunday now just hours away, the countdown continues as we take a peek at the coaching match up and which team seems to have the apparent edge. Between all the Super Bowl parties and nights on the town, check out the extended weekend edition of NFL Lookout: Breaking Down SB XLII from OnlineTickets.com!

Saturday, Feb. 2: COACHING

Giants: In his first Super Bowl as head coach, Tom Coughlin comes into Glendale as the underdog. While Coughlin is a tough coach to play for, he has taken his Giants further than critics and doubters expected, finishing at 10-6 in the regular season and topping some stiff competition (on the road) to earn a trip to Super Bowl XLII. Coughlin and crew will likely limit Eli’s passes downfield and concentrate on the Giants’ power running game and short routes instead.

Coughlin's Stats:

Regular season: 103-89-0

Postseason record: 7-6

Super Bowls titles: none

Patriots: Bill Belichick has had two weeks to play the Week 17 tape over and over again. You can bet that he’s got it all figured out: he knows exactly how Eli Manning managed four TDs in Week 17. He can pinpoint exactly how Domenik Hixon beat ‘em on the kickoff return. He can explain exactly how the Giants stayed right with the Patriots until the final minutes. And you can bet Belichick won’t let any of that happen again.

Expect Belichick to hit the Giants with an amalgamation of different plays, different looks, different coverages, different blitzes. Chances are good that the Giants won’t know what to expect. In turn, whatever the Giants throw the Patriots way, Belichick will have an answer.

Belichick's Stats:

Regular season: 127-81-0

Postseason record: 15-3

Super Bowls titles: 3

Edge: Patriots. Going 18-0 this season is no fluke. Neither is the Patriots winning three Super Bowl titles in the last seven years. The simple truth is that Belichick has the experience, the strategy, and the playbook that gives him and the Pats the edge over Coughlin and the G-Men.

Sunday, Feb. 3: SB XLII PREDICTIONS

Giants: Although the Giants are the underdogs, the Giants and Patriots are pretty evenly matched. The young Eli Manning and his stat line have never looked better. The Giants have one of the most dangerous and dominant running attacks in the league. Their special-teams play has been solid. Their coach? All business.

However, if the Giants’ mistake-prone, inconsistent ways reappear – be it an errant pass, a fumble, a missed field goal, or a three-and-out – the Pats won’t waste any time taking advantage and making the Giants pay.

Patriots: No doubt the Giants of late are playing their best football of the season, but the Patriots are in an 18-0 class all their own. With history at stake, the Patriots will leave everything on the field. Plus, this isn’t exactly the Patriots’ first Super Bowl dance, so expect the Pats to remain calm, cool, and collected under pressure while facing the Giants.

Edge: Patriots. Some may point to the Week 17 match up between the two teams as a sign of things to come on Sunday. The Patriots eked by 38-35. Brady had a season-high three interceptions. Eli Manning was mistake free and turned in a 22-of-32 performance for 251 yards. But think of this: the Patriots at their worst still trumped the Giants at their very best...and that could be a sign of things to come.