Super Bowl Father Faves

Maybe the Patriots have their stories and they just haven't made it to the web ... or are still hidden from the spiders. But right now, the New Jersey Giants have a more sentimental tug on the heart of fans rooting for a Super Bowl XLII winner than the New England Patriots.

Big Blue has more stories of generational father-son bondings and the Giants have had four fathers and sons who have played for them — currently highlighted by long snapper Zak DeOssie, whose father, Steve, was a linebacker and long snapper on the 1991 Super Bowl Champ Giants. (Admittedly, it is hard for the Pats to match either of these as they were only founded in 1960 as the Boston Patriots of the AFL and the "Jints" have been punting, passing and kicking since 1925.)

And while surely, somewhere there are Pats fan stories and they are in the process of creating some for the future, the Giants even begin the SB with a father-child edge as Jordin Sparks, an American Idol and daughter of former blue man Phillippi Sparks, will sing the national anthem. The elder Sparks managed to be on and then off the team in the valley between its 1991 and 2001 Super Bowl appearances.

** Not that sons following in the footsteps of a father -- even to a Super Bowl -- is rare. **