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Patriots earn Super Bowl rematch with the Giants

New England leaps at opportunities in AFC Championship game

By Dan Shaughnessy

 | Globe Columnist   January 23, 2012

FOXBOROUGH - Feeling 10 years younger today? You should. Your Patriots are going to the Super Bowl and it feels just like 2001-02, when the stars aligned and the Patriots were unlikely kings of the NFL.

A decade ago, we had the Tuck Rule, snow angels, and a bunch of overachievers who redefined the word “team’’ and carried their magic to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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