For football fans in New York, it is a familiar story.
In Super Bowl III, the Jets were double-digit underdogs to the Baltimore Colt. Quarterback Joe Namath made a public guarantee that his team would win the game and become world champions. The Jets would win the game.
Nearly forty years later, Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress predicted the New York Giants would beat the double-digit favorite New England Patriots and win Super Bowl XLII. Burress would catch the game-wining touchdown Sunday night, and propel his Giants to a 17-14 victory, and a world championship.