Who will win the nfc championship game 2012

Jan We have a red-hot New York Giant team going up against a solid San Francisco 49ers squad that "quietly" put together a consistently great season.

As sports fans might expect, San Francisco shines in many statistics -- and this is true for the key championship characteristics that we study. In particular, the 49ers run an offense that can control the ball and is very mistake-free.

In addition, although Giants fans have been talking up the Giant pass-rush and defense, San Francisco had the NFL's best defense this season. The Giants have been red-hot, easily handling Atlanta in Round 1 of the playoffs , and then controlled most of the game against Green Bay, winning The Giants ended the regular season on a strong note -- with a difficult schedule -- with wins against the likes of the Jets and Dallas twice , before storming into the playoffs.

Now, he'll get another chance to outdo him on the NFL's biggest stage. During this playoff run, he's already outplayed Aaron Rodgers and the defending champion Packers, and fellow former No.

Cruz set the tone Sunday with eight of his 10 receptions in the first half and finished with yards. As long as we're all on the same page and just playing together, man, we've got a great group of guys.

The Giants appeared on the verge of collapsing and Coughlin's job status was in jeopardy just a month ago, when they fell to with an embarrassing loss to the Washington Redskins on Dec. They were facing elimination the following week against the Jets and Rex Ryan, but the Giants won They followed with a win over Dallas in the regular-season finale to win the NFC East and get to the playoffs for the first time since New York dominated Atlanta at home in the opening round, and then came another stunner: a victory at Green Bay.

Vernon Davis caught touchdown passes of 73 and 28 yards for the NFC West champions , who went from a year ago to a contender and ended an eight-year playoff drought. It will take a while to get over," Harbaugh said. We just didn't come away with it. Smith completed just 12 of 26 passes for yards, connecting on only one short throw to a wide receiver. With no threats on the outside, San Francisco managed one third-down conversion, coming on the final play of regulation.

The offense was unable to overcome Williams' blunders. We know how committed he is to winning," Smith said. I look at the 1 for 13 on third downs. I know he's going to feel bad, but he's still part of our team.

We didn't lose the game there. We lost it across the board offensively. We just couldn't get it done. The only other time these two franchises faced off in the conference championship the game finished in memorable fashion. On Jan. New York then beat the Bills to capture its second Super Bowl. We're going to move forward as a team.

Everyone has come to pat me on the back and the shoulder to say it's not me. Game notes Davis joined Jerry Rice as the only 49ers with at least two touchdowns receiving in back-to-back playoff games. Cruz caught a yard pass from Manning on the first play of the second quarter, then Manning hit Bear Pascoe for a 6-yard touchdown seven plays later.

Giants C David Baas beat his former team. Manningham missed the potential game-tying TD in a loss here on Nov. With the Cardinals and Rams set to face off on wild-card weekend, take a look at the top moments from both NFC West powerhouses' seasons.