"A day after the Ravens lost to the New England Patriots, 23-20, in the AFC championship game, Ravens strong safety Barnard Pollard revealed to the world -- well, a Houston radio station -- which team he will be pulling for in the Super Bowl on Feb. 5. I'll give you a hint: It won't be the team that beat the Ravens on Sunday.

"I really hope the Giants, I just hope they just put a thrashing on the Patriots. I really do," he told Houston radio station KILT on Monday. "To lose to a team like that the way we played. We played a good game."

The Ravens outgained the Patriots, 398-330, and intercepted quarterback Tom Brady twice. But the Patriots survived when Lee Evans dropped a pass in the end zone and Billy Cundiff missed a game-tying field goal try."