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Watch the Pats? Giants ticket-holders say: 'No, thanks'

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The chance to watch the Giants try to mar the Patriots' perfect season isn't drawing many Big Blue fans to the stadium this Saturday.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The chance to watch the Giants try to mar the Patriots' perfect season isn't drawing many Big Blue fans to the stadium this Saturday.

Many New York Giants fans are hawking their tickets to the game to New England Patriots fans who want to see quarterback Tom Brady and his teammates go for a 16-0 record in their final regular-season game.

Internet auction sites that allow customers to buy and sell sports tickets have seen a surge in ticket sales for the game by Giants fans, the Star-Ledger of Newark reported for Tuesday's newspapers.

"It looks like it's on pace to be one of our top 25 events for all time. It's definitely one of our hot sellers," Joellen Ferrer, a spokesman for Internet auction site StubHub, which specializes in tickets for events, told the newspaper. "Although it's meaningless to the Giants, it's still going to be a great game to watch."

In the first 24 hours after the Giants beat the Bills, more than 200 Giants ticket-holders put their seats up for bid on the auction site eBay.

As of Monday, about 3,000 tickets were available for purchase on StubHub

Tickets on StubHub have gone for as much as $1,600 apiece, Ferrer said.

If the Patriots win, they would become the first NFL team to go undefeated during the regular season since the Miami Dolphins finished the 1972 season with a 14-0 record.