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Woody, Faneca tell Jets it’s all about the bling

Big, loud and gaudy.

Those words appropriately describe Rex Ryan, but they, too, describe Super Bowl rings.

The Jets are playing for — and are keenly motivated by — both as they rigorously prepare for Sunday’s AFC Championship game against the Colts in Indianapolis.

The ring is the thing for the Jets, who are 60 minutes of football away from getting the chance to play for the cherished hardware.

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Right tackle Damien Woody and left guard Alan Faneca, two of the three players on the Jets roster who’ve been Super Bowl winners, have served as reminders to the rest of the team about what it can mean to win the big game.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” Faneca, who’s trying to make it a twice-in-a-lifetime, told The Post yesterday. “I can look at a picture of me in the postgame [after the 2006 Super Bowl he won with the Steelers] and I’m right there; it feels like it just happened, like I just won and hoisted the trophy. I can still get that chill like it just happened when I think about it.”

Woody, who won two Super Bowls with the Patriots, was asked how he would describe the experience to one of his teammates who’s never been to the big game.

“It’s the best experience that you can ever have, being at the pinnacle of your profession. . . . There’s nothing like it,” Woody said. “I haven’t experienced anything like it. Next to having kids, there’s nothing like it.”

And he’s hungry to taste that nectar again.

“A good friend of mine said that the best ring is the next one,” Woody said. “That’s the truth. And, if you can do it with two different organizations, that’s special right there. That would be something I’d cherish the rest of my life.”

That “good friend” of Woody’s, by the way, is Tom Brady, who owns three Super Bowl rings.

“Everyone wants to be a part of that,” Woody said. “They understand how close we are and how big this moment is. It’s right there in front of us.”

Linebacker Larry Izzo is the third Jet with a ring — three, actually, from his Patriots days — but he is on injured reserve and out for the season.

Woody and Faneca delivered a strong subliminal message leading up to last weekend’s division playoff game against the Chargers when they wore their Super Bowl rings on the trip out to San Diego.

Suffice to say, guys noticed.

“A lot of guys saw that and they were like, ‘I want my own,’ ” Woody said. “Guys see them and they can visualize and understand that we’re so close. Everyone wants their own hardware. It’s like being a part of a special, elite fraternity when you’re able to win a Super Bowl.”

Faneca said he “did it to show the guys that is what we’re playing for [because] not everybody has seen one.”

“I did it to show the guys this is what you want to put on your hand for the rest of your life,” Faneca said.

“There are all-time greats that have never won a Super Bowl,” Woody said. “For a team to be able to win one, you’re in a special class and that’s what I want for this team. There’s nothing like being called a Super Bowl champion. I told guys, ‘Hey, it’s right there for the taking. You’ve just got to seize the moment.’ That’s what this team is all about right now — seizing the moment.”

When Woody left New England and went to Detroit after the 2003 season, he figured he’d have more chances at winning it all, because winning was all he knew. This season, however, is the first time he’s been in the postseason since he left New England.

“You don’t know when you’re going to get back to this point. Trust me, when I left New England I figured, ‘Hey, I’ll have opportunities again, but I haven’t been to playoffs since ’03, so I’m cherishing everything about this whole ride right now,” he said.

Cornerback Lito Sheppard, who went to a Super Bowl with the Eagles and lost to the Patriots, said he was telling teammate Wallace Wright about the experience the other day.

“I told him you never really understand the magnitude of it until you get in it,” Sheppard said. “These guys are not going to really believe it until we’re actually in that big game. It’s something that you can’t even describe. I didn’t believe it until right before kickoff when you saw those flashing lights. That was the eye-opener like, ‘Wow, we’re in the Super Bowl. This is what you see on TV.’ ”

Sunday in Indianapolis is the preamble to the big one, the culmination of Ryan’s big, bold plans.

“I’ve dreamed about playing in a Super Bowl my whole life,” long snapper James Dearth said. “It’s every player’s dream.”

Jets are dreaming big, loud and gaudy dreams.