HAHA! Steve Smith you S**K! HAHAHAHAHAHA! I thought Jake Delhome was supposed to be good in the playoffs? HAHA! I guess Jake cant win the big game! HAHA!
Pittsburgh now playing even better than last year's 15-1 team, their 6th seed is very misleading.
I'll take Seattle and 160 points then.
Methinks you Stiller fans have been drinking way too much Iron City beer.
Not surprising.
The game will boil down to who is the better Samoan, Polamalu or Tatupu?
I'd take the Seahawks and the points. A couple of good teams, though. Should be a good game.
Go Steelers!!!!!
Anyone now about the turf in Detroit? Is it old-style astroturf or some of this new, more forgiving, grass-like stuff?
Carolina lost their top three running backs..any team would pin their ears and go after the QB..which Seattle did..Pittsburgh has all of their RB's for the game..which I think will make a difference..as for Carolina..they need to dump Stephen (always injured) Davis and get help for DeShaun (almost as injured) Foster..
Also, who's the "home team" this year, AFC or NFC?
Somewhere on FR I (think I) predicted the Seahawks were going to go to the SB.
I also predicted that the Lions would be going to SuperBowl XL, but as spectators.
[rimshot!]
But anyway, I haven't any idea how these teams are going to match up, as I've only seen Pittsburgh play at all, other than highlights on sports shows. Cowher has it goin' on. Holmgren I liked even when he was coaching the Fromages, and liked him even better when he left for Seattle.
I don't have any preference either way, other than to say that I'd like to see the Seahawks win just because they've never won before. However, it isn't real self-esteem unless it's earned, so the team that wins should be the team that plays best.
No bad calls from the officials, I hope. I'll predict that there will be at least one.
The SuperBowl is often a blowout, with one team stinkin' up the place. I don't see that happening this year. Probably be a close game, regardless of the final score. :')
That about covers it -- no commitment about the point spread, or the victor. That's thinkin' things through.
Oh, and a real prediction -- the Detroit Lions will go to the playoffs after the 2006 season.
Notice I didn't say how long after 2006?
But I do mean that. The Lions will go to the playoffs in 2006.
I think Chicago will have a hard time repeating as division champs, and Green Bay will suck some more, so we'll see the Vikings win the division, and the Lions will grab a wild card berth.
In 2006.
That's 2006 A.D.
;')
In 2007, the Lions will win the division, and Green Bay will have a new QB (and wind up third place, not the cellar). Poor Lovey Smith. I like that guy.
Might actually be a good game.
I'm going for the Stillers.
Seattle should be the underdog. They beat the 5th seed and the 6th seed at home, whereas Pittsburg beat the 3rd, 1st, and 2nd best AFC teams on the road.
The NFC stunk this year, and the NFC West was hilariously bad. I think Seattle will play well, because as a team they obviously have some strong chemistry. Alot depends on how they prepare for Pittsburg--the Steelers have redefined themselves as a spread offense in the playoffs, taking advantage of the natural assumption by opposing Ds that the Steelers would want to run the ball 55 times. Now, Seattle has two weeks to prepare for the new Steeler's offense, and Cowher owes the football gods a good chokejob, he's behind on his choking payments.
Should be a good game at least, alternates every year--last year, pathetic Superbowl because of Eagles stupid time management, two years ago classic between Pats and Panthers, three years ago pathetic Bucs/Raiders game, four years ago Pats/Rams classic, five years ago pathetic Ravens/Giants game, six years ago Rams/Titans classic, seven years ago Denver blowout of Atlanta, eight years ago nailbitter Denver over Green Bay...
bookmark.
What are the odds of scoring tickets?
I'd sure like to find a ticket for less than say $500! ebay auctions are into the 1,000's. Looks like this Seahawk fan is watching it on TV just like everyone else who is not rich enough.
