"Note to Rush Limbaugh: Predictions don't mean squat; you have to play the game to find out who the winner is!"
Right! As soon as Rush started saying that the Steelers were still the better team etc., I checked the Strength of Schedule for this year and learned that NE's sched was considered tougher than Pittsburg's. The stats that Rush was using just didn't seem as relevant to me. He was obviously biased and ignoring things like NE having the mo, Belichick being the better coach, etc. He should have wanted NE to win - it makes his team look better.
And if this wasn't year of the Patriots/red, white and blue etc., there was never going to be one!
Statistics are a means of measuring the past. I think that's one of the fallacies in Tony Dungy's approach to coaching the Bucs. Playing a purely technical game may result in more wins overall, but it discounts the emotionalism and motivation for winning the big one. I see this happen all the time in the business world of competing for projects. It is often that the highest motivated team wins the job; not necessarily the best technical performer.