The best teams won, and rather handily. Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Denver Broncos 34 to 17 — and beat them like the proverbial drum. Jake Plummer did his best but the entire Denver team looked flat. Pittsburgh took charge and never looked back.
A short time later, a revved Seattle Seahawk team beat the Carolina Panthers 34 to 14 (how odd that the winning teams both scored 34 points, and the losing teams scored within 3 points of each other). Seattle just looked sharp and Carolina was flat. Neither losing team really got into their respective games.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will face the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL (40), in Detroit on Sunday, February 5th.
The Steelers will be the next Super Bowl champions. A beautiful and fitting way for Jerome Bettis to end his career.
Easy prediction.
Don’t be so sure. The score is still 0 to 0 right now. Think about how many upsets have happened throughout the playoffs. These teams are far more evenly matched than you or the bookies think. It is still anybodies game.
Nah. Next to the Green Bay Packers, the Steelers are my team. But the Pack got sacked big time all season, their coach fired, injuries, the likely retirement of Brett Favre — they won’t be back for a while.
In the meantime, I simply gotta throw my cards at the Steelers. Sure, I know they may lose, and Holmgren’s a great coach (though I never forgave him for leaving GB), but I still gotta go with my guys.
You’d feel that way for the Cowboys, wouldn’t you?