Before the 2008 NFL season, everybody had Pittsburgh and Arizona picked to go to the Super Bowl, right? Stop lying to yourself.
See, this is what sets the National Football League apart from other professional leagues (Pirates fans, you know what Im talking about). Every year each team must start from scratch (WHO DEY in 2009!) and earn their way to the promised land. This year, the Arizona Cardinals shocked the world with impressive playoff wins in straight weeks, seen as underdogs by Vegas, but overcoming the odds to win the NFC Championship.
On the other side, you have the best defense the NFL has seen in years, dominating every statistic category there is. The Pittsburgh Steelers were able to fend off divisional rival Baltimore Ravens without taking out their star quaterback this playoff season (Kimo Van Oelhoffen, I hate you) to win yet another AFC Championship. The Terrible Towels will be waving in Tampa this Sunday. Yinz can count on it.
Leave your picks on the comment page. All results will be posted on Monday morning. Also, we will be posting cumulative records for the playoffs for everyone that has participated. Here’s what the MG Staff has for Super Bowl XLIII…enjoy the game.
Vegas line for Super Bowl:
ARIZONA
PITTSBURGH -7
over/under: 46 1/2
Moneyball Matt: Arizona, under
Goose: Arizona, over
Cov Luv: push, under
LEAVE YOUR PICKS!!!!!!!
Oooh Look at everyone jumping on the AZ bandwagon now… Can’t believe Cov is leaving his Penn pals out to dry with a push.
I pick AX and the over
DeCap
January 30th, 2009
Pittsburgh 34 Arizona 20.
Steelers and the over.
Tails for the coin flip.
Heath Miller for 1st TD.
The under for the National Anthem (1:54)
Springsteen for MVP.
JimPhilly
January 30th, 2009
Pitt 11 Arizona 5
The Cuts
January 30th, 2009
Arizona-27
Pittsburgh-23
The ol’ grocery bagger leads a drive similar to what Philly fans saw to win the SB. Kurt for the Hall!
Joey
January 30th, 2009
pitt-21
az-14
cardinals suck
S-man
January 30th, 2009
Hey CUTS…11-5 in the Super Bowl?!? HA! I can’t wait to see that barn burner.
Seriously COV, what the deal with a push? Have some confidence in your offense. Then again, maybe a push is the right way to go.
Goose
January 30th, 2009
Arizona 27
Steelers 24
Warner leads GW drive with TD pass to Boldin in left corner of the endzone
MVP: Boldin
178 total yards; 2 TD
Coin Toss: Heads
Anthem: 2:01
Springsteen will play only his new stuff and will go down as one of the worst SB performances ever
95% chance Bruce mentions Obama
1st TD: Big Ben
Halftime Score:
Arizona 13
Pitt 14
1st interception: Big Ben
1Q score: AZ - 10 Pitt - 7
3Q score: AZ - 20 Pitt - 24
Prediction for next years SB:
Miami v Dallas
Anthony Morin
January 30th, 2009
Love that 2010 SB prediction Mornin…
Here are the rest of my predictions:
MVP Fitz
National Anthem: 2:05
Coin Toss: Tails
1st Half: Pitt 13 - AZ 10
Final: AZ 31 - Pitt 27
Halftime show: Boring
DeCap
January 30th, 2009
PITTSBURGH 27
ARIZONA 23
There it is…Pittsburgh is once again Super Bowl champs. Yinz enjoy it whilst yinz can, cuz dems Bengals will own da AFC North fer da next decade n’at. Here are the results from this weekend’s picks. Thanks for playing jerks…
SUPER BOWL XLIII RESULTS
PIT -7
o/u 46 1/2
PIT 27
ARI 23
Goose: 2-0 (what did you expect?)
Moneyball Matt: 1-1
Cov Luv: 0-2 (but his team won so who cares)
Ant: 2-0 (inches from predicting the 1st TD, correct prediction on 1st INT!impressive)
DeCap: 2-0 (but loses credibility points for his halftime prediction. You’re banned from the Garden State for life. Way to go.)
JimPhilly: 1-1 (bonus points for MVP vote)
The Cuts: 1-1
Joey: 1-1
S-man: 0-2
Honorable mention: Ant and Joey picked the correct score but the wrong teams.
CUMULATIVE FOOTBALL PICK RESULTS WILL POST LATER TODAY. CHECK BACK TO SEE HOW YOU MATCHED UP AGAINST THE MG STAFF.
Goose
February 2nd, 2009
one correction…
Joey was 2-0, not 1-1
Even I make mistakes sometimes. My apologies.
Goose
February 2nd, 2009