Da Super Bowl
I've already given reasons why to root for the various teams, and an ever so brief preview of the big game. Consider this take two.
This is Super Bowl XL, or Super Bowl Extra-Large. Get it? Ha! This makes me the 3,000,000th person to make the Extra Large reference. That and today's Trib gets me a coupon for 50 cents off at Dunkin Donuts. Seriously, though, the media is starting to annoy me. Right now we're getting inundated with articles that rip on columnists for writing stock stories. It's getting to the point where articles mocking articles about hometown boy Jerome Bettis are outnumbering the articles about hometown boy Jerome Bettis. And articles that rip people for ripping on Detroit are surpassing articles that rip on Detroit. Consider this the first article ripping the articles that rip on articles that rip Detroit. You suck.
As for the game, I think I'm going back on my original prediction. I earlier tossed off a one liner that Pittsburgh would win it all. After watching the championship games, though, and listening to a few weeks of hype, I'm going to reverse my prediction. I like Seattle in this one. Their D is solid enough to contain Roethlisberger, and I think Bettis will pass out before he hits 50 yards on the day. I also like Hasselbeck and Alexander. Watching Alexander cut back in the championship game was amazing. He routinely was turning nothing into 15 yard gains. With Darrell Jackson now healthy, the receiving corps will shine for Hasselbeck. I'm going to be conservative with my pick, and say Seattle 27, Pittsburgh 17. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was a blowout.