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Patriots, Chargers, Ravens, Bears, Saints, Colts, Eagles, or Seahawk?
I like Chargers over Seahawks!
I like Chargers over Seahawks!
Super Bowl Champion!
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Bears over Ravens.
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San Diego Super Chargers! :biggrin:
Well, we know that everyone who said the Chargers is wrong...
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Dont rub it in :frown:
Da Bears! :wink:
Da Bears! :wink:
Colts is my pick.
I say Colts and New Orleans advance...and Peyton finally wins a big game.
Every once in a while, there's a year in which one team looks so absolutely dominant, they look like a sure thing to go all the way and win the Super Bowl, and they do. This is not one of those years. Any of the four teams can win it.
Here are the odds reflected in the latest betting on one sports betting website:
Indianapolis 39 percent
New England 28 percent
Chicago 18 percent
New Orleans 16 percent
Here are the odds reflected in the latest betting on one sports betting website:
Indianapolis 39 percent
New England 28 percent
Chicago 18 percent
New Orleans 16 percent
They might. They might not. Right now the oddsmakers have them as favorites by 2-3 points, and that sounds about right to me.
It's an interesting matchup. First, the Bears. They're very different from last year's team, which had a phenomenal defense and zero offense (of course, that phenomenal defense suddenly choked, finding itself unable to stop Smith in the playoffs). This year, the defense is not as impressive, partly due to injuries to Harris and Brown, and has been shaky in its past 5-6 games. However, give them credit where credit is due; they've been good when they needed to be (the Seahawks were 0 for 7 on third and short in the first playoff game, which is pretty darn impressive). The offense is far more impressive than last year's, even considering Rex Grossman's Jekyll and Hyde performances. This is no longer a "give it to Jones, give it to Jones, give it to Jones offense " (the way, years ago, it was a "give it to Payton, give it to Payton, give it to Payton offense"). Benson provides more diversity in the running game. And there IS a passing game now; not only can Rex pass - not always consistently, but he's certainly a first-string quarterback, which has been a scarcity on Bears teams - but he's got a bunch of capable receivers with Muhammad, Berrian, and Davis.
The Saints look pretty good, too. We all know that they got to the championship game with the strength of their offense, not their defense. And like the Bears, their offense too has balance between the running game and the passing game.
As I see it, the matchup between the pretty good Bears offense and the not-great Saints defense is fairly predictable; Bears will probably be able to move the ball on offense some of the time, and score some points (say, 20-25 points). The real question is how the Bears defense matches up with the New Orleans offense. Will the Beard defense play like they did in the first half of the season, and keep New Orleans from scoring more than 10 points? Or will they get run ragged by the "Bush administration" with 30+ points? I think either one can happen. Should be a good game.
I think the Colts-Pats matchup is equally intriguing. The Colts are the only team in the playoffs playing awesome defense - a total turnaround from the regular season, when their defense was dreadful. Can this continue, and will they be able to shut down the Brady Bunch, too? Or will the playoff success of the Pats the past few years be too much of a confidence factor to break? Again, should be a good game.
New England again baby!!!!
It can't be them again. The Colts have to finally get it done.
COLTS!!! COLTS!!!!! COLTS!!!!!
Don't rule anybody out. Remember, entering the playoffs, everybody thought the AFC champ would be the Chargers or the Ravens.
You know what they say - On any given Sunday, ...
You know what they say - On any given Sunday, ...
Anyone ready my first post (#2)?
I was wrong about the Ravens being in the Super Bowl..but not the Bears!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
I was wrong about the Ravens being in the Super Bowl..but not the Bears!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
UUUGGGHHHH!
Thank goodness thy didn't win... I was worried at 21 to 3, but im getting of tired of watching the "Patriots Bowl"...
So is everyone else in 44 of the 50 states.
So the Super Bowl will take place between one team with a great offense and a lousy defense (but that came through with two out of three good defensive performances in the playoffs), and another team with a good (but inconsistent) offense and a great (but occasionally inconsistent) defense. I think the current seven-point spread is underrating the Bears defense, but heck, I'm glad; that seems to spur them on to an even higher level. It should be a good game.
that colts vs patriots game was amazing... i'm not a big sports buff...but even watching it i was really getting into it...
Ah well, I was pleasantly they made it as far as they did this year after losing key players and with all of Brady's whining at the beginning of the season.
Five reasons why the Bears will win the superbowl.
1. Bears are better on grass
2. The defense stepped back up to their early season form against the Saints
3. Bears tend to perform better as underdogs
4. Bears lead the NFL in turnovers. Peyton's hurt thumb will come into play.
5. Special teams (Devin Hester)
Can't wait until Feb 4th.
GO BEARS!!!!!
1. Bears are better on grass
2. The defense stepped back up to their early season form against the Saints
3. Bears tend to perform better as underdogs
4. Bears lead the NFL in turnovers. Peyton's hurt thumb will come into play.
5. Special teams (Devin Hester)
Can't wait until Feb 4th.
GO BEARS!!!!!
From the editorial page of today's Chicago Tribune...
Indianapolis vs. Chicago
Published January 23, 2007
Time now to compare and contrast two great Midwestern cities that will be sending their football teams to Miami to decide who is the best in the Super Bowl.
Let's see, Chicago has just about everything a normal, healthy human being could want, from fabulous restaurants to wonderful entertainment to a vibrant ethnic culture to art so lovely it would make a real French person weep.
It has a persistent mayor, alleys that are better-lighted and cleaner than the streets of many cities, a long stretch of Lake Michigan beachfront that acts as an air conditioner in the boiling middle of summer and as a warming force in winter.
It has deep-dish pizza, Polish sausage, bridges that go up and a vastly busy airport.
And of course, the Bears.
And Indianapolis has ... hmmmm.
Pie?
OK. That's not fair. Although, to be sure, there is whopping great pie of all kinds in Indiana.
Indianapolis is undoubtedly a utopia in its own eyes, as every hometown is. Of course, it has a racetrack that is the focus of the nation-on-wheels once a year, a race car fantasyland. It has a symphony. Churches. Highways that let you zip by without even looking at downtown.
It has the Colts.
In the spirit of regional friendship, we think this comparison should stop right here, because from our shiny bean at Millennium Park to our big buildings, our pizza to die for, our baseball teams, our mass transit and our style of serving up hot dogs, nothing quite compares.
We will see who is better at football in a couple of short weeks in Miami.
As for comparing cities, if you are in Indianapolis, where do you go to sample Big City life?
Do you go to Dayton?
No.
Do you go to St. Louis?
No.
Do you take the trek to New York?
No.
You know where you go.
Right here to Sweet Home.
When it's all over, we'll keep a light on for you and a hot deep-dish pizza in the oven because, win or lose, you're always welcome and there is no place we would rather be.
Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune
Indianapolis vs. Chicago
Published January 23, 2007
Time now to compare and contrast two great Midwestern cities that will be sending their football teams to Miami to decide who is the best in the Super Bowl.
Let's see, Chicago has just about everything a normal, healthy human being could want, from fabulous restaurants to wonderful entertainment to a vibrant ethnic culture to art so lovely it would make a real French person weep.
It has a persistent mayor, alleys that are better-lighted and cleaner than the streets of many cities, a long stretch of Lake Michigan beachfront that acts as an air conditioner in the boiling middle of summer and as a warming force in winter.
It has deep-dish pizza, Polish sausage, bridges that go up and a vastly busy airport.
And of course, the Bears.
And Indianapolis has ... hmmmm.
Pie?
OK. That's not fair. Although, to be sure, there is whopping great pie of all kinds in Indiana.
Indianapolis is undoubtedly a utopia in its own eyes, as every hometown is. Of course, it has a racetrack that is the focus of the nation-on-wheels once a year, a race car fantasyland. It has a symphony. Churches. Highways that let you zip by without even looking at downtown.
It has the Colts.
In the spirit of regional friendship, we think this comparison should stop right here, because from our shiny bean at Millennium Park to our big buildings, our pizza to die for, our baseball teams, our mass transit and our style of serving up hot dogs, nothing quite compares.
We will see who is better at football in a couple of short weeks in Miami.
As for comparing cities, if you are in Indianapolis, where do you go to sample Big City life?
Do you go to Dayton?
No.
Do you go to St. Louis?
No.
Do you take the trek to New York?
No.
You know where you go.
Right here to Sweet Home.
When it's all over, we'll keep a light on for you and a hot deep-dish pizza in the oven because, win or lose, you're always welcome and there is no place we would rather be.
Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune
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