Championship Game Picks
Pittsburgh over Denver and Carolina over Seattle.
With that said, I'd also like to pick the NFL Officials, who also will no doubt play a role in victory on Sunday. Pittsburgh and Carolina might be the better teams in the title games, might play better, and might even do more to win, But the zebras and their flying yellow hankies have asserted their power, and I'm picking them as well.
In true blogger form, I'd also like to advertise a new show on ESPN Classic, "Classic Now." The entire premise of the show is looking at everything in sports in a historical perspective, opposed to the tedious and pointless minutiae that cloud up day-in and day-out headlines during an average sports week. Recent favorites from last week were the "Bears are over-hyped" headline, after Bear lineman Adewale Ogunleye said he was "not downplaying Carolina, but up-playing Chicago," and the hoopla about Tiki Barber's "we were out-coached," comment. Both of those stories will be hotly debated until the end of time.
So if you want a break and enjoy retrospection and celebrating excellence, along with fantastic bar-arguments about "who was better," and "what would happen if," then check out "Classic Now." I will now retire from my career in advertising and promptly take a shower. Nonetheless, the show has inspired many theoretical discussions, and in the future I will be running all-time tournaments for many hypothetical games, including:
All-Time NFL Tournament
All-Time NCAA Tournament
All-Time NBA Tournament
There are many more, and the rules and makeup are quite fun. Let the debate ensue (soon).
With that said, I'd also like to pick the NFL Officials, who also will no doubt play a role in victory on Sunday. Pittsburgh and Carolina might be the better teams in the title games, might play better, and might even do more to win, But the zebras and their flying yellow hankies have asserted their power, and I'm picking them as well.
In true blogger form, I'd also like to advertise a new show on ESPN Classic, "Classic Now." The entire premise of the show is looking at everything in sports in a historical perspective, opposed to the tedious and pointless minutiae that cloud up day-in and day-out headlines during an average sports week. Recent favorites from last week were the "Bears are over-hyped" headline, after Bear lineman Adewale Ogunleye said he was "not downplaying Carolina, but up-playing Chicago," and the hoopla about Tiki Barber's "we were out-coached," comment. Both of those stories will be hotly debated until the end of time.
So if you want a break and enjoy retrospection and celebrating excellence, along with fantastic bar-arguments about "who was better," and "what would happen if," then check out "Classic Now." I will now retire from my career in advertising and promptly take a shower. Nonetheless, the show has inspired many theoretical discussions, and in the future I will be running all-time tournaments for many hypothetical games, including:
All-Time NFL Tournament
All-Time NCAA Tournament
All-Time NBA Tournament
There are many more, and the rules and makeup are quite fun. Let the debate ensue (soon).
posted by Ben Taylor | 3:52 AM
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Yeah!!! Someone who picks the Steelers11
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