Gaze into my crystal ball

What kind of blog would this be if I didn't make a Super Bowl prediction? Not a very good one, that's what.

With the Patriots out of the running this year I'm simply hoping for a great game. I will probably root for Seattle since they are the underdog. I'm also a pretty big anti-Roethlisberger fan. He has played more games at the start of a career without throwing 30 passes in a game than any QB in my lifetime. Can you say "O-VER-RATE-ED! *Clap*, *Clap*, *Clap-Clap-Clap*"

All year I have felt that the AFC was a much stronger conference than the NFC. Pittsburgh proved its mettle by beating the top three seeds in the AFC to reach the Super Bowl. Given Bill Cowher's record in conference title tilts I do think that he borrowed heavily from the Patriots game plan when he faced the Broncos two weeks ago.

Seattle on the other hand beat a Carolina team that I thought would represent the NFC in the big game. Yes, DeShaun Foster missed the game, but the Panthers laid a big fat egg. Seattle whipped them up and down the field. Shaun Alexander also played very well in that game which surprised me a little bit. I expected that he would still be suffering some lingering effects from the concussion he suffered the week before.

I'm not a gambling man so I haven't paid much attention to the spread in this game. The last I knew Pittsburgh was a four point favorite. I'm working on that basis.

Maybe I'm just an optimist, maybe I'm a coward, but I think the Steelers win the game and Seattle covers the spread.

Steelers: 27
Seahawks: 24