Super Bowl XL

Yea its been a while since I put one a post up but that tends to happen when you're running around madrid and the rest of spain without internet for a while. But miss a super bowl prediction? not a chance. Steelers - Seahawks. Not the most glamorous of matchups but this is the parity that the NFL loves. Two new teams, Pittsburgh with its first chance to win the big game since the days of Neil O'Donnell and Larry Brown and a Seattle team that hasn't gotten a whiff of a championship since Shawn Kemp and the Sonics got smoked by Jordan's bulls in 6. Alright call it east coast bias, call it whatever you want but I just don't see Seattle winning this game. They aren't as tough as Pittsburgh, they went through a beat up NFC in the playoffs and Matt Hasselbeck and championship just don't seem to go together. Pittsburgh meanwhile has been on a roll for the second half of the season, went through the toughest playoff schedule (short of going to Foxboro) and has shown no signs of stopping now. I'd love to break down the game piece by piece but these siestas are just too good to pass up especially with the game starting at midnight Madrid time and likely going til at least 4 in the morning. So I'm gonna cut the foreplay and just jump right to it - Bill Cowher finally rewards the Steelers for their loyalty and brings home a championship 24-13.