My two cents

So finally it all comes down to this. The superbowl weekend. I would never have believed someone if they had told me that the Steelers were going to be in the playoffs. Although the Seahawks were not a surprise. I imagine most people are like that. But obviously now nothing matters except the big game. All records, all kudos, everything is scrapped when you are playing the biggest game of your life in probably the biggest stage of your career. Your career can take a turn for the worst or it can skyrocket from here. But more than that you can walk away with one of the biggest honors in your life, the life that every boy dreams of when he is picking up the football for the first concious time. He dreams that he can throw the ball like Matt Hasselback, or may be Ben Roethlesberger, Run it nimbly like Shuan Alexander or maybe pound it in like Bettis, or may be emulate Troy Polamalu and tackle people before they even get off the ground. So many dreams that many people have when they play school, college, and finaly NFL. But only few make it to the big game and even fewer get to savor the moment of victory.

Who do I pick for the winning, well even before that lets take a recap of what has happened until now. The Steelers have defeated all the teams on the road (the first 6th seed to do so) and they have done it in a fashion that was suitable for the steelers. Starting with the Giants, and stomping the Bengals, and destroying the colts, and finally embarassing the Broncos. On the other hand Seahawks never had that big of a problem when they easily crushed the Redskins, and plowed the Panthers in their memorable run.

Obviously the matchup would have been easier to judge if the teams had played before this season, or for that matter had faced the same opponents. The Seahawks apparently have not faced a fast pased defence in the shape of Steelers, however the steelers have seen all sorts of offenses including the kind that seahawks will throw at them. But on the other hand the Steelers haven't seen the fast paced, high powered running game of Alexander, and more importantly the running and throwing capabilities of the frustrating hasselback.

I think that this is a great matchup. Both teams have chinks in their armor and both teams have the ability to shut the other one down. They both like to keep posession of the ball and consume time if in the lead and both teams are being run by coaches that have seen a lot and are blessed with a lot of talent (both raw and classic) .

So who do I pick. Well I pick for the Seahawks. You ask why, well my answering you with a logical conclusion would make as much sense as a monkey producing the superbowl halftime show (which actually might not be too far). But I pick them because I like their chances.