Super Bowl Prediction

So, I have been pondering the question as to who will win the Super Bowl for almost two weeks, and, more than any Super Bowl in recent memory, a case can be made for either team as the eventual winner.

Giants - Pros:

• A strong defense that got hot at the perfect time in the season


• Eli Manning has looked terrific in the playoffs, and proved in 49'er game that he can withstand even the fiercest of NFL defenses


• They have demonstrated a knack to beat the Patriots in recent years, most notably in the Super Bowl four years ago

Giants - Cons

• They seem a bit mouthy and over-confident


• They were only a 9-7 team during the year


• They lost twice, convincingly, to the God-awful Washington Redskins

Patriots - Pros

• They have Tom Brady


• They have, like it or not, Bill Belichick as head coach, and he's pretty good


• They have Rob Gronkowski


• Brady looked like he was from another world in the playoff game against the Broncos

Patriots - Cons

• They have, at best, a very ordinary defense


• Until they beat the Ravens two weeks ago, they had not beaten a team with a winning record all season


• Rob Gronkowski is injured and his effectiveness for Sunday is unknown at this time


• Brady looked very ordinary in the game against the Ravens

So, considering all of these factors, I had been leaning towards picking the Giants to win. However, something last night just clicked in my head and has told me that Brady is going tom take charge and that the Patriots are going to avenge the loss of four years ago and take care of business in Indy on Sunday. There you have it...the PATRIOTS to win on Sunday.

Should this happen, there will, of course, be some major angst among the Yinzers of Steelers Nation as this will mean that Belichick will now join Chuck Noll as the only head coach to have won four Super Bowls, and Brady will join Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana (who played in the WPIAL, which is almost as good as being a Steeler) as the only QB to have played on four Super Bowl winning teams. Should the Patriots win, I predict that the first call to The Fan stating that Belichick's four wins "shouldn't count" because he "cheated by video tapin' n'at" will come in before midnight on Sunday.

Let's hope it's a great game, with lots of great commercials, and an entertaining performance by Madonna at halftime.

Enjoy!!