Superbowl XLV prediction

I don’t know. I guess it kind of pisses me off that most of the experts seem to be picking the Packers to beat the Steelers in the Superbowl. I’m just having a hard time seeing it. Could the Packers win? Sure they could. But I really don’t expect that to happen.

There seems to be this huge conspiracy of people who want the Steelers to lose and they put all their mental powers into wishing that will happen. Well let me clue all you haters into something: Focus all your energy on your hating until the blood vessels in your head explode and you die like a dog. The Steelers didn’t come to the Superbowl to lose. And when they put their minds and bodies into something, they usually pull through.

Before the season started, I was sitting at my buddy Dave’s house getting drunk out on his back porch. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon and the whole crew was there. It was on that day that I pulled out the prediction I was working on for most of the summer. That prediction was that the Steelers would go 11-5 and win the AFC North. Every man and woman at Dave’s house to a person laughed at me until they rolled off their chairs. This was the Steelers that finished 3rd in the AFC North the season before. This was the team that missed the playoffs. This was the team that would not have their starting quarterback for the first 4 to 6 games. But I have to tell you, I looked at a team that had a down season. I looked at a team that was basically the same team that won a Superbowl. I looked at a team that had the potential to have the best defense in all of football. I looked at the Bungles and realized their previous season was a fluke. I looked at it being a dog fight between the Steelers and the Ravens and felt for sure the Steelers could pull through.

I made many bets that day on my 11-5 prediction. There was almost more action than I could take. And when the Steelers finished the season at 12-4 with the AFC North title, I won those bets.

Now we sit, two days before the Superbowl, and it seems that everyone wants to mock my predictions again. The betting line opened with the Packers as a favorite and never wavered. The critics were all coy with their secret passion for the Packers and now they are officially declaring their love for them to win. Why, after an entire season of winning, do people still insist that the Steelers are losers this year?

So while everyone else seems to be caught up in totally writing off the Pittsburgh Steelers, what am I doing? I’m picking the Steelers to win just like I did on that beautiful summer afternoon on Dave’s back porch.

Normally, I would break down exactly why I think that. But to be honest this past 2 weeks have been much more hectic than usual and I really haven’t even had a moment to sit down and critically analyze the game. So my bet is pure gut feel. I know the Steelers are champions. The players are awesome. The coaching is outstanding. Could the Packers have awesome players and outstanding coaches? They could and they might. But they’ll have to prove it to me.

Until they do though, I’ll bet on the Black and Gold.

Pittsburgh 31, Green Bay 24

HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!

-David