As the Pix has been forced to digest two weeks of Super Bowl hype surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals, there have been times when the media has actually been able to confuse me about this game. The Pix predicted these two teams would meet two weeks ago and has been predicting the Cardinals would be in the Super Bowl since the playoffs began (although had the Chargers upsetting the Steelers earlier). The Pix estimates that at least half the talking heads at Fox, ESPN etc. have the Cardinals pulling the mild upset tomorrow. Even Vegas sees it close as the 7 point spread has not changed for two weeks. For the sake of comparrison, the Pats opened at 14 point favorites last year and the line moved to 12 1/2 by kickoff. The lesson? Both Pats and Giant fans like to bet and bet heavy on their teams. The lesson from the 09 line???????? Steeler fans have to be the biggest betting pussies in the history of gambling.
Seriously, how is line 7 points? Pittsburgh has been one of the three marquee franchises in NFL history. Like the Cowboys, Celtics and Yankees, they have fans all aroung the country. How many fans to the Cardinals have? Like 100? They are one of the all time lame franchises. They are one rung above the Washington Generals (the team the Globetrotters have a 764 game winning streak against). Where is all the Pennsylvania money going? They HAVE heard of betting, right? Is the recession avoiding the Steel city and they don't need the money? Because if the Patriots were laying 7 in this game the New England economy wouldn't need Obama's stimulus package Monday morning. Conversly, Vegas would implode.
Let's just review the New England connection here. The Steelers came into Foxboro, endured an ice storm and (with a big assist from Matthew Slater) thumped the Patriots. The Fraudinals came here, looked out their hotel windows and proceeded to hire a junior high school girls flag team to play the game in their place. The score was 31-0 at halftime. The Pix has to go back almost 70 years to Alsace to remember one side giving up so freely. So it's no wonder that the Bordeaux Cardinals don't exactly engender much confidence in the Pix.
Here's how the game is going to unfold.........Jordan Sparks will sing the anthem and Kurt Warner will proceed to wet himself the first time James Harrison blows by the left tackle and puts a hat on Warner. If there is one thing that stays in my mind from the NFC championship game, it's the third quarter when the Eagles started rushing 8 and Skirt Warner looked like a puppy after the first time it's had it's nose swatted for hosing down the linoleum. The Pix isn't saying that Skirt is fragile, but I've seen tougher origami. The Pix has no idea what the over/under is on Leinhart coming into the game, but I'd seriously look for the under at halftime. Remember this when you watch the game Sunday.....Skirt Warner wears a mouthguard. Can you think of any other NFL quarterbacks who wear mouthguards? The Pix can't either. And it's not like he can move out of the pocket either when the pocket collapses. The Pix has seen old women trying to take the trash to the curb over a sheet of ice move with more confidence.
Final score: Turds 41, Fraudinals 17.
That is all for now. The official children have decided to take off the no screaming sign. Perhaps a live commercial blog is in order. Stay tuned.
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