Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Super Bowl?

I hate being wrong.
Unfortunately, I have grown far too accustomed to the state of being incorrect over the course of my life.
Don't believe me?
Here, let me list a few sports and non-sports related falsities I've uttered in the past.
"Dude, this is Clemson's year." (spoken a record 10 times, possibly more.)
"I'll never work in another retail store again. This sucks."
"Sam Bradford is terrible. He'll probably end up transferring."
"Boy, this journalism degree is really going to come in handy."
"John Smoltz is a Braves lifer. He'd never sell out to one of those big markets." (I still don't believe that happened.)
Just when I thought that I had a handle on my rampant verbal miscues, the Arizona Cardinals began to make fun of my wrongness.
I don't think I've ever been proven wrong on two consecutive "there's no way in" burning anti-paradise statements in one post-season, by the same team.
I was all over the anti-Cardinals bandwagon as the Warner-led Redbirds hosted the Falcons, even with the Cardinals home-field advantage.
Then, as the Fitzgerald show hit the road for Charlotte, I just knew the Panthers were going to put the wood to the desert-dwelling road team.
Luckily, I knew when to stop myself, and I refused to pick a winner in the NFC championship game.
I would've picked the Eagles, by the way.
Now, I'm left with what would seem like a sure choice.
The Steelers and my favorite quarterback, Big Ben Rothlisberger, are facing the lowly Cardinals.
The same Steelers that were the only team that I really had no beef with in my "Powder Rankings" post several weeks ago, are facing my "slumlords" from the same column.
In other news, this post-season does not change that assessment, as the Cardinals did win a terrible division.
One right statement in a snowstorm of terrible ideas.
What we may be seeing is the first team to successfully turn the juice off after clinching a horrible division early and then turn it right back on during the post-season.
I hope that I don't have to see the Cards win the Big Game, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Thus, I will not pick a winner.
I refuse to say that there is no way in (burning anti-paradise) that Kurt Warner could throw to Larry Fitzgerald enough times to beat the Steelers defense.
I refuse to say that Big Ben is going to make the Cardinals defense look like a bunch of middle-schoolers.
I refuse to say that Santonio Holmes and the best celebration in the NFL will score at least once with two long kick/punt returns.
I refuse to say that Troy Polomalu and his modified "Power of the Dreads" will pick Kurt Warner twice, in all likelihood.
I'll just say that it's going to be a great time, with both teams playing competitively, and that I hope the best team wins.