Time for a sports blog:
The Seabury Saints won their first basketball game of the intramural season last night, 43-37. Phil Fackler provided some hot shooting early in the game, and Patrick Warriner Bolt scored, rebounded, and blocked shots all night long. The Saints, who played with only a six-man team, were gassed by the end of the evening. They managed to hold off a late push from the opposing team to take the win.
NFL Playoff Predictions:
There are two NFL championship games being played on Sunday. The NFC title clash is between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons. People have questioned whether or not Philly could be the same team without Terrell Owens, their star WR; but, Donovan McNabb and company took care of business against the Minnesota Vikings last week. Atlanta won't be able to run the ball down Philly's throat like the Falcons did against the Rams. This is going to be a close game, but in the end, I see the Eagles going to the Super Bowl.
The AFC title game will determine who is the Super Bowl champion in my opinion. Two very hot teams face each other--the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh has not lost under rookie QB Ben Roethlisberger, and the Steeler defense is rock solid. New England has won two of the last three Super Bowls. Tom Brady is this generations Joe Montana. He's not particularly athletic, but he knows how to win in the clutch. Pittsburgh has homefield advantage, and NE's secondary is riddled with injuries. Still, I think this one will come down to the play of the QBs, which gives the edge to NE. Roethlisberger has had a nice run, but it will end on Sunday. His rookie-ness will come out against a disciplined and smart NE defense. It will be close, but NE will win.
Posted by Frank Yamada at January 21, 2005 02:46 PMYour predictions are, I believe, correct, but you needn't have reasoned them out so carefully. There is a simple way to predict the playoffs: Pick against the team that I want to win. By doing so, you would have gone 6-for-8 thus far, a pretty good rate (Indy in the first round and Atlanta last week are the exceptions, but I was highly ambivalent about the ATL-STL game, so it shouldn't really count for much). Since I find myself leaning toward the Steelers and the Falcons this week, the Pats and Eagles should win.
Posted by: Matt at January 21, 2005 04:26 PMYep, those are my predictions too. But for the big prediction... Philly or NE in the Super Bowl? Or, are you gonna wait until there are only two teams to pick from?
Posted by: Susie Shaefer at January 22, 2005 09:34 PM