Super Bowl XLIV Pick: At least it sounds good

I did a bit of looking back before beginning this post, and it nearly led to me beginning a MySpace blog entry but then I came to my senses and remembered how aggravating that process could be. Previous Super Bowl picks made here on BMC have usually been kept brief because of the girl I was with at the time, but it'll nice being single again for the big game this year—although the last year that happened, I still did get a prediction of sorts out there and then I basically wasn't single again.

But anyway, there's a game once again this year and I'm genuinely pretty pumped up about watching it. While one team is certainly a favorite here, the fact that the two best teams from the entire year and the top seeds in their conferences are in the biggest game works out pretty well for the NFL.

Looking back on how both the Colts and the Saints did for me during the year in the Confidence Pools, you'll notice the teams finished right next to one another to round out my Top 10 point-earning squads on the year. Considering they were both undefeated for a majority of the season, it's hardly surprising they finished in that bracket.

But a closer look at those numbers shows that the only way both teams earned me points this year was with victories. I never once correctly predicted a loss for either of these clubs, even if both of the records I ended up having predicted for Indianapolis and New Orleans were exactly right.

So, it sounds like I'm kinda fucked either way here. Which goes back to the girl thing, I guess. Or maybe I should just get on to how everybody else is doing—in these playoffs, I mean:

1. (1) Eric Allen, ESPN: 7-3 (2-0)
1. (1) Jason Cole, Yahoo: 7-3 (2-0)
1. (1) Michael Silver, Yahoo: 7-3 (2-0)
4. (5) Chris Mortensen, ESPN: 6-4 (2-0)
4. (1) Charles Robinson, Yahoo: 6-4 (1-1)
4. (5) Mark Schlereth, ESPN: 6-4 (2-0)
7. (9) Brian Burke, The Fifth Down: 5-5 (2-0)
7. (9) Merrill Hoge, ESPN: 5-5 (2-0)
7. (9) Ron Jaworski, ESPN: 5-5 (2-0)
7. (9) Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: 5-5 (2-0)
7. (9) Pro Football Weekly Editors: 5-5 (2-0)
7. (5) LEV, crazy colored glasses: 5-5 (1-1)
7. (5) Wunderdog: 5-5 (1-1)
14. (9) Mike Golic, ESPN: 4-6 (1-1)
14. (9) Seth Wickersham, ESPN: 4-6 (1-1)
16. (17) James C. Black, Yahoo: 3-7 (1-1)
16. (9) Adam Schefter, ESPN: 3-7 (0-2)
16. (18) YOURS TRULY: 3-7 (2-0)

So at least I'm now sharing the cellar. But is there going to be anybody that breaks away at the top?:

Jason Cole, Yahoo
Charles Robinson, Yahoo
James C. Black, Yahoo
Michael Silver, Yahoo
Pro Football Weekly Editors
Wunderdog*
Eric Allen, ESPN
Mike Golic, ESPN
Merrill Hoge, ESPN
Ron Jaworski, ESPN
Chris Mortensen, ESPN
Adam Schefter, ESPN
Mark Schlereth, ESPN
Seth Wickersham, ESPN
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports
Brian Burke, The Fifth Down
LEV, crazy colored glasses

* — Oh, Wunderdog's being a bee-yotch with their Super Bowl pick and not making it available without registering or something entirely too complicated, so looks like unless they change that in the next couple days, I've gotta count them out—not that it really means anything anyway.

Ahem.

It's perfectly appropriate that I referenced my numbers this week, because I'm actually going to follow their suggestion:

New Orleans Saints over Indianapolis Colts
+85/-7 : +81/5/+76 : +83/-4

It has nothing to do with Freeney or Wayne. It has nothing to do with not thinking the Colts don't deserve to be the overwhelming favorite here. Payton Manning has played like a man possessed all year and what in the world would make me think that he suddenly screws the pooch on the biggest stage?

Quite simply, because everybody else is picking the Colts. So I feel like being different—and not just voting for the Green Party in the primary different—but something with a little more reward to being different. Either I vault out of last or I take sole possession of it. This was how it was meant to be. I look forward to adding my final thoughts on this season next week.