It's a snow day so I am relaxing at home and staying warm. What I want to write about today is the Super Bowl on Sunday. But I cannot ignore the fact that the Celtics have the best record in the eastern conference, and just beat the defending champs on Sunday. To me the Celtics proved on Sunday that they are arguably the best team in the NBA, but also that the Lakers have some work to do. There had been some concern with Los Angeles earlier in the season but everyone still thought that they would step up in the big games. But the thing is that they have lost to the Heat, Spurs, Mavericks, Celtics, meaning they have lost all of the big games against playoff teams this year, and have lost a bunch of games at home. Anyway Boston looks good heading into the second half of the season and hopefully they will secure home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
So back to the NFL and the biggest game of the year, the Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers are back in the Super Bowl for the first time since 1998 with Brett Favre, and they are taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers who will look fore their third super bowl in six years. The key for me will be the pressure that both teams bring on defense. Both teams have mobile quarterbacks, so when they bring pressure on the blitz they better make sure they tackle Rodgers or Rothlisberger. But I think both teams will score a fair amount because of the ability of both quarterbacks to make something out of nothing. In the end though I think the Packers will pull this one out because their corners and safetys are better than the Steeler's with the exception of the defensive player of the year Troy Polomalo. I'll take the Pack in this one 27-21.
Max
