Back to Football: Divisional Drama

This weekend's games were very exciting and somewhat predictable. I went out on a limb and predicted a Baltimore upset and tentatively picked Denver to win at home, then ended up getting the entire AFC Championship game wrong. Baltimore lost me $50 in a friendly bet yesterday too. The AFC Championship game is going to be pretty boring - certainly in terms of colors. My preference is for Indianapolis to win, but I am not sure that they can defeat the Patriots. 

But the NFC Championship is exactly as predicted - Green Bay is going to Seattle. On one hand, the Seahawks are young, hungry killers on the field. Cocky assholes that can put their playing where their mouths are, and they're awfully fun to watch. On the other hand, they weren't able to blow out the 7&9 Carolina Panthers yesterday, and the Packers came from behind to defeat the possibly-better-than-them Dallas Cowboys. Perhaps, the Seahawks just phoned it in, while Green Bay had to claw a win out of this weekend. Maybe, Seattle has a false sense of security and the Packers are actually ready. I guess that we'll know next week. 

Honestly, I really don't care who wins the NFC Championship next week. Of course, I would love for the Packers to win, then go on to win the Super Bowl, I mean, obviously. But I've developed a major football-crush on this Seahawks team. First, there is "the best corner in the game", not the league, the m&th*#f&*#ing game, who's also got a great sense of humor, then their running back is not only good, he's a bastion of gratitude and generosity too, and their quarterback is from UW Madison. But whoever does win this game, I can only hope they are prepared to take the Lombardi Trophy home.