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ESPN writer Super Bowl picks are in *Surprise*

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By LUUUUUKE,
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I watched HisandHers today and Michael Smith said he was wavering from his Carolina pick to go with Denver until he saw Cam's press conference and the reporter asked Cam why was he wearing socks with Sandals. Mike said the fact that he is a sock and sandals guy and Cam's response to the reporter was gold that it reinforced his pick to ride out with Carolina..

 

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8 minutes ago, caatfan said:

What are these 'things' and why do they favor Denver when they fall? 

I'm going off memory here but this was a "stars are aligning" argument that had the following:

1. New England couldn't take care of business in the regular season and gave up the #1 seed at the end. Broncos would've had no chance if they had gone to Foxborough.

2. Broncos decided to place Manning back in against the Chargers when they were losing. They ended up winning.

3. Bengals did the Broncos a huge favor by both injuring Big Ben and knocking out Antonio Brown.

4. Even with the injuries, Steelers were leading the game in the 4th and driving for a score when they fumbled. Broncos end up scoring a TD off that turnover and eventually taking the win.

5. For all the struggles the Patriots had against the Broncos, they were this close to taking the game into overtime. Yet the king of comebacks fell short.

6. TD injured his arm.

7. The whole "Manning's last rodeo" and how the team will play above expectations.

8. The argument about how when great offense meets great defense in Super Bowls, it's the defense that shows up more. He cites Patriots vs Giants as what the local guy thought was going to happen.

For all of that, his prediction was somewhere around 20-17 or 17-14 Denver.

 

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1 hour ago, outlaw4 said:

I'm going off memory here but this was a "stars are aligning" argument that had the following:

1. New England couldn't take care of business in the regular season and gave up the #1 seed at the end. Broncos would've had no chance if they had gone to Foxborough.

2. Broncos decided to place Manning back in against the Chargers when they were losing. They ended up winning.

3. Bengals did the Broncos a huge favor by both injuring Big Ben and knocking out Antonio Brown.

4. Even with the injuries, Steelers were leading the game in the 4th and driving for a score when they fumbled. Broncos end up scoring a TD off that turnover and eventually taking the win.

5. For all the struggles the Patriots had against the Broncos, they were this close to taking the game into overtime. Yet the king of comebacks fell short.

6. TD injured his arm.

7. The whole "Manning's last rodeo" and how the team will play above expectations.

8. The argument about how when great offense meets great defense in Super Bowls, it's the defense that shows up more. He cites Patriots vs Giants as what the local guy thought was going to happen.

For all of that, his prediction was somewhere around 20-17 or 17-14 Denver.

 

That is the most sophomoric analysis of who would win a football game that I have ever read. 

The contestants were neither compared nor contrasted. 

What has happened to thought in this post obama world?

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6 minutes ago, JJT said:

That is the most sophomoric analysis of who would win a football game that I have ever read. 

The contestants were neither compared nor contrasted. 

What has happened to thought in this post obama world?

The sad part is the guy gave us props for most of the year, all the way up through the NFC Championship game. He had an idea of what our team was so it surprised me when he started backtracking until he finally picked Denver today. 

We win on Sunday, I may just call him out on it.

 

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11 hours ago, outlaw4 said:

I'm going off memory here but this was a "stars are aligning" argument that had the following:

1. New England couldn't take care of business in the regular season and gave up the #1 seed at the end. Broncos would've had no chance if they had gone to Foxborough.

2. Broncos decided to place Manning back in against the Chargers when they were losing. They ended up winning.

3. Bengals did the Broncos a huge favor by both injuring Big Ben and knocking out Antonio Brown.

4. Even with the injuries, Steelers were leading the game in the 4th and driving for a score when they fumbled. Broncos end up scoring a TD off that turnover and eventually taking the win.

5. For all the struggles the Patriots had against the Broncos, they were this close to taking the game into overtime. Yet the king of comebacks fell short.

6. TD injured his arm.

7. The whole "Manning's last rodeo" and how the team will play above expectations.

8. The argument about how when great offense meets great defense in Super Bowls, it's the defense that shows up more. He cites Patriots vs Giants as what the local guy thought was going to happen.

For all of that, his prediction was somewhere around 20-17 or 17-14 Denver.

 

That's about what I figured. You could come up with even a better list of why things are lining up for a Panthers win. 

 

10 hours ago, FootballMaestro said:

Actually, that percentage is too low (34 out of 50) IMO.

I was a little surprised too. All week I've been hearing former (and current) players, coaches, etc. saying they don't see the game even being close. I guess some are still buying the 'great Denver defense' argument, along with the Panthers being unprepared for the 'Super Bowl experience'. 

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