Sean B. Fitzgerald It doesn’t go something like this, it goes exactly like this.

Championship Games…

Usually with other sports, as soon as my team gets knocked out of the playoffs, I immediately switch off. I'm done with that sport. Like with the Yankees. Last season, they didn't even make the playoffs. So I don't even know who won the World Series. Football is different though. Even with the Jets and Giants out of it, I'm still going to watch. For a couple of reasons:

1. My brother (Larry Fitzgerald) is still playing. I have to support family.
2. I am a man and it's football. I am required by law to watch it.
3. There is absolutely no other (interesting) sporting events on today. Regular season NBA and Sunday college basketball games give boring a whole new meaning.
4. It's a good way to procrastinate.

That being said, the games should be fine. Not the greatest of matchups we could of hoped for. No Giants, Jets, Patriots, Cowboys, Redskins, 49ers, Colts, or Chargers. We have two nine win teams (Cardinals and Eagles) and two six seeds. It looks like the NFL is slowly turning into MLB. Meaning that the regular season is largely irrelevant in the playoffs unless you go into it hot.

Anyway, my picks...

Eagles over Cardinals
As much as Warner and Larry will try, they won't be able to stop the Eagles. McNabb and the Eagles are too loose and the Cardinals can't possibly keep this up. I mean, they won 9 games this year. They could win that many just in the playoffs alone!

Steelers over Ravens
Flacco has proved he can handle it. Whatever IT may be. But his counterpart, Roethlisberger, has been there done that. I make these picks because I don't think the country could handle a boring Super Bowl if the Cardinals and Ravens were to win.