Archive for January 30th, 2009
NFL Picks 2008: The Super Bowl
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 over Pittsburgh Steelers: Do you really want to lay 6.5 points on a guy who has, to this point, never played a good post-season game and who only won the Super Bowl because the officiating staff was on the take? Do you really want to be staring at Larry Fitzgerald scoring his third touchdown and wondering how in the world you thought betting against him was a good idea? Maybe two weeks have dulled the memory of him doing absolutely ridiculous things to catch touchdowns throughout the playoffs. Maybe we’re also forgetting that, even if the Steelers double-team him with their best corner and best safety that they STILL have do deal with Boldin. If Ben Roethlisberger plays the type of games as he’s wont to do in the playoffs, the Cardinals will be up 14 before the half. The Steelers are built to play tough it out, crush the run defense. Unfortunately, in all the games they’ve played this year, they’ve never showed they can stop a Greatest Show On Turf-esque two-headed receiving monster. Warner’s having one last blessed run on his way to Canton. And you can’t bet against God and puppies. The Cardinals shock the world. Cardinals outright, Over 36.
PS: As you read this, I’m on my way to Atlantic City where I’ll be watching this game in a 15-person suite after hopefully having not lost all my money on Saturday. In other news, Atlantic City doesn’t have sportsbooks; which I was really bummed to discover. Only in Jersey can casinos and racebooks (horse-race betting) be legal, but the mob still has enough pull in the state government to keep sports’ betting their exclusive domain. Amazing. And Ms. L still trots out the occasional argument that we should live here.