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Conference Championship Sunday lived up to its reputation, and then let Mother Nature and old rivalries raise the stakes. A blizzard crowned New England in Denver. A classic showdown sent Seattle back to the Super Bowl with unfinished business. iPINIONS hails defense dominance, legacy pressure, and redemption now collide as the Patriots and Seahawks meet… Read more.
Who says cheaters never prosper…? For the record, here is an excerpt from “NFL Conference Championship,” January 20, 2015, which explains my pick. ____________________ iPINIONS will be ro0ting for the Seahawks! Primarily because, despite being defending champions, they are the underdogs; and I am psychologically disposed to champion the underdog. Indeed, that Wilson, the Seahawks’ relatively… Read more.
Real Football fans will tell you that the most exciting day of the NFL season is Conference Championship Sunday, not Super Bowl Sunday — as casual fans might say. (“Historic NFL Championship Sunday,” The iPINIONS Journal, January 22, 2007) True to form, yesterday’s National Football Conference (NFC) game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay… Read more.
Not just because Malcolm Gladwell demonstrated in David and Goliath that underdogs often possess more strengths than their adversaries realize; but also because you can usually count on the Groundhog to predict the opposite of what will actually happen. And, for the record, despite the media hovering over trash-talking cornerback Richard Sherman like flies over… Read more.
