9. Football is nothing like baseball, nowhere near as predictable. Baseball (BABIP, K/BB, S% etc) is driven by Pascal's Triangle. In baseball, probability theory crushes all attempts to defy gravity.
The champs will be heavy favorites, of course. But I don't know that I would give up on the game before it starts - that's all we're sayin'. The Seahawks have enough of a chance, that it's worth stoking up for the game. Or so it says here.
=== But Which Side's the Baddie, Dept. ===
We watched Carroll after the game, and Silvi (via an e-mail) put the question directly. Who starts next week?
Q. Would SSI favor a rule that said that an NFL team had to have 9 wins to enter the playoffs?
