[quote name='WittyNickname']With regard to the Seattle versus Indy fracas on this thread, I'd mention a stat I heard a week or so ago that gave me pause.
Since going to the current seeding format, the two number 1 seed teams have only met five times in the Super Bowl. History is not in favor of a Seattle-Indy Super Bowl.
So which team is more likely to fall? Indy, who seemed unstoppable until the San Diego game, and who still have to be called the odds-on favorite to be wearing rings come February? Or Seattle, who paved an eleven-win-streak with such barnburning opponents as St. Louis (twice), San Francisco (twice), and Tennessee?
Full disclosure: I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Bears fan, so I recognize that wishful thinking is probably painting my opinion here. But Seattle fans, you cannot deny that Seattle is more likely to fall in the playoffs than is Indy, at least when it comes to being just outplayed (not due to silly penalties, injuries to key players, or one hot-dog play turning the game). I can't help but think that the team that learns how to neutralize and contain Shaun Alexander beats the Seahawks, even in Seattle.
And I'm all for the Bears' first-ranked defense to do that, and believe it possible.
Of course, Seattle IS 8-0 at home this year... (pulls on collar nervously) ...but we'll see. Nonetheless, good luck to all that these playoffs go off injury-free, and that no one loses to some random small "tuck rule" type thing that burns them up for the next five years.[/QUOTE]
Oh gimme a break, netrueling shaun alexander isnt everything about the seahawks buddy. Matt Hasselbeck can do it too, especially with D Jack back. before D Jack got hurt, he was having a break out year.
The seahawks went into todays game at GB to lose. I think somewhere in mike holmngrens heart, he wanted Bret Favre to go out winning, so if he were to retire he'd leave with a smile on his face and the people of GB cherishing the finale.