The Super Bowl...............

Well it's come down to the final two teams. The Forty-Niners are the favorite to win this year's Lombardi. Let's examine this a little further. Sometimes there are more variables than the ones that appear on the surface. Do you believe in destiny? I do. All you have to do is look at the charmed season of 2009 when the impossible happen against all odds. The Saints won the Super Bowl in a season where everything seemed to fall their way. There was the unbelievable 2nd half comeback in Miami against the Dolphins for the win. Later in the season there was the strange interception bounce in the air to a waiting Redskin, again on the road in Washington, and there was Robert Meachem stripping and stealing the ball going the other way for a touchdown. That's the sort of season the Ravens have had. First, Ray Lewis goes down with an injury then Terrell Suggs, then Ed Reed is in and out of the line up all year. Towards the end of the season the head coach fires his offensive coordinator. All this and the Ravens lose 4 out of their last 5 games only winning against the Giants to go to 10 wins and a date with the Colts in the Wildcard Round. Destiny? Next they faced a heavily favorite Broncos team in Denver with a stout defense and an potent offense led by Peyton Manning in the frigid Mile High air and the Ravens manage to pull out a miracle 70 yard pitch and catch at the end of regulation to tie it up at 35. Then after several exchanges of possessions and a second overtime the Ravens kicker nails a 47 yarder for the win on the road. Destiny? Three years ago another team of destiny had a similar path, not exact mind you, but similar. Now after a season of ups & downs with my picks and finishing to this point at 178-88, better than both Phil and Chris on Showtime's Beat the Insiders, I am here to tell you the Ravens are a team of Destiny. The Ravens are probably one of the few defenses that can stop Colin Kaepernick and the Forty-Niners. Keep in mind Atlanta's defense stopped him for a couple quarters. Are the Ravens a better or worse defense than the Falcons? You can answer that question yourself. Is Peyton Manning a better QB than Colin Kaepernick? Again, what do you think? The most underrated QB in this game is Joe Flacco. He is ready to take the next step and be a Super Bowl winning QB. Kaepernick on the other hand is still too caught up in trademarking his stupid touchdown celebration of kissing his bicep and he has yet to complete a full season as a starter. Good luck with that Colin. The Ravens will be victorious and get their second Lombardi Trophy to take home. Ray Lewis and Ed Reed will ride off into the sunset with a ring on their finger,  for Lewis it will be his second ring, and he is the only Raven left from their last Super Bowl team. Enjoy the game it should be a good one and if not we always have the commercials to look forward to.