The following is a review of Pepper's Super Bowl Picks:
Super Bowl Winner: Steelers (watch) Super Bowl Over Under 46.5 Points: Under (watch) Super Bowl Coin Toss Heads or Tails: Tails (watch) Super Bowl First to Score: Cardinals (watch) Super Bowl First Score type will be either Touchdown or Field Goal (no safety - that will be considered a draw): Touchdown (watch)
After a week of (suffering with no football on TV) sleeping, eating, thinking, a grooming, researching, napping, and more sleeping, my conclusion on who would win Super Bowl XLIII came to me as a rather simple pick: THE STEELERS. Basically, in all my postings, I've touted that I'm a fan of importance of defense when playing football and if you look at who the Steelers had to beat to make it to the Super Bowl vs. the Cardinals, the Steelers too the "tougher" route vs more defensive minded teams and they won by playing BETTER DEFENSE. I think the game will be close, but in the end the Steelers defense will come though in the 4th quarter when it counts. Be sure to check out my other picks on some of the other aspects of Super Bowl XLIII: the coin toss, first score, first team to score and the over / under.
Will anyone score? Will anyone make a 3rd down conversion? So glad this is the late game. It will be cold, dark and nothing but hard hitting DEFENSE!!! Nothing is better then a close, nail biting defensive game where you site on the edge of your dog mat right next to the TV just barking at every play. Either team can win this game but I have to make a choice, and the Steelers are just playing mistake free football like they are on a mission to make it to the Super Bowl.
PoodlePick: STEELERS probably by less then a field goal.
It is really hard to judge these teams based on last weeks performance. Did the Cardinals and Eagles win as much as the Panthers and their six turnovers and the Giants with nothing but field goals and missed field goals, just flat out give the games away? In the end, a win is a win is a win, the Eagles and Cardinals are playing for a chance to go to the Super Bowl and the question that lingering before this game is which team can execute a game plan to win it rather then give the game away to the opponent. In this case, the game will be close but home field advantage (or disadvantage last week) will help the Cardinals.
I think too many of these cats on ESPN are hyped up about the Eagles... I've seen those birds play all season and they've been very inconsistent. The Giants know how to win a big game when it's winning time (see Panthers vs. Giants on Week 16). As a Standard Poodle... A Giant among dogs.. I say go with the Giants - easy win.
This is going to be one of those classic hard fought, down to the wire, doggie eat doggie football games... in the end, I think the Chargers and their coach can pull out a classic upset to make it to the conference title game.
West Coast teams just don't perform well coming East. Plus, the Cardinals look bad in the cold and I expect it to be extra chilly in North Carolina this weekend (it's a night game - forecast calls 39 degrees / slight chance of rain). Carolina is coming into their game, and have great balance between running (like chasing a car) and catching (like food falling off the counter top).
Easy Pick: PANTHERS - even though they are cats and Poodles don't like cats very much.
The Ravens play the type of football that wins...defense. It is sort of like chasing the neighbors; nobody expects a Standard Poodle to be sneaky, mean and nasty (especially with our haircuts).. but you should see them jump when I lunge for them.
However, after a little thought...the Titans also play great defense (#3 behind Baltimore and Pittsburgh), and they will be able to rattle the rookie Joe Flacco who struggled versus experienced teams during the regular season. Don't let that win over the up and coming Dolphins fool you, the Titans have one of the ole' dog quarterbacks in Kerry Collins and coach in Jeff Fisher.
I'm an 8 Year Old Standard Poodle who lives, breathes and watches sports in between naps, feedings, walks and my normal 10 hours of beauty sleep. I'm using my insight, knowledge, statistical background and keen sense of smell to pick the winner for 4 major weekend sporting events.
This site is all about FUN. It's about a dog (me) making a choice between two teams (or individuals)...who will win the sporting event? I will make my choice by selecting a dish of food (other methods coming soon). The dish I eat out of last or for the longest period of time determines the winner.
Why this way? Because I can't speak ENGLISH yet (however, I'm learning a lit bit each day) to tell my owner. Over the course of time, we'll try to make these videos more innovative and clever. Each week there might be a little wrinkle in the video to add some extra spice to the fun and your entertainment. I welcome your suggestions and feedback.
Also, unlike my owner, I have no favorites (i.e. Bulldog, Huskies, Wolves, Dobermans) or teams the make me growl (Wildcats, Bobcats, Yankees, etc). There is an equal amount of food (plus a treat) in each dish.
I will post my record on the site overall, sorted by sport. If you choose to place a legal wager based on the choice made by a dog, you do so at your own RISK.
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