Ok, I’ll admit it: My NFL playoff predictions have been, well, embarrassing and far from correct at times the last two weeks. But I’m not the only one who has been off. At least, unlike the ESPN Sports Guy, I had a winner last week!

Just how bad have I been in the playoffs? I’m 2-2 on the AFC side of the bracket and a miserable 1-3 on the NFC. So, by backtracking and analyzing my picks, I’ve come to a few realizations. I know absolutely nothing about the Cardinals – not like you did either – and I have been dead on the money about the Ravens. Continuing on that track, I’m going to put my best foot forward, let’s take a look at the AFC Championship Game first.

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At the start of the college football season, 119 teams all had a chance to win the BCS National Title, right? Well, that is, of course, if you believe that the BCS is a fair system that gives each team an equal opportunity to win it. Hello? Utah, anybody?

While I did indeed select Florida as my preseason pick to win the National Title, I’m not so certain that it did indeed deserve the honor. Though Florida did win the National Title Game, win (arguably) the best conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision and defeat six ranked-at-the-time opponents, it had one thing Utah didn’t – a loss on its resume.

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Call it bizarre, unpredictable or the weekend of the dogs – maybe you could even call it football. But, three of the top four seeded NFL teams got knocked out of the playoffs this weekend with home field advantage and a week off to prepare in their favor.

Next Sunday Pittsburgh will host Baltimore – the Steelers have already beat the Ravens twice this season – and Philadelphia will travel on the road for the third straight week to square off against the Cardinals – a rematch of a game which the Eagles soared to a 48-20 romp several week’s ago. Let’s take a look at what went wrong for who…

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Do these matchups sound familiar to you? Well, they should. All four games this weekend are rematches of games that have already been played during the regular season at least once.

So what makes Saturday and Sunday’s showdowns so special? Duh! The winners go to their conference championship with a chance to play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1. I’m siding with the road teams in the AFC and the home teams in the NFC. As of now, I like the Ravens to play the Giants in the Super Bowl since the Colts got knocked out last weekend. On to the predictions…

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The first round of the playoffs is officially in the books, no reason to waste any time: Let’s take a look at each game individually.


Baltimore @ Miami:
The Ravens beat the Dolphins 27-9. Surprising? Hardly.

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