Oblong Balls

Aaron Rogers in a Steeler’s Sandwich (Getty Images)

This episode of Oblong Balls is of course going to be about the conference championships.  Two very similar games with two very similar QB lines and outcomes have set the Super Bowl up to be something that guys on ESPN love to talk about, since they are convinced that TV numbers are all that matter.

Both games were essentially one sided, with dominant first halves by the winning teams and slight come backs by the losers in the second half to make it sort of close.  Green Bay came out strong and went up 14-0 before eventually winning by 7 and Pittsburgh blew out the Jets 24-0 in the first half with a monster run game before finally winning 24-19. Essentially a reverse of the score from their first meeting.

Interestingly both Rogers and Big Ben had sub par statistical games, both had under 15 completions and 2 ints with no throwing touchdowns, yet common opinion is that both had rather good games. One of the interesting flukes of football, the difference between stats on paper and actual performance, which has always been the bane of fantasy owners everywhere.

Outside of being a Steelers’ fan and extremely happy to see the Jets go down and their pretty boy QB take more hits than a Tijuana stripper I think this match up will prove to be a great one for the Super Bowl.  I’m pretty sure that I picked Green Bay and Pittsburgh on a Benchcast about 6 months ago, but I’m not going to go back and check.

Both teams have great QBs, probably the best of the next generation, emerging running games that proved themselves against strong run defenses and what I believe are the 2 best defenses in football.  Which of course means it’s either going to be 14-10 like it should be or shit goes completely out of control like last time they met and it’s 35-36 again.

We’ll keep you up to date on all the nonsense that is spouted over the next 2 weeks about who Goodell wants to win and how many chicks Big Ben has raped and who’s talking trash and whatever other crap comes up that has nothing to do with the games.

Also, a special Saturday edition of the Benchcast will be up today and finally please e-mail us at benchcast@gmail.com if you want to ask a question on the podcast or leave a comment or even be on the show.