Brad's Picks was 1-1 last week, correct when Pittsburgh beat the Ravens 23-14, but wrong when Arizona beat the Eagles 32-25.

   Brad's Picks is 7-3 in the playoffs, and 168-97-1 on the season.

   Home teams were 2-0 last week, and are 5-5 in the playoffs and 151-114-1 on the season.

   There was one coast to coast game last week, with the visitor losing. Visiting teams on the opposite coast were 15-28 on the season.

   George was 0-2 last week, and is 125-138-1 on the season.

 Super Bowl 43. Kickoff will be about 4:30 MST.

Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4)at Arizona Cardinals (12-7) - I know, the game will be in Tampa Bay, but Arizona is designated the home team. The Las Vegas line is Steelers by 7. Weather in Tampa should be beautiful, around 60 at kickoff. This will be the 6th Super Bowl for the Steelers (they're 5-1), and the first for the Cardinals (dropping the number of teams that have never made it to five). Cardinals are the Cinderella team this year, and I'd like to see them win the game. But will they? Do they have a chance against the Steelers defense, which was ranked number one in the league all year? Sure they do, and here's why:

Arizona has played well all year, except for a few games at the end when they had their division locked up. They've been red hot in the playoffs, beating the Falcons 30-24; Carolina 33-13; and the Eagles 32-25.

Arizona's D has allowed just 3.6 yards per rush attempt by the oppo in the playoffs, and they have 7 sacks and 8 INT's in the playoffs.

WR Larry Fitzgerald is absolutely on fire (23 passes for 419 yards and 5 TD's in the three playoff games), and they'll have a healthy Anquan Boldin for the first time in the playoffs. Second year WR Steve Breaston had over a thousand yards in the regular season. Kurt Warner has thrown just 2 INT's in the playoffs. He completed 66.3 % of his passes and was sacked just 3 times.

RB's Edgerrin James and rookie Tim Hightower have been combining for upwards of a hundred yards per game in the playoffs.

Cardinals don't get rattled. They had a huge lead over the Eagles at halftime (24-6), but squandered it in the 3rd quarter. But late in the 4th, Warner led them from a 25-24 deficit to a 32-25 win.

Both teams will try to blitz, but Warner was the highest rated QB against the blitz this year (getting sacked just once every 30 blitz attempts), while Ben Roethlisberger was the most sacked (sacked every 6 blitz attempts). Ben was also the most sacked on 3rd down (once every six 3rd down pass attempts), while Warner was sacked once every twelve 3rd down pass attempts).

Steelers will have to use double coverage on Fitzgerald and Boldin, so if they do blitz, it leaves the middle wide open for James or Hightower.

Ben R can have real bad games - 3 INT's against the Colts, 4 fumbles against the Titans. Also, remember his performance in SB 40? 9 completions on 21 attempts for 123 yards, no TD's, 2 INT's. A 22.6 passer rating. But, he can also make some spectacular plays.

Ben has a sore back (x-rays or MRI or some such a few days ago). He'll play for sure, but how well? Also, Hines Ward sprained his MCL two weeks ago. He practiced on Thursday and Friday, but he will have to wear a brace on the knee.

Arizona's Head Coach is Ken Whisenhunt, who was the offensive coordinator in Pittsburgh through 2006. Then Bill Cowher retired, and the Steelers passed on Whisenhunt, naming young Mike Tomlin as HC. So, I'm betting Whisenhunt still knows more about the Steelers than Tomlin knows about the Cardinals.

The joker might be special teams. Neither team is very good on special teams, so do they cancel each other out or does someone make a big play?

So anyway, with all of that, I'm picking Arizona to win by something like 30-24. Fitzgerald will be the MVP. George will take the home team also.

Oh - the five teams that have never made it to the Super Bowl? Detroit, New Orleans, Cleveland, Jacksonville, and Houston.