Playoffs: Super Bowl Preview

Well well, it looks like we're going to have quite the thrilling matchup for this year's Super Bowl. MoRRie's Pogiboys have never been to the championship game while 100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears haven't been since 2006 -- when they won the title. Let's look at their paths to the Super Bowl and then a quick matchup!

100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears defeat Mandalorian Warriors, 89-74
Meeting for the third time in as many years in the Eastern Conference championship round, J was desperate for a win versus Mandalorian Warriors, who had their number the previous two times. This time out, Pooh Bears slowed the game down, played tough defense, and stuck to ball control and a strong kicking game. Pooh Bears’ kicker Phil Dawson helped lead the upset with seventeen points, and then Dez Bryant and his many tantrums took home the win with twenty one points of his own. Defending champ Warriors came out and a pretty much laid an egg, with Drew Brees and Brandon Marshall trying to rally their teammates to a more gallant championship defense but despite their fine efforts, Warriors were dethroned.

MoRRie’s Pogiboys vs Jedi Knights, 131-78
On the other side of the matchup, it was a pair of championship newbies ready to challenge for a Super Bowl slot. Jedi Knights had never even reached the conference finals round before, while Pogiboys’ only appearnace was way back in 2004. We said on Thursday that Knights would need a big week from their non-Peyton players and he got some nice performances from Marques Colston, Jason Witten, and Blair Wlash, but that was all for naught as congratulations for Alvin were flowing in by Sunday night. With twenty-plus points from Tom Brady, rookie sensation Eddie Lacy, and DeSean Jackson, Pogiboys were already on their way to their highest scoring game of the year. Calvin Johnson’s Monday Night Football appearance was basically a (drop plagued) victory lap.

Super Bowl Preview: MoRRie's Pogiboys (10-3) vs 100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears (9-4)

Alvin's Pogiboys haven’t lost since WK6. Yes that means they are on a ten game win streak. TEN! Of course, one of their three losses this season was to Pooh Bears in WK2… Oh the drama. J’s team is coming off four wins in five weeks and they’ve had games of 126 and 108 scores, so he’s capable of big weeks. Pooh Bears have also been very consistent, as they haven’t gone under 85 points all month. That could represent a cautionary note for Pogi fans as much of their winning streak was accomplished with sub-80 point scores. However, their recent weeks have produced 93 and 131 points each, so they are trending up at just the right time.

Current projections have Pooh Bears winning but we can’t trust computerized projections can we? There is a strong case to be made that J’s explosive receiving game of Dez Bryant, Jimmy Graham, Antonio Brown, and rookie Cordarrelle Patterson are guaranteed to have at least two or three big games. Alvin counters with Calvin Johnson and DeSean Jackson, who are mega-explosive in their own right. His TE, Tyler Eifert, is severely underpowered compared to Graham though. Cam Newton versus Tom Brady is mostly a wash too, with Brady being a bit steadier but less explosive.

Where Pogiboys will make up ground is through Eddie Lacy and Rashard Mendenhall, who have the clear edge over Shane Vereen. J could give Ray Rice a chance perhaps, but Rice has been dicey all year, to say the least. We’ll give the DEF/K combos a wash, even though both were instrumental last week — Bills and Phil Dawson put up a combined 28 points, while Chiefs and Matt Bryant dropped 27 points. Who can predict how they’ll do. Overall, our hearts are with Alvin’s team, as they have toiled long and hard without a championship. However, it would be sweet justice for J to win as well, as they’ve been so close recently. Either way, we got a big week ahead!