Green Bay and cheese heads stand alone as Super Bowl LIII champions
With summer unofficially over, we could use a guest appearance by Andy Williams. “I want to believe in this one. I want to believe in this one, so bad.”
Hold up. I said Andy Williams, not Anson Williams aka Potsie from Happy Days.
(All right, Andy, please.)
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year. With quarterbacks quartering, eyes will be watering. Crack open a beer. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”
By the way, Anson Williams’ tune collected 1,129 views on YouTube while his namesake had 3,400,522 for one of the most popular Christmas tunes.
However, since Split Decision deals with picking a Super Bowl LIII winner, it’s Anson Williams’ song that gets used for background music.
Picking the American Football Conference finalist offers an easy task as New England, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and Kansas City seem stacked for quality seasons. Unfortunately, people tired of seeing the Patriots will have one last season to watch Tom Brady & Co. drive toward the Super Bowl.
Patriots will score points but a familiar question regarding defense will determine how far they travel in the playoffs. The Eagles’ 4133 Super Bowl LII victory exposed New England’s serious defensive flaws, especially tackling problems and a porous secondary.
If not New England, then it’s Pittsburgh. Coach Mike Tomlin’s job should never be on the line but patience runs thins about a team that rarely delivers. Everybody had their hopes set on New England vs. Pittsburgh in last year’s AFC title game before Jacksonville opened a can of butt beat against the Steelers.
Still, these two teams seem like the top dogs and one will reach the Big Game to play against? Drumroll, please.
Man, this selection could easily fall toward Minnesota but there’s a bad stretch of highway from late November to mid-December when the Vikings take on Green Bay, New England and Seattle, the last two games on the road.
Eagles and Dallas will vie for the NFC East title. Everyone’s picking the Los Angeles Rams as the stud team but there’s that guy up in Lambeau Field who will decide this affair. Aaron Rodgers remains the man and if he stays healthy with a similar requirement for his receivers then the Packers reach the Super Bowl.
So, that’s the pick. Take my son-in-law’s team although it’s disappointingheandmydaughter dress their poor daughter in Green Bay gear — and, even hang a Packers “G” outside their home on game day.
Green Bay wins Super Bowl LIII as the cheese heads stand alone.
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This ranks as a sad day in a personal sports history that includes four Minnesota Vikings Super Bowl losses. Think Mudville. Been seven months and several days since the Philly Eagles flew; still difficult to believe the score of SB FiftyTwo.
No joy in my Trenton household as the Eagles’ victory meant payout of several non-monetary wagers.
Honestly, laying $100 would be better than wearing an Eagles t-shirt.
Mind you, putting on this Eagles gear is slightly more appealing than sleeping on a discarded mattress infested by bedbugs. Barely.
Fly Eagles fly .... blah, blah, blah, blah .... E-A-G-L-E-S.
Go Birds! (I’m dying here).
L.A. Parker is a Trentonian columnist and lifetime Minnesota Vikings fan.. Find him on Twitter @ LAParker6 or email him at LAParker@Trentonian.com.