Preacher’s Super Prediction

Posted Feb 1, 2009 by Darin Shaw

Updated Feb 1, 2009 at 03:42 PM

A conflicted preacher.  The prognosticating thing is easy - Steelers are favored, and only the die-hard Cardinal fans believe for any other outcome.  But, then there is this preacher.

We’re having a big chili cook-off party.  Imagine it: 75 or so people in one room having eaten chili all night.  Talk about needing to buy some carbon offset credits!

Mike Tomlin has a background in Pewter and Red.  That means something to me.  I would love to see another coach from the Bucs coaching tree establish himself as among the elite.  Then there’s the whole emotional side: Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday just passed; our first African American President inaugurated; Mike Tomlin on this stage.  It’s history in the making.

Then there’s the Jesus Freak in me.  And, there can be little argument that 85 year old Kurt Warner is a Jesus Freak extraordinaire.  There’s a part of me that wants to see the Cardinals win just to watch Kurt have a full scale Jesus Freak-out. 

And, if all that’s not enough, my all time favorite rock-n-roll outfit is the halftime entertainment.  Count on the fact that we will be blowing cobwebs out of the surround sound tonight.

So when I am going to eat 50 bowls of chili, I have equal reasons for seeing each team win, and the Boss is going to be on stage, I get the best of both worlds.  Come the presentation of tonight’s trophy, no matter who hoists it, I’ll be happy!

Now, for the real prognosticating: What will Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band play during their 12 minute halftime show?  Preacher says that there will be a song off the new album (duh!), The Rising, and Born to Run. 

One more thing: Maybe it’s the chili, but I’m feeling the whole Shock the World thing.  Jesus Freak-out on tap.  Wanna bet?  No.  Gambling is a sin.