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Are you ready for some football?

Kim Hollis: Okay, it's that time of the year. What are your NFL predictions for this season?

Josh Spiegel: I have been completely unaware of any football news going on; I had the dawning realization earlier this week that football was finally encroaching on whatever solitude the baseball season had over the summer. As a Buffalo Bills fan (please, keep the derisive laughter to a minimum), my guess is that Terrell Owens will play really well for...let's say seven games, and then turn back into Terrell Owens. As a denizen of the Phoenix area, I would imagine that the Arizona Cardinals are going to use the goodwill from last season and quickly squander it, but then again, I'm an eternal pessimist.

Reagen Sulewski: Chargers over Saints, Detroit goes 0-9 before winning again, but still finish with a better record than the Raiders, Kyle Orton has a higher QB rating than Jay Cutler, and Tom Brady sets a passing record of some kind.

Tim Briody: The over/under on when my fantasy football team is completely in shambles is Week 3.

Jim Van Nest: The Broncos will win the first game on a last minute "tip drill" circus TD by, I don't know...I'll say Brandon Stokely. Seriously though, I'll predict a Chargers-Giants Super Bowl with Eli reminding Philip Rivers why he was selected #1 in the first place.





Sean Collier: *approaches gold-lined podium, flanked by six Lombardi trophies* As the sole BOP representative from the City of Champions, I'd like to...oh, sorry, forgot to put this here. *produces Stanley Cup from behind podium, places it amidst the Lombardi Trophies, which rise on previously unnoticed high-tension wire, shimmering above the room in what can only be described as a chandelier of domination* In any case. While the path towards a second consecutive Super Bowl for Pittsburgh is clear (thus establishing the second Pittsburgh NFL Dynasty and making everyone forget that there's a team in New England,) the question does remain - who exactly will the mighty Steelers vanquish in the Super Bowl? And as I (quite nearly correctly) predicted last year, the conditions are ripe for the cross-state title game. Arizona snuck in and ruined it last year, so fate's gotta come back like a Final Destination sequel - Pittsburgh vs. Philly, Super Bowl 44. Thank you for your time, and please don't mention the Pirates.

Max Braden: Four illegal possessions, six DUIs, one homicide, and 18 counts of domestic battery.

David Mumpower: There will be joy in Ben Farrow's heart when he reads this. I do in fact believe that the Saints are going to the Soooooooper Bowl, as he is prone to shout when he is inebriated and incoherent...moreso than normal. There, they will lose to the Colts. I'd like to say it's the Falcons in place of the Saints, but I worry that our defense is too young. As for the New York Giants, they are clearly the best team in the NFC at the start of the season, which makes them not much fun to pick. With regards to Pittsburgh, I'll like them a lot better if they ever decide to block somebody. By the end of the year, I expect Roethlisberger to feel like that panicky woman in Airplane.

Kim Hollis: I just want to know when we can get back to talking about Brett Favre.

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