It occurs to me that since this is Super Bowl weekend, I should post my prediction. For those who may not know, some years back I made a Very Important Discovery which explains everything that happens in football and allows me to predict any given team’s success or failure relative to its opponents. It is called The Parseghian Principle, which, plainly and simply put, holds that the team with the most players from Notre Dame will prevail.

Teams without players from Notre Dame may sometimes post a win, and occasionally a result will contradict the Parseghian Principle. This is attributable to any or all of the following intrusive factors: (i) the opposing team’s Notre Dame player(s) were on injured reserve; (ii) the opposing team’s Notre Dame player(s) were not attending the game in observance of Knute Rockne’s birthday, (iii) statistical anomaly by which the exception proves the rule, (iv) eddies in the space-time continuum caused by radioactive malfunctions in the space station Mir. Or, as the renowned third-century Greek philosopher Dactylophenecles noted, “Sometimes things just happen. What the hell.”

After several years’ application of the Parseghian Principle, I’m reasonably satisfied that it holds true, though I still have not discovered a satisfactory explanation of the New Orleans Saints Anomaly. In terms of winning picks, I am a solid 63% ahead of Terry Bradshaw. Plus I have more hair.

Therefore, the New England Patriots are going to win the Super Bowl, thanks to their foresight two years ago in having acquired #87, David Givens (wide receiver). The Carolina Panthers don’t have a prayer, inasmuch as they have NO Notre Dame players! Not one! Not a single fightin’ Irishman! Oh, and Sports Interaction is giving 38 for the over/under - this chick is betting “under”.