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<\/a>RUSH: All right, folks, National Football League divisional playoffs are this weekend. On Saturday we have the Baltimore Ravens at the Tennessee Titans, who used to be the Houston Oilers, my second favorite football team, coached by Bum Phillips. That\u2019s at 4:15. At eight o\u2019clock on Saturday night we have the Arizona Cardinals in the Eastern time zone where they\u2019ve not done well against the Carolina Panthers. On Sunday at one o\u2019clock we have the Philadelphia McNabbs at the New York Giants. By the way, Hondo, one of my favorite sports columnists of all time, Hondo in the New York Post who does the picks, had to fill up 750 words today with some stuff other than football, \u2019cause there\u2019s only four games to pick, so he talked to some bio-rhythmic expert. The bio-rhythmic expert said that Sunday is the worst day of the year for Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb. Twenty-five times more prone to accidents on Sunday than any day this year. <\/p>\n

Now, stick with me on this. Hondo then quoted this expert as saying that McNabb will have the worst game of his career, and Hondo thus predicts the Giants winning 34-9 Sunday afternoon over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the San Diego Chargers at 4:45 Sunday afternoon. I am going to Pittsburgh for the Steelers, and this is just straight up — this is not points, straight up — the divisional round is an entirely different betting proposition for picking winners than the wild card round. The wild card round, I mean that\u2019s up for grabs and a lot of time the road team favored does win, but in the divisional round, this round, this Sunday, the home team winning statistic since this current playoff formula was devised is something like 71%. So if you are in a straight-up office pool, pick the home team on every one of these games this weekend. If you want to get smart and start trying to figure out, okay, there\u2019s four games, 71% of the home teams, which road team will win, what\u2019s the best bet do you think, Snerdley, of these four games? Here are the road teams: Arizona, Baltimore, San Diego, and Philadelphia. What road team do you think has the best chance of victory this weekend in the divisional round? <\/p>\n

Wrong. Snerdley said Philadelphia. It\u2019s the team that has the best defense, and in this case that\u2019s the Baltimore Ravens. You can look at records, and that would argue to the Titans, that would argue for the Panthers, that would argue for the Giants, it would argue for the Steelers, it would argue for the home teams. Now you start putting points, the Chargers are getting six points against the Steelers, six. Now, Hondo today referred to Roethlisberger, the quarterback of the Steelers, as a human statue, because he\u2019s getting sacked, he just stands back there. Six points, the Steelers offense has not been that explosive. The defense is. So it\u2019s going to be fascinating. (interruption) Who\u2019s peaking right now? Who\u2019s peaking right now? Snerdley wants to know who has the mo, who is peaking. Well, it\u2019s tough to say because four of these teams haven\u2019t played in two weeks. See, this momentum business is a tough thing to say. Of the teams that played last weekend, the momentum, you\u2019d have to say Baltimore. Yeah, the Chargers. The Chargers have won five in a row, coming in. But they\u2019re beat up, you know. It\u2019s an interesting slate, it is a fascinating slate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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