Professional NFL Expert Picks - Superbowl XLIV

by Mike Bullock, Todd Maternowski

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This is it, the most importan--wait, did we miss the Pro Bowl?

Most print publications have experts picking NFL games every week. Pegasus News, however, is different, in that we have near-flawless methodology in picking teams that will actually win. Our panel of perfect prognosticators -- Todd Maternowski and Mike Bullock -- will bring the pain each and every week.

Most of us pick this round just for the commercials

As an added bonus, we have included three competing methodologies. The first is the return of "Mascot War," in which we discuss which team's actual moniker would win in a pitched battle to the death in the wild. Besides being easily the most controversial aspect of this feature, it will probably also be a constant source of embarrassment as our picks routinely show up.

The second and third methodologies are perhaps equally arcane and mysterious to the average NFL fan. There is the "Occult Pick," in which our experts use the forbidden art of divination to predict each week's winner; and "Fashion War," in which Todd's wife selects each victor based on the relative superiority of each team's uniforms.

Most of these picks need no explanation: However, our panel has provided some commentary (footnotes and indexing to follow) for certain especially difficult-to-pick games.

Todd M: Saint versus Colt -- Ah, the pitched battle to the death in the wild that we've all been waiting for. For 17 long weeks, fans of gladiatorial combat were teased with tantalizing visions of blood-covered halos and fields littered with awesome horse corpses. Who will win the Ultimate FaceBlast 2010? At first glance, the Saint appears to have all the advantages: divine favor, the ability to speak to animals, control the weather, etc. On the other hand, dat Colt thar don kick reel good. The Saint's beatific protection and host of angels get their craniums crushed by an unlucky horseshoe this week. Colt over Saint.