Historic Championship Games

I was somewhat surprised in how the championship games have turned out. Like I posted here last week there is almost ALWAYS a #1 seed in the Super Bowl and this year there won't be.

But there are some other points of interest to know.

Once again anything here is from 1990 when the playoffs were expanded to 12 teams.

This is only the second time that a #6 seed will be playing for a shot at the Super Bowl and the FIRST time that TWO 6 seeds will be in the games.

This is also the first time that there WILL NOT be a #1 seed in a conference championship game. In every year since 1990 one of the two #1 seeds made a championship game. But this year there won't be any.

Which means that this will be only the third Super Bowl since 1990 that hasn't featured a #1 seed in it.

And for the NFC this is the second year in a row without the #1 seed in the championship game. That comes on the heels of 17 straight seasons with the #1 seed making the game.

Obviously parody is at an all time high. A #1 seed hasn't won since the Patriots beat the Panthers in Super Bowl 38 in 2004. And 2 wild card teams have won Super Bowls in the last 3 games (Steelers, Giants).

So is parody good for the NFL come playoff time?

Obviously it is good for the overall game and during the regular season it is nice cause every game matters. Any team can win any weekend.

But in the playoffs is this much parody good for the league? Think about it. We were not to far from having a Cardinals/Chargers Super Bowl. And the NFC Champion WILL NOT have finished the season with double digit wins.

The Super Bowl champion is possibly a team that went 9-7 or 9-6-1 during the regular season. Once in a while that would be great to see in the NFL but every year I am not so sure.

It is nice to have a dynasty like the Yankees in baseball or the Patriots the past few years to root against and hope they lose. Last years Super Bowl was incredible. And for the most part the game sucked. But you had the mighty Patriots chasing history and most of the country rooting against them.

That is what sports are about. When you have teams fighting for a championship that everyone likes less people care. A game like Steelers/Eagles will be a good game but it won't be memorable unless you live in Pennsylvania.