Krazy King shows his anti-Boston bias again with this ridiculous "Coltes win" prediction...as with his bogus Red Sox predicted loss, the Krazy One has NO SUBSTANTIAL GROUNDS to predict anything but, at the very least, a "Pick Em", yet he goes overboard with his Kolts....in the present circumstances, a Kolts win is an upset no matter how you slice/dice it. And the Krazy one will keep on missing the mark...

cybyoung9,how much have you had to drink? Jeez...

Even when a columnist picks their team to win, they complain about bias against them?

it's kind of a fun post to read. You get "Coltes" right there in the beginning, a strange World Series comment because I'm pretty sure King acknowledged when picking the Rockies that there was no good reason for it (i.e. NO SUBSTANTIAL GROUNDS), then several creative uses of the letter 'k', and finally, in a fit of lyrical genius, the "slice/dice" bit. Overall, a bang-up job starting the comments off!

Though, on a couple of side notes, Buster is a smart man picking the Broncs, if only because somebody should, secondly 70-46 for the season doesn't seem too bad really - where does that fall in the standings, King?

So essentially, the Colts have great skill players, but the Patriots have more great skill players so they'll win? Little things like defense, special teams, and coaching? - not important. Also, home-field advantage between two closely matched

teams in the playoffs? -- not important. Fascinating.

Almost as fascinating as what arod and Schilling are doing in the _offseason_.

Does anyone really think either of these teams will be able to beat the NFC champ?

...Only if'n that NFC champ be the Niners...

Go Falcons! As a Pats fan, after being docked a first round pick because Randy Moss for a fourth-rounder is just not fair, everyone's forgotten that we've got SF's first-rounder next year. Just thought I'd go ahead and point that out.

Belichik has decided to march through the NFL like Sherman's army, and why not? There's something refreshing about this relentless will to score and win rather than mouth inanities about sportmanship in a milieu like the NFL, which is as soulless as any multinational corporation, although it wants to make you think it has some values we all share. The Pats are the Borg...resistance is futile. And what are those horseshoes doing on those Indianapolis helmets?

In the spirit of Murphy's Law, I know King ended his column with the predicted 6-4 Pats-Colts score to highlight how boring the game will probably be after all this hype, but I think a 6-4 score would be amazing. Probably unprecedented. Has any team every scored 2 safeties, and nothing else, in a game?

That would mean that the Colts would have to sack Brady, and this unstoppable force of an offense, TWICE in their own end zone! I'd love to see a defensive performance like that!

Niether of these teams will get the first draft pick, it'll be the rotten rams or sad sack dolphins.

And that Dolphin team are probably getting a little nervous. They have a party every year when the last undefeated team loses.

These teams would butcher that Miami team, whether they go undefeated or not.

By stating "stakes are everything" and following it up with the paragraphs you do, you're saying "stakes don't really mean anything". Just the kind of clarity we've come to expect here. Of course stakes aren't everything otherswise the "Baltimore-Pittsburgh game is pretty intriguing, and so are Green Bay-Kansas City, Carolina-Tennessee, Jacksonville-New Orleans and Denver-Detroit" games you mention would indeed be far more interesting than this one. And if stakes were everything no-one would ever watch a regular season baseball game and we know how you love your baseball.

As far as "The Pats were accused of running up the score, which is just stupid, these people being professionals and all, but they probably weren't so much rubbing it in to Washington as flexing their muscles for Indy's benefit." goes, They probably were running up the score as they've been trying to do in every game this season. Bellicheck was caught cheating earlier this season and may still be cheating as there were other suspicious events that haven't been sorted out yet, which is just stupid, these people being professionals and all, but they did get caught on one of their cheating tactics. Bellicheck is now coaching with the emotional professionalism of a grumpy 10 year old. And don't think he's not capable of it, he's done similar things before, like not shaking the opposing coach's hand after losing. The Jets know all about what a whiny, unprofessional little jackass he can be. Personally, I hope it costs him the game this weekend.

If any team is going to be the second to post an undefeated season this year, I'm hoping it'll be the Colts. It'd suck for the team to notch that achievement to be the one that started the season with a cheating scandal. There's still a ton of people that think they're cheaters and that'd follow this accomplishment too.

Hell Wes, the Dolphins of 2007 would butcher the Dolphins of '72. It wouldn't be close.

are cheaters, but that's the way of the world circa 2000-2007. I say, get on board or get run over. They win the Super Bowl going away...

Agreed

I agree.

I also think it would be refreshing for a team to absolutely drill Brady after a shotgun formation in the 4th quarter of a 45-7 game.

One good shot on Brady in a blowout and the Pats will stop running up the score this year.

Everybody in a fantasy football league that has Tom Brady is loving the Pats mentality. Keep running up the score please.

I really wasn't a sports fan until I started reading your column King. You do sportswriting in a way that makes it interesting and accessible to people who aren't stats junkies!

Thanks!

Has to take a shot at Brady or anybody else in pro or college to prevent running up the score. Just petition for a rule that allows the coach of the team getting beat to approach the refs and have the game ended whenever they have had enough. If you can't stop them either keep trying to stop them without complaining after the game, or have the game stopped then we won't have to listen to it.