No one expected Arizona to be here, or to win their first game, or to win last week, but the fact is that luck is fleeting while skill is reliable.  The Cardinals won in the first week from a couple of good breaks and won last week due to 5 interceptions by the other quarterback.  The Eagles, however, won by stopping the Giants on 4th down, converting long drives and using the clock.  I’ll take the Eagles on the road to win 24-14.

Pittsburgh and Baltimore play for the third time, Steelers winning the first two.  There is a myth that you cannot beat the same team 3 times in one season.  The Steelers can throw and run and the Ravens can really only run.  Both teams have speed that stops the run and pass and Ed Reed is better on defense than anyone Pittsburgh shows on offense.  Bottom line is that rookie QBs and rookie coaches don’t go to the Super Bowl.  Imagine the Steelers winning a cold game of defense and field possession 16-6.

I don’t have a problem with people saying Florida is #1.  They beat everyone they were supposed to, from a tough conference, only lost one game on a failed PAT and beat high-powered OU with defense in the title game.

I don’t have a problem with people saying USC is #1.  They lost one game in a weaker conference, but gave up virtually no points the entire second half of the season and controlled Penn State throughly in the Rose Bowl.

I don’t have a problem with people saying Utah is #1.  They went unbeated, they beat multiple bowl teams and won the Sugar Bowl in what is basically a home game for Bama even after the Tide was the AP#1 for almost every week of the season.

The problem : would a playoff really fix this? We’d end up with 7 games to resolve 8 teams and I’m not positve the best team would win out over that.