There were a lot of interesting match-ups in the conference semifinals this past weekend and many different results
would have created compelling conference championship games this weekend.
But at the end of the day, isn’t the final four probably the most interesting pair of games you could have hoped to watch?
Some may be tiring of the Peyton Manning/Tom Brady rivalry, I suppose. But not me. And this year’s is made more compelling by how many times New England has had to evolve throughout the season in dealing with the losses over time of Aaron Hernandez, Wes Welker, Rob Gronkowski and, for a chunk of the season, Danny Amendola — and that’s just on offense.
And in the NFC, this is the game I’ve wanted to see all along. I pegged San Francisco and Seattle as the top two teams in the conference heading into the season and, though it didn’t play out exactly how I expected it would, in the end that was the result.
So … before picking the results for this week’s games, here’s the wrap-up of our divisional weekend picks:
| Divisional | Total playoffs | |
| Tony | 4-0 | 6-2 |
| Anthony Maggio | 4-0 | 5-3 |
| Andy | 3-1 | 4-4 |
And here is who we think is going to win this weekend:
| Andy | Tony | Maggio | |
| Sunday, January 19 | |||
| New England at Denver | Denver | Denver | Denver |
| San Francisco at Seattle | Seattle | San Francisco | San Francisco |
We’ll have a preview of the games later this week. Tell us below who you think will win and why.
What is your preferred Super Bowl match-up?
- Denver vs Seattle (57%, 47 Votes)
- San Francisco vs Denver (19%, 16 Votes)
- Seattle vs New England (17%, 14 Votes)
- New England vs San Francisco (7%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 83

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