As the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers face off in Dallas this Sunday, fans are storing up on salsa chips and crab cakes and everybody has their Ms. Cleo-like predictions.
Two-time Super Bowl Champion, Houston Texans defensive end Jarvis Green (pictured right) has Green Bay winning by six:
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"I like Green Bay because they are a young team, they are new at this and they look hungry. Aaron Rodgers has been playing like a beast in the playoffs.
"Yes, Pittsburgh has a strong defense, but I think Aaron Rodgers is up for the challenge and Green Bay has their tradition behind them. It's their time. Final score will be GB 34-PITT 28."
Two-time NBA All-Star and Dallas Mavericks forward Caron Butler (pictured below) will be there for Super Bowl XLV. The Racine, Wis., native and lifelong Packers fan told Aol. Black Voices that he is predicting a 24-21 Green Bay victory over the Pittsburg Steelers Sunday and sees the same gritty brilliance in Aaron Rodger that he recalls Brett Favre possessed during the 1997 season - the last year the storied Packers franchise won it all:
"I grew up as a huge Favre fan. You look at Aaron Rodgers and you look at Brett Favre, and you see the same charisma and confidence," said Butler, who spends the off-season with his family in Wisconsin.
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"Aaron Rodgers is a head above the pack. We are going to see two of the best quarterbacks in the league face off at Cowboys Stadium, but Rodgers is coming out on top."
It's a tough call.
Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu, the defensive player of the year, will be leading the team on defense against the fleet-footed Big Ben Roethlisburger.
Polamalu's arsenal includes covering receivers in the secondary when other teams are passing, grabbing interceptions and making bone crunching tackles like a linebacker.
I have to agree with Butler and Green that Green Bay is going to win, mostly because of their awesome offense. Though I am pulling for Head Coach Mike Tomlin to win for so many reasons, only a few of them are football related.
26-Jan-11 - You would presume that with all of their citations of the Constitution and remembrance of the founding fathers, Tea Party candidates would understand history at least a little bit. But that's apparently not the case with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) who said that the founding fathers ended slavery in the United States.
26-Jan-11 - You would presume that with all of their citations of the Constitution and remembrance of the founding fathers, Tea Party candidates would understand history at least a little bit. But that's apparently not the case with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) who said that the founding fathers ended slavery in the United States.
25-Jan-11 - Actor and former gangsta rapper Ice-T may want to maintain some "Law & Order" in his household. The celeb's teenage son Tracy "Little Ice" Marrow Jr. was arrested during the wee hours Monday morning outside a Van Nuys, Calif., strip club and charged with public indecency.
21-Jan-11 - The black community in Greenwood, Miss., is on edge and angry after the death of Frederick Jermaine Carter who was 26 years old and found hanging from a tree in what authorities have labeled to be a suicide.
20-Jan-11 - In an interview with CNS News on Thursday, senator Rick Santorum voiced his absolute disbelief that Obama would dare support a woman's right to choose abortion ... considering he's a black man.
