Poor Panthers. Guess I'll go back to wearing my Tampa stuff, fair weather fan that I am. I'd wear my Detroit stuff but people laugh and throw things at me.
Now it's time for the endless comparisons, stats matchups, useless trivia for the next two weeks. Bah. What will I do next weekend without any football?
Seattle's 34-14 victory over Carolina in the NFC title game is part of a 14-game run in which the only loss was the regular-season finale, when the Seahawks rested their starters for most of the game in Green Bay.
And Pittsburgh's 34-17 win in Denver was its seventh in a row — the Steelers consider every one of them a playoff game after a 7-5 start because they need every one of their six straight to end the season just to make it into the playoffs.
Pittsburgh 35, Seattle 31.