I've got the Steelers at 0 (pick em, as I think it's called?). Do you football guys think they're at least 50% to win the game? I know absolutely sweet f[]ck all about American football. I can hardly believe I've even made this bet.

I whole heartedly agree with ice. While Ben is a good quarterback, I don't think he's a great quarterback and losing him definetely hurts the steelers. That said as long as they run the ball and play good defence, I think I still have a fair chance (somewhere from 35-50%) that they still cover the initial line.

I don't agree that miami is as good as most of the analysts are giving them credit for just cause they now have culpepper on their team. How well did that help them in Minnesota? The fact is Minnesota was 9-7 2 years of the last 5 with Culpepper. All the rest, they were a .500 team or below. Their success seemed to follow more with the success of their running game, of which miami has virtually none.

Last news I heard, Hines Ward will be playing so Ben seems to be the only missing link to the Steelers' success.

For those that haven't made the bet yet, hedging is still a good option to lock up money, but I haven't given up hope yet.