Well, first of all I want to congratulate the Florida Gators for winning the 2007 BCS Championship. In fact, I want to congratulate all 22 of the 32 bowl winning teams I picked in my last post.

But college season is over, now, and it's time to look at the Professional playoffs. We're down to four teams, now, 2 per conference. And once again I'm going to make some predictions that are going to startle many (well, "many" relative to the number of people who read this), but if anyone doubt my predictive prowess, look again at my outstanding bowl record. Bitches.

But that is for tomorrow - it's only Thursday, after all. Today, we'll look back at the playoff games that have taken place so far, and try to glean whatever information we can out of them. In chronological order:

Wild Card Round:

Colts 23, Chiefs 8 - I'm sorry, but everyone should have seen this coming. The pundits spent so much time worrying about how the Colts were going to stop Larry Johnson that nobody realized that LJ was pretty much the entirety of the Chiefs' offense, and a team of monkeys can stop the run if they line up 8 and 9 in the box all of the time. This would foreshadow Indy's performance in their next postseason game. Meanwhile, Manning had, contrary to popular belief, a pretty decent game. Everybody focused on the three picks, but he went 30-38 for 268 yards. And two of those picks appeared to be the result of miscommunications.

Seahawks 21, Cowboys 20 - Aaaaahahahahahahhaaaahahahaahahaaahahahhaaaaaahahaaa!!!

Patriots 37, Jets 16 - The Jets managed to keep close the entire game, but in the end desparation caught up with them and they allowed the Patriots to make the plays which closed the door on their season. We didn't learn much here except that the Jets weren't ready for prime time. But there is one other thing. Everyone makes a big deal of how the NFC sent an 8-8 team to the playoffs and none of the 4,5, or 6 seeds had better than 9 wins on the season. But my question is how good can the AFC be if the clearly undermanned Jets can put up a 10 win season?

Eagles 23, Giants 20 - Tiki's last stand. In fact, both teams went ground heavy, which is how you win in the postseason.

Divisional Round:

Colts 15, Ravens 6 - An eerily similar result to the first Indy game, with the difference being that the Ravens have a better defense than the Chiefs and were able to hold the Colts to field goals. Otherwise, it was almost the same game. Manning threw a couple picks, but he made the plays he needed to make to set up scoring drives. The Ravens planned on running the Colts defense over but Jamal couldn't break through 8 and 9 man fronts, and the Ravens' passing game was unable to punish the Colts for cheating with their safeties.

Saints 27, Eagles 24 - The story of this ball game, to me, is Reggie Bush. Overall, McAllister had the better game, but he has been a reliable quantity all season. Bush is showing that he is finally ready to make the leap. Some of his runs made me think of his college days, especially the TD run where he got stopped going up the middle, and then reversed course and outran everyone to the corner of the end zone. If Bush can continue his ascension, the Saints will have the best running game of the remaining four teams, and should be looking at the best running attack next season, as well.

Bears 27, Seahawks 24 - You have to like what Rex Grossman did by setting up the winning score. However, the state of the Bears defense continues to be substandard - especially considering the standard they had set.

Patriots 24, Chargers 21 - The worst palyed playoff game I have ever seen. Between the drops, the fumbles, the boneheaded penalties, and the just general stupidity of the Chargers, it's a wonder the Patriots didn't win by 30. Although, it's not really a wonder when you consider that this simply isn't the same Patriots team that won consecutive Super Bowls 2 and 3 years ago. They're lucky to still be playing.

Predictions tomorrow.