OK, I admit, as I have admitted in previous blogs, that I'm not real good at predictions.

But heading into the final game of the 2008-09 National Football League season, I'm 4-6 in playoff predictions.

Not bad. But not great.

To make matters worse, I'll finish 4-7 in those predictions.

By the way, how did all of you do? Did you fair better? Did you actually predict a Pittsburgh-Arizona matchup?

Highly doubtful. But then again, I'll give praise to anyone who did.

In the first week of playoff action, I accurately predicted Indianapolis and Minnesota getting beat, as San Diego knocked off the Colts and Philadelphia defeated my beloved Vikings.

I lost my picks in both the Baltimore-Miami contest and Arizona-Atlanta game, as the Ravens and Cardinals both advanced.

In the second week, the Divisional Playoffs, I lost the Baltimore-Tennessee game, the Arizona-Carolina game and the Philadelphia-New York Giants game. However, I managed to escape with one win as Pittsburgh defeated San Diego.

One of my Super Bowl picks, Carolina, went down that week. In fact, I had the Panthers winning it all.

So, I had one team remaining in the final week of playoff games before the Super Bowl.

The Steelers.

My fiance absolutely hates the Steelers and has despised Pittsburgh since 1995, when the Steelers defeated the Colts in the AFC Championship Game when Indy was led by "Captain Comeback," Jim Harbaugh. She was rooting for Baltimore all evening, despite not being a fan of the Ravens either.

But she really doesn't like Pittsburgh. There's an anger in her voice that I have never heard when the topic of Steeler football comes up. It's almost comical and yet, very disturbing.

On Sunday, I effectively lost one game as Arizona knocked off the Eagles, 32-25. But I picked up a win when the Steelers held off the Ravens for the third time this season, 23-14.

That means I'm 4-6. But I can't get a fifth win, unfortunately and I'd like to thank Carolina for that.

Thanks a bunch!

In two weeks, most of the country will have their television sets tuned in to NBC at 6 p.m., when Pittsburgh and Arizona face each other in the Super Bowl.

The Steelers have a good track record when it comes to Super Bowls, winning five of six. Terry Bradshaw guided the Steelers to four Super Bowl victories while Ben Roethlisberger has already won one in his career.

So, I'm not ashamed to point out I went 4-7 in the world of predictions.

But I'd be willing to be that nobody had the Cardinals against the Steelers in the Super Bowl.

Did you?