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Behind the Bets

By Chad Millman

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

My sportswriting hero, Rick Telander, taught me a neat trick the year the Niners played the Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. As soon as the conference title games ended he closed his eyes and picked a winner and the score. He didn't analyze a thing; he just closed and picked. His prediction: Niners in a blowout. So when Troy Polamalu ran back a Joe Flacco interception for six on Sunday night to seal the deal, I closed my eyes and picked. What did I see for Super Bowl XLIII? Steelers 24, Cardinal ...

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