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With an edge at nearly every position, the Monkeys are looking at their best chance to capture that elusive first championship. Last year, these two teams met in the Super Bowl and the Fat Jubas walked away with a 24-point upset victory. The automated matchup on our website predicts a 34-point win for the Monkeys this year but should the Jubas pull off an improbable upset again, it would qualify as the greatest upset of all time. Bigger than Patriots vs Rams, bigger than Pistons vs Lakers, bigger than Douglas vs Tyson...

The Monkeys have lost only one game all season and might have been undefeated but for an (unfortunate) explosion by Buffy mid-season. Everything that the Monkeys have been building up to -- for five years -- has come to this point. This is the best team that time can buy. The best QB in the game, the top two RBs, three quality WRs. There are no holes here. The Monkeys have traditionally failed in the playoffs due to their lack of a solid third receiver and the annual late season blip by Manning and Tomlinson. This year however, the Chargers and the Colts are engaged in a race for AFC homefield advantage, so neither team will sit its stars in this most crucial of weeks.

The defending champion Fat Jubas head into Super Bowl VI with a team that is a bit of a patchwork squad on paper but strong on the field. Make no mistake, the Jubas deserve to be here. They've used savvy trades and waiver wire pickups to build upon last season's success. They managed to win their division -- for the third time -- without the services of last year's MVP, Shaun Alexander, for most of the season. Now Shaun's back and he's ready to find the end zone a few times.

This is the first time that two number one seeds have faced off in the playoffs. This will truly be a battle of the titans -- despite the Monkeys averaging 38 more points per week during the regular season than the Jubas. This prognosticator thinks it'll come down to the quarterbacks. LDT and LJ will get theirs, we expect Gore and Alexander to have good games, and the wide receivers should mostly cancel each other out (although it'll be tough for Coles to match last week's career numbers).

The difference between an easy victory and a tight finish might be Peyton versus whoever ends up starting for the Jubas. Will it be old man Brett Favre? Or will it be Vince "Forever" Young? Even Marc "Big" Bulger has a chance to start. We don't envy the decision Eric will have to make behind this three-headed monster.

Speaking of Peyton Manning, this is his game to win -- or lose. If he can't prove his mettle in this biggest of pressure cookers, then the Manning era may be over in Chunky-land. Nobody represents the face of the Monkeys more than the infamous look Peyton wears after he gets upset (each year) in the playoffs. Can that face be one of victory and delight this winter? We'll see.

So, can Evan finally get the monkey off his back? Can years of regular season success and an enviable roster finally add up to a championship? If they win, we forsee a name change for the Chunkies; but let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's just get ready for what will no doubt be a historic and memorable weekend. Super Bowl VI: The Revenge?

Note: In an effort to curry favor with his fan base, Evan scooped up Chargers Defense again after a one week break. Good karma move.

Ambulances are standing by should the Monkeys lose...