That's right folks!  Tiger and his new swing lapped the field last NFL playoff weekend by going 4-0 in predicting the games!  It seems that I, XEA76, have developed the perfect system for playoff prognostication perfection.  The XEA Q.C.K.I.Q is the new wave.  It's Broadway Joe, break dancing, and Youtube all rolled into one.  It is the future!  It is brilliant.  (If you don't understand what this formula is, my "TIger Woods" post will explain it in more detail than I will here).

 Plugging this weekend's matchups into the machine will yield a few more upsets than last week's quotient.  In fact, the system calls for all four teams that won last week to win this week, effectively eliminating the top two seeds from each conference.  Here's how it breaks down:

 SATURDAY

 Peyton Manning/Tony Dungy/Adam Vinatieri  @  Steve McNair/Brian Billick/Matt Stover

 McNair has been to a Super Bowl as a player and many feel he should go again this year.  Manning has been to the Super Bowl as a fan and many feel he should be in a commercial during the broadcast.  "Cut that meat!"  Despite McNair's successes and Manning's failures in the playoffs, no one in their right mind should see this as anything but an advantage for the Colts.  Billick has one Super Bowl ring while being shamelessly carried by the side of the ball that he does not coach.  Dungy does not have a Super Bowl ring, but Jon Gruden does being shamelessly carried by the side of the ball that Dungy coached.  Push.  We all know Vinatieri is Mr. Clutch.  We also know that Stover is a very good kicker that makes very good chocolate.  Advantage Colts in this category and overall.

Jeff Garcia/Andy Reid/David Akers  @  Drew Brees/Sean Payton/John Carney/Reggie Bush

 Garcia is not having the year Brees is.  No one is at the QB position.  However, Garcia has started and won a playoff game while Brees never has.  The advantage goes to Brees but it's closer than the experts think (this sentence brought to you by Lee Corso and the College Gameday Show built by the Home Depot.  You can do it.  We can help.)  Andy Reid was a prominent assistant with Mike Holmgren when he led Green Bay to a Super Bowl win.  Sean Payton was a prominent assistant with Bill Parcells during his pathetic-Michael-Jordan-with-the-Wizards-like swan song with the Cowboys.  Advantage Eagles.  David Akers has made a game winning field goal in the playoffs in his career.  Carney may have too but its been so long ago that I can't remember it therefore he receives no credit.  Reggie Bush in no way factors in to the quotient.  I just get excited typing his name!  Eagles win!

SUNDAY

 Matt Hasslebeck/Mike Holmgren/Josh Brown  @  Rex Grossman/Lovie Smith/Robbie Gould

 Rex Grossman vs. . . .who cares.  It's Rex Grossman.  Maybe if it was Chris Leak, or maybe even Danny Wuerffel, maybe advantage Chicago.  It is the Gators' year, but this category still goes to the Seahawks.  BIG!  Super Bowl champion Mike Holmgren vs. a football coach named Lovie?  Seahawks.  Josh Brown vs. a guy who gets confused more often for the World Series of Poker Champion than an NFL player is pretty easy to call as well.  Seahawks again.

Tom Brady/Bill Belichick/Stephen Gostkowski  @  Phillip Rivers/Marty Schottenheimer/Nate Kaeding

 Brady vs. Rivers.  LSU vs. Notre Dame.  U.S. Steel vs. Belgian Steel.  Toyota vs. Ford.  Get the picture?  Belichick vs. Marty Ball is a guy who's made his legacy by winning in the playoffs vs. a guy who's made his legacy by losing in the playoffs.  Often times Belichick wins with the inferior talent while Marty loses with superior talent.  Another land slide for the Pats.  I'll give Kaeding the edge at kicker, but it won't be enough.  You may question the validity of any system that doesn't factor in the NFL MVP in selecting its winner.  However, I would say that you then have a perception problem.  I would question the validity of an MVP that does not factor in to the XEA Q.C.K.I.Q personally, but that's just me! 

 Check back next week as the mother of all scientific formulas looks to go 8-0 and provide you with the Super Bowl matchup.  I'm starting to become concerned that watching the games may become anti-climatic now that the quotient has been developed.  Hope we didn't spoil it for you.