deshaun watson

Before you go racing off to the sportsbook to place your bets on the Philadelphia Eagles winning Super Bowl LIII, repeat after me: Super Bowl champions no longer repeat the process. It's happened once since 2000, when the New England Patriots captured Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX. But faced with the opportunity to do so against the Eagles in Super Bowl LII, the defending champion Patriots dropped the ball.

The Baltimore Ravens are the kings of nothing - in more ways than one. The Ravens have posted thee of the seven shutouts recorded in the NFL this season. But with a mediocre 5-5 record, the Ravens hover on the cusp of playoff contention. They'll get another shot at a zero sum game on Monday night when they are home to face the mediocre offense of the Houston Texans.

In 51 Super Bowl match-ups, only twice have both teams come from the same state - the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV and the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. Could we be looking at an all-Pennsylvania showdown in Super Bowl LII? Certainly at this stage of the season, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers look to be the best of the best.

It's the first rematch in national title game history, as the NCAA Championship pits the Alabama Crimson Tide against the Clemson Tigers again. But can they equal last year's sensational barn burner, when Alabama held off Clemson 45-40?