OK, class. Let’s see if you’ve paid attention.

Who do you expect will win the Super Bowl Sunday, the Carolina Panthers or the Atlanta Falcons?

Yes, that’s a trick question.

If you picked Atlanta, you’re wrong. They aren’t playing. So it must be the Panthers? Wrong again.

The teams playing in this year’s Geriatric Bowl are the aging New England Patriots with the NFL’s oldest coach Bill Belichick and oldest quarterback Tom Brady.

Belichick will turn 67 in April and has coached the Patriots to 9 Super Bowls.

His aging quarterback is 41 and has guided the Patriots to 5 Super Bowl wins.

If they win again Sunday, that will give them 6 Super Bowl victories.

The Kiddie Corps

Across the line of scrimmage will be rookie L.A. (as in Los Angeles, not Lower Alabama) Rams quarterback Jared Goff, 24. He’s 17 years younger than Brady, the Pattriot’s quarterback.

On the sideline will be another rookie, coach Sean McVay, who turned 33 last week – 34 years younger than Belichick and youngest head coach in NFL history.

One thing I like about the NFL is that most teams are owned by families – not soul-less corporations.

The Rams are owned by Enos Kroenke and his wife Ann, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton.

Technically, Ann is not an owner due to NFL ownership restrictions. She owns the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche.

The Patriots are owned by Bob Kraft, a real estate developer who also owns the stadium where the Patriots and his soccer team play.

Odds favor Patriots

When the 2 teams kick off at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the betting money is going to be on Brady and Belichick but not by much.

The Patriots are favored by less than a field goal.

The Patriots have an exceptional passing game, but will probably run the ball a lot with former Georgia back Sony Michel. L.A. may run, too, with another Georgia alum Todd Gurley.

That will bring both secondaries in to stop the run, opening passing lanes for the other team’s receivers.

Both teams must play mistake-free football.

Belichick is a stickler for fundamentals. This should help the Patriots limit mistakes and penalties.

Belichick concedes the Rams are fundamentally sound and have the least penalties offensively.

“They don’t make many mistakes,” he said.

Who will win?

I don’t bet on sports, but I’m picking the Patriots.

They have the talent and big game grace to pull it off.

I’ll also predict it will go down to the last 5 seconds as the Super Bowl did last year when the Eagles beat the Patriots on a trick play.

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