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Is it fair? Of course it isn't fair. The Giants and Buccaneers both finished 10-6, and neither of them will advance. That's absurd. But then, was it fair when the 93-69 Mariners stayed home in 2003 while the 90-72 Twins, 91-71 Marlins, and 88-74 Cubs went on? Was it fair when the 83-78 Cardinals advanced in 2006 while five teams with better records missed out? Was it fair when an excellent Seahawks team lost the Super Bowl to the Steelers in the way that they did? Sports aren't fair. They can be, but they often aren't, and that's something we've always had to live with. It just so happens that this most recent lack of fairness gave Seattle a break.
And what a break it is. We've essentially been handed a free lottery ticket. The Seahawks are going to be significant underdogs in any game they play, and they deserve that, because they are bad. But their odds aren't zero. There does exist some mathematical chance that the Seahawks - these Seahawks - end up winning the Super Bowl. These Seahawks could end up winning the Super Bowl by following the only course of events that would have them finish with an above-.500 record.
