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With just a few weeks left before the gilded Super Bowl 50, we’re now down to less than a handful of teams that still have a shot to play in San Francisco on February 7. And while I don’t want to overlook next week’s games (honestly, how could you look beyond a Brady/Manning matchup?) I thought it was worth getting a temperature check on which teams football fans across the country are hoping to see in the final football game of the season.

From what we’ve seen so far, fans on both Reddit and Twitter (yes, all five of them) mostly agree that we’re likely to see a repeat of Super Bowl XXXVIII between the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots. Sure, it’s a bit of a mixed bag, but unless you’re willing to take the time to individually count all of those Reddit responses to prove me wrong then you’ll just have to take my word for it.

If you really need to see a definitive answer and a larger sample size, this fugly looking straw poll that should do the trick:

To be honest, I’m not shocked – these two teams have stood out against the rest nearly all season. But what I am completely freaking stunned by is the fact that, for some God-forsaken reason, nearly 30% of the people who took that poll actually want to see a noodle-armed Peyton Manning go out there and embarrass himself in another Super Bowl blowout. I just don’t get it. Who is that good for?

In the end, all I care about is the chance to see Touchdown Tommy play in February again this year. So, for now, I’m going to defer my choice for the NFC’s representative until after the Brady-Manning chapter is officially closed next weekend. Hopefully those 250 anonymous respondents know what the heck they’re talking about.

What do you think? Who, besides Coldplay, do you expect to be playing on February 7? Cast your vote below: