As cool as it is to turn 20 years old today (the 9th in case this doesn't make the midnight deadline(EDIT: It didn't)), what does it really mean? The start of a new decade in my life, I guess.

So now that the NFL season is officially over, let's take a look back at my predictions for the season.

AFC:

East:

1. Miami Dolphins (11-5, Seed 3): I'm just as shocked as everyone else. What a great turnaround for them.

2. New England Patriots (11-5): I'm not exactly crying because they missed the playoffs due to tie-breakers, but still impressive considering who they didn't have.

3. New York Jets (9-7): Those poor, ignorant fools at ESPN....who called it? Maybe now you guys will get off Favre's jock strap.

4. Buffalo Bills (7-9): Next time I over-hype a team without a winning record since 2004, stop me.

North:

1. Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4, Seed 2, Won Super Bowl XLIII): Congrats to Blitzburgh for their sixth ring. I underestimated these guys at the start of the season.

2. Baltimore Ravens (11-5, Seed 6): Another surprise (though not quite as much) of a turnaround from a struggling '07 campaign.

3. Cincinnati Bengals (4-11-1): I saw this one coming, but didn't expect Palmer to only play four games all season.

4. Cleveland Browns (4-12): Thank God I got off that pre-season bandwagon with some credibility intact.

South:

1. Tennessee Titans (13-3, Seed 1): Impressive season from a team that didn't look that way going in. But does Collins come back?

2. Indianapolis Colts (12-4, Seed 5): The king fell from his perch this season after five years of division dominance. Still, another great year from Peyton Manning.

3. Houston Texans (8-: Started weak but finished relatively well. This could be one of those playoff sleeper teams if Schaub could just stay healthy for a full season.

4. Jacksonville Jaguars (5-11): I had Jack Del Rio pegged as the AFC's Pro Bowl coach (meaning they would lose the AFC Championship game). Unfortunately, I have to swallow this one.

West:

1. San Diego Chargers (8-8, Seed 4): My pre-season Super Bowl champions. I actually (somehow)had a shot at it holding up, but it died in western Pennsylvania.

2. Denver Broncos (8-: Had the division lead all season until the last week. Now tell me why Mike Shanahan shouldn't have been fired.

3. Oakland Raiders (5-11): In typical current Raiders fashion, they suck. How much longer will these guys be a punch line in the NFL?

4. Kansas City Chiefs (2-14): This division just keeps getting better. Oh well, they could have been the Lions instead.

NFC:

East:

1. New York Giants (12-4, Seed 1): I had that same standing as my original prediction. Too bad they couldn't do anything meaningful with it.

2. Philadelphia Eagles (9-6-1, Seed 6): One half of an NFC Championship game featuring two 9-win teams. I'd like to think the G-Men make them pay next year for the divisional round game.

3. Dallas Cowboys (9-7): I'm still laughing....

4. Washington Redskins (8-: I love how teams like this exceeded my low expectations quite admirably early on, only to try their damnedest to fulfill my predictions down the stretch.

North:

1. Minnesota Vikings (10-6, Seed 3): Someone eventually stepped forward and won this division. But unfortunately it was the team with Tarvaris Jackson at QB.

2. Chicago Bears (9-7): When you're fighting for your playoff lives against the Texans and come up short, I have no sympathy for you.

3. Green Bay Packers (6-10): So because of unusual injury and other defensive problems, Aaron Rodgers did not do as good a job as Brett Favre would have done? Gimme a break.

4. Detroit Lions (0-However many games they played): All has been said that needs to be said about this team. God help them.

South:

1. Carolina Panthers (12-4, Seed 2): I had a feeling Delhomme's return would mean something for them. Just didn't know it would eventually mean an embarrassing playoff loss.

2. Atlanta Falcons (11-5, Seed 5): Another feel-good story. But can they do it again next year?

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7): Jon Gruden took Tony Dungy's team to a Super Bowl victory, and then failed to win a playoff game the rest of his seven-year tenure. Coincidence?

4. New Orleans Saints (8-: Someone needs to remind Sean Payton that you need at least a respectable defense to make it anywhere in this league.

West:

1. Arizona Cardinals (9-7, Seed 4): If only they could have come to Giants Stadium for the NFC Championship game. Oh well. Nice play down the stretch from the whole team.

2. San Francisco 49ers (7-9): Impressive finish under Mike Singletary, but still work to do in the offseason.

3. Seattle Seahawks (4-12): What a way for Mike Holmgren to go out. Sort of fell back into the mediocrity (putting it nicely) of the division as a whole.

4. St. Louis Rams (2-14): Just when you thought it couldn't get much worse for them after last year. Perhaps Spags can fix what ails them.

Speaking of football (and my birthday) my mom gave me a written promise that next season we would go to a Giants game. I'm already pumped for it. Hopefully it will be earlier in the year so that it isn't unbearably cold out, and the Giants of late seem to do better in the beginning of the year anyway. Definitely looking forward to that.

Well I should be going to bed soon. See you guys around.