So, the matchup for Super Bowl XLIII is set: the team I hate most in professional sports, the Pittsburgh Steelers, will go against a franchise I love perhaps more than my own family: the Team That Is Playing the Steelers.  As many of you know, Team That Is Playing the Steelers is also known in some circles as the Buzzsaw that is the Arizona Cardinals, and there is no more prominent fan on the Web than Deadspin editor emeritus Will Leitch.

Meanwhile, here at KSK, as has been painfully obvious in recent weeks, our own Mike Tunison (AKA Christmas Ape) will be cheering his little black heart out for the Steelers.  Not that he needs to, as 90% of the country will be doing the same.

And so, as has been done in recent weeks over at Deadspin, I’ve taken the reigns to organize a little “mayor’s bet” for the blogosphere.  I consulted neither Leitch nor Tunison for this bet, but fuck them.  Their teams are in the Super Bowl.

IF THE STEELERS WIN:

- I will hit Mike Tunison in the face with a cookie tray.

IF THE CARDINALS LOSE:

- I will hit Will Leitch in the face with a cookie tray.

Um, that’s pretty much it.  Maybe I should have thought this out more in advance.

Detail-oriented readers will note that I did not include the terms of an Arizona win. I guess, given the existence of Larry Fitzgerald, it’s theoretically possible that the Cardinals can wi– no. Nope, I can’t even finish that sentence.  It’s better if we all come to terms with a Steelers championship now.

You know the saying, “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst”? Well, this is me dipping my cookie tray in resin and broken glass.