Now that the Seahawks have been eliminated from the NFL playoffs, I don’t really have an interest in watching anymore.

That’s not to say that I won’t, necessarily. Usually, when the Hawks lose out (see also: when the Hawks have to play on the road), I put football out of my mind until about August.

But this year’s different. There’s the warm and fuzzy storyline of Brett Favre going out (or not going out) on top, but that bores me. The guy’s already won a Super Bowl. If he doesn’t win this year, boo hoo. Once he sees his next check from doing those Wrangler jeans commercials, he isn’t going to care anyway.

Want to know who I’m rooting for this postseason? I want New England to beat the crap out of San Diego, then beat the crap out of New York in the Super Bowl.

Now, I’m not stupid enough to think that Eli Manning is going to win consecutive road games in the playoffs. His luck has probably run out after stealing one in Dallas on Sunday.

Just imagine for a second, though, that Eli is capable of winning in Green Bay in January. That gives Tom Brady and Bill Belichick the rare opportunity to completely own not just Peyton Manning, but his brother as well.

It puts a smile on my face just thinking about it. The only way Brady could top that is if he went to Archie Manning’s house and set a bag of poop on fire on his porch.

But even if it’s the Packers who face the Patriots in the Super Bowl, it could still be entertaining — not just because of the multiple storylines (Favre; the Pats chasing a perfect season; and Koren Robinson actually playing a positive role on an NFL champion). It’s because, really, I just like to see teams run up the score.

All season people have been complaining about the Patriots scoring too many points, or going for it on fourth down when they have a 40-point lead.

Wah. If you don’t want them to run up the score, play better defense. Cover Randy Moss. Create a pass rush so Brady doesn’t have time to manicure his nails before picking apart your secondary.

Unsportsmanlike coaching makes for much better television. How many times have you been watching a blowout and thought, “This game would be a lot more entertaining if they would just score 70 points instead of 56”? If you’re like me, more times than you can count.

It’s not like the Super Bowl is hurting for ratings (though I believe that 1 billion people watch it every year as much as I believe that Larry Craig isn’t gay), but could you imagine how many more people would watch it knowing that Brady and Co. are going to go for it on every fourth down and score as many points as they can, regardless of the circumstances? If I were Roger Goodell, I may even go so far as to force the Pats to run the score up. Why not? They cheated earlier this year. Might as well make it worthwhile.

So my hope is that fans wishing for a close game are miserable come Super Bowl Sunday.

Nobody likes punters, anyway.

[Reach columnist Christian Caple at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.]