We here at the Cotter Chronicle like to focus on the important issues regarding our community… such as who will reign supreme as the 2015 NFL Champion. The highly anticipated matchup features two #1 seeds, the 12-4 Denver Broncos (AFC West champion) and the 15-1 Carolina Panthers (NFC South champion). We polled some of our readers to see who they think will take the Lombardi trophy home:

Jake “Cake” Renk – Broncos 24-17

Noah “Yoda” French – Panthers 35-12

Noah “Cheese” Nachtigal – Panthers 36-28

Wallie – Panthers 35-27

Jeremy “The Psychic” Streitz – Panthers 24-21

Gabe “I Watch Football during Health Class” Welch – Panthers 24-21

Sam “The Prediction Machine” Wantock – Panthers 30-7

Maddie Kohner – 49-20 Panthers

Mr. Whaley – Broncos 24-17

Nathan “The Swami” Stanislawski – Panthers 28-24

Jack “The Wrestler” Vaselaar – Broncos 24-21

Austin “My Favorite Commercials are the M&Ms Ones” Kerrigan – Panthers 35-24

Mr. Howard, proud Broncos fan – Broncos 27-17

It appears as if resounding support for the Carolina Panthers will be ringing through the halls on Monday if they win. Hopefully, Mr. Howard didn’t make any bets that if the Panthers won, he would buy the whole school doughnuts. We’ll see…