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WILKES-BARRE — Today everybody is an expert when it comes to football prognostications.

We all make predictions on who will win the Super Bowl — most come from the heart and not the brain.

Anyway, as Edwardsville’s George Toma prepares his 55th Super Bowl Field in Tampa — less than one week after celebrating his 92nd birthday — we will see who knows what they are talking about when it comes to predicting today’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs — who won the title a year ago — and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who will be playing in their home Raymond James Stadium — a first for the game.

As Toma, who lives in Kansas City, said, “When you have Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, it’s hard to beat that group.”

We shall see, sir.

Here are th4e predictions from our esteemed panel of fearless forecasters:

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, Bucs 30, Chiefs 24

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Chiefs 32, Bucs 27

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, Chiefs 35, Bucs 31

U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, Chiefs 34, Bucs 31

District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, Bucs 24, Chiefs 21

Rep. Gerald Mullery, Chiefs 42, Bucs 24

Sen. John Yudichak, Bucs 34 Chiefs 28

Sen. Lisa Baker, Chiefs 35, Bucs 30

Judge Michael Vough, Chiefs 35 Bucs 27

Judge Correale Steven, Bucs 35, Chiefs 24

Republican Chair Justin Behrens, Bucs 32. Chiefs 14

Democratic Chair Kathy Bozinski, Chiefs 34, Bucs 27

Tony “the Shoe Guy” Bonczewski, Bucs 26, Chiefs 22

Bruce Gutterman, Chiefs 34 Bucs 30

Jim Cummings, Mericle Development, Chiefs 38, Bucs 17

Gary Bernstein, JCC, Bucs 42, Chiefs 38

Sam Guesto Jr., Chiefs 26, Bucs 24

Ted Wampole Jr., Chiefs 33, Bucs 26

Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, Chiefs 30 Bucs 27

Wilkes University President Dr. Greg Cant, Chiefs 42, Bucs 28.

Will Beekman, GM Mohegan Sun Arena, Chiefs 30, Bucs 27

Lori Nocito, Leadership WB, Chiefs 42 Bucs 35

Joe Nardone Sr., Gallery of Sound, Chiefs 34, Bucs 27

Jimmy Harnen, President/CEO BMLG Records, Chiefs 38, Bucs 31

Gert McGowan, Family Service Assoc., Chiefs 38, Bucs 17

Rep. Karen Boback, Bucs 38, Chiefs 31

Teri Ooms, The Institute, Chiefs, 31, Bucs 28

Larry Newman, Diamond City Partnership, Chiefs 31, Bucs 24

Rep. Aaron Kaufer, Chiefs 28, Bucs 24

Diane Dutko, Luzerne Foundation, Chiefs 31, Bucs 24

Charles Barber, Luzerne Foundation, Chiefs, 24, Bucs 18

Bill Jones, United Way, Chiefs 27 Bucs 24

Tom Pugh, Bucs 24, Chiefs 17

Attorney Garry Taroli, Chiefs 35, Bucs 24

Gerry O’Donnell, Chiefs 27, Bucs 24

Mayor George Brown, Chiefs 35, Bucs 14

Lou Barletta, Chiefs 34, Bucs 24

Rep. Tarah Toohil, Chiefs 33, Bucs 31

Carl Beardsley, WB/Scranton Airport, Chiefs 38, Bucs 24

County Manager C. David Pedri, Chiefs 31, Bucs 24

<strong>Times Leader staff picks</strong>

Mike Murray, Publisher, Bucs 31, Chiefs 27

Joe Soprano, Executive Editor, Chiefs 42, Bucs 38

Kevin Carroll, Chiefs 34, Bucs 30

Marc Couchot, Chiefs 38, Bucs 28

Roger DuPuis, Editor, Chiefs 69, Bucs 0

Ben Mandell, Chiefs 38, Bucs 27

Russ Coolbaugh, Chiefs 35, Bucs 28

Ed Lewis, Bucs 38, Chiefs 30

Jerry Lynott, Chiefs 34, Bucs 21

Patrick Kernan, Chiefs 32, Bucs 26

Bill O’Boyle, Chiefs 45, Bucs 27

Area fans overwhelmingly choose Chiefs over Bucs in Super Bowl LV