What is wrong with national sports media

I have a theory as to what's wrong with the National sports media. They are all Northeast people who want to see their favorite four or five teams win. For example, last September, how many people picked the Arizona Cardinals to go to the Super Bowl? Maybe a handful of people picked them to win the NFC West, but outside of the Valley of the Sun, I doubt that any "expert" picked the Cards to go to the Super Bowl. This week the Sports Illustrated annual NFL Preview issue came out and the geniuses there picked the Patriots to beat the Bears in the Super Bowl in Miami this February. Here are their picks
AFC East: New England, unholy/slavish devotion to Belichick and Brady
AFC North: Pittsburgh, defending champion get benefit of the doubt
AFC South: Houston, a surprise, for once, SI picks someone different. A safe pick would have been the Colts or the Titans.
AFC West: San Diego
Wild Card: Baltimore and Indy

NFC East: New York, what Northeast-centric writers pick, their default.
NFC North: Chicago, believe in Smith and Cutler
NFC South: Atlanta, decent pick
NFC West: Seattle, a surprise, for sure, only thought is a healthy Hasslebeck and the fact that Seattle made the playoffs for five straight years made them a safe pick. I would pick the 49ers. Singletary and a decent quarterback do it for me. I don't trust the Cardinals. Besides the 49ers have the biggest attraction or draw among teams in the NFC West because of their success in the 1980's and 1990's.

Wild Card: Minnesota and Green Bay, Minnesota is Favre worship. Can't explain the Packers pick as a wild card, except that they must hate Dallas.

These guys who work for SI are out of touch with the average sports fan. Fortunately, there are sites like www.fieldgulls.com, part of www.sbnation.com and www.bleacherreport.com to give one a different perspective. I won't even mention the Four letter word that starts with an E.

Good luck to all teams.