That’s right, sports fans, the New Orleans Saints have just garnered their first superbowl victory, proving EA’s predictions correct. According to a post at 1Up, this marks the sixth accurate prediction of the game, in which EA uses football sim Madden NFL for accurate pigskin analysis. The only year they’ve been wrong was in 2008 when the New England Patriots suffered a tragic loss to the Giants. Full disclosure – I’m a Boston girl. It still hurts.

According to an Madden NFL 09 simulation run by EA Sports, the Cinderella story of the Arizona Cardinals is about to reach an abrupt end. They did put up a good fight in the simulated Super Bowl XLIII, which the Pittsburgh Steelers won 28-24.

If that scenario actually unfolds in Tampa Bay, it will be the sixth Super Bowl win for the Steelers. It would also make Mike Tomlin the youngest coach in history to win a Super Bowl at age 36.

In EA Sports’ scenario…