FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla — I must admit I had grand ambitions when I started collecting Super Bowl predictions not long after my arrival in South Florida. After all, less than 24 hours on the ground, I had run into Papa John himself (legal name: John Schnatter) at the Pro Bowl, who was graciously shaking hands and taking photos with all comers in the bowels of Sun Life Stadium next to a golf cart topped with a Papa John's pizza delivery sign. (There is no reason he shouldn't have been happy, considering slices of his pizza were selling for $9 a pop at the game.)

Papa John's prediction: Colts 42, Saints 35.

He noted that he was from Indiana, which made his prediction a natural.

But for whatever reason, the celebrity predictions didn't come in as steadily as I had expected. That said, with us on the eve of the Super Bowl, here are a handful of additional predictions I collected over the past few days.

Windell Middlebrooks, better known as the "Miller High Life delivery guy"

Prediction: Saints

"I tell you what, man, I'm rooting for the Saints. You know, since '67, I'm glad to see them here. I think they may actually pull it out just from excitement. I don't really know the score. I just think they're going to do it, man."

Ravens OT Michael Oher

Prediction: Colts.

"Just playing the Colts twice, I've got to pick the Colts. ... Peyton Manning, he's unbelievable."

Subway spokesman Jared Fogle
Prediction: Colts, 31-21.

"I'm a huge Colts fan. Born and raised in Indianapolis. I think in '84, when they moved to Indianapolis, I was seven years old. I don't remember much before that. But to see how well we've done in the last decade has been fantastic. My prediction this year is going to be 31-21 Colts, and I think Peyton is going to be the MVP."

Considering he is such a Colts fan, I asked for his favorite player ever.

"Man, that's a tough one. I tell you, I really like Jeff Saturday, our center. I know he doesn't always get a lot of the credit, but he made the Pro Bowl this year, which is great. But he's made Peyton Manning who he is so much, too, I think, and has been a consistent force for him and just a great person off the field, as well."

James Carville, political consultant and media personality

Prediction: Saints, 27-24.

"We're on a roll. We gonna win!"

Dave Barry, Miami Herald columnist

Prediction: Dolphins (what?).

 "The Dolphins, because all year they've been surprising people — usually in a bad way. They're due, overdue. I'm going to look so good if I'm right."