49ers or Chiefs? To be honest, even we can't agree this time | Bohls and Golden

Sunday's Super Bowl pits two great teams in the 49ers and Chiefs and plenty of storylines and subplots, from prop bets to Taylor Swift to Usher. We can't agree on even the biggest question this week.

Who'll win the Super Bowl? Our split decision

1. What's the deciding factor in this year's Super Bowl — and who'll win?

Bohls: The deciding factor? Tracking Travis Kelce. San Francisco has the best team, but Kansas City has the best quarterback. I’ll almost always take the team with the best passer, but if the 49ers can minimize Mr. Taylor Swift’s impact and ride Christian McCaffrey so Brock Purdy doesn’t have to throw the ball 30 times or more, they'll do enough to win 31-27.

Golden: The deciding factor? The quarterbacks. It’s what usually decides the biggest game of the year. Patrick Mahomes will outplay Purdy — who won’t perform badly — and the Chiefs will capture their third Super Bowl under Andy Reid with a 34-30 win. I’ve learned the hard way that it’s just plain dumb to pick against Mahomes. He delivers time and time again. He’s heading to Disney World again.

Go ahead and give him the trophy

2. Who will be this year’s Super Bowl MVP?

Bohls: I think McCaffrey might be the best weapon in the league and will become only the eighth running back to make off with the MVP award and the first since Denver’s Terrell Davis in Super Bowl 32. He’s become durable, he’s excellent as both a runner and a pass-catcher, and he can score at the goal line.

Golden: The Super Bowl-winning quarterback has traditionally earned the spoils, and Mahomes will add a third trophy to his case. Look for him to throw three touchdown passes, two to resurgent tight end Travis Kelce. That means more screen time for Taylor. The Chiefs will rejoice in another ring, as will the Swifties.

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3. Will Brock Purdy still be the 49ers' quarterback in three years?

Bohls: I’ll say no. He was the last pick of the draft for a reason, and another quarterback will always look prettier and shinier, have a better arm and be more physically gifted than the Iowa State quarterback. I don’t think he’ll be the next Joe Montana, but I always root for underdogs and hope he’s there 15 years.

Golden: Absolutely. He’s the right guy for Kyle Shanahan’s offense. The Niners have all the pieces to compete for Super Bowls over the next three or four seasons. Purdy is coming up for a contract, and he will come at a bargain price since he isn’t quite to that elite level. He won’t make anywhere near the $55 million that Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow is pulling down, so something in the neighborhood of $40 million annually will be just fine. And he’s earned it.

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4. What’s the worst call in Super Bowl history?

Bohls: Sorry, Pete Carroll. But you had the ultimate bonehead decision in Super Bowl 49 when you had a brain lapse and, on second-and-goal from the 1, forgot you had a battering ram in Marshawn Lynch and chose to throw at the lip of the goal line. Malcolm Butler thanks you.

Golden: Carroll was either obsessed with getting quarterback Russell Wilson the Super Bowl 49 MVP or he just wanted to show he was the smartest guy in the stadium. Either way, by deciding to throw on the goal line and not hand it off to the unstoppable Marshawn Lynch, he landed a critical blow that effectively turned members of the legendary Legion of Boom against him. The Seahawks were never the same.

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5. Will the Cowboys or Texans get to a Super Bowl quicker?

Bohls: At this stage, I’m all in with Houston. In C.J. Stroud, the Texans have a younger, gifted quarterback without the emotional baggage that Dak Prescott brings. They have the makings of an elite defense with Will Anderson Jr., Derek Stingley Jr. and Jonathan Greenard, three of the team’s six Pro Bowl alternates to go with starter offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil.

Golden: It sounds crazy, but the Cowboys will play in a Super Bowl first, even though the Texans are going to be one dangerous out over these next five seasons. Dallas is playing in the weaker NFC and is still a piece or two from breaking through, while the Texans and Stroud have to go through the league’s top signal-callers — Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and, on a lesser scale, Justin Herbert and Trevor Lawrence — to make it to the final game.

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Putting our money where our mouths are

6. Pick your favorite Super Bowl prop.

Bohls: My serious pick would be taking the over on 6½ catches for Travis Kelce since he’s gone over that number in his last eight playoff games. For a fun bet, I’ll take no on Usher wearing sunglasses during his halftime performance.

Golden: With Usher performing at halftime, I thought it would be a slam dunk to pick his iconic “Yeah!” smash featuring Lil John and Ludacris as his opening song. It’s actually a tasty little wager at +650. “My Way” and “OMG” are the favorites at +425 and +300, respectively.

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7. Would the NFL ever put this game on a streaming service?

Bohls: Sure, why not? We've already got games on Amazon. If the league is going to play a game in Brazil next year, what isn’t on the table? A Super Bowl in Antarctica? Anything and everything are possible. The Shield holds all the cards, and we are addicted, and we’re programmed to watch it wherever it appears.

Golden: Sure. The Miami-Kansas City wild-card game streamed only on Peacock. With the continued decline in cable subscriptions, it wouldn’t shock me once the league’s current broadcast deal runs out in 2033. The owners all agree on one thing: If it makes money, it makes sense.

The greatest woulda, coulda, shoulda coach

8. Which NFL head coach in Super Bowl history do you feel sorriest for?

Bohls: Without question, it has to be 98-year-old Marv Levy, a learned man and true gentleman. His run of four straight Super Bowl defeats means there isn’t a psychiatrist’s couch big enough for the Buffalo coach. But I’ve got a soft spot for a guy who in fact coached the Chiefs for five seasons and who got his master’s degree in English history from Harvard.

Golden: I’ll go with the late Dan Reeves, who lost three with the Denver Broncos during the 1980s and one with Atlanta’s Dirty Birds in 1999, a defeat that came after he survived quadruple bypass heart surgery during the season. Thankfully, he did not leave our midst ringless, having won two with the Dallas Cowboys — one as a player and another as an assistant coach.

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9. Favorite Super Bowl commercial ever?

Bohls: That’s tough. Always sentimental about Mean Joe Greene’s Coca-Cola commercial, but I’m going with E*Trade’s funny Talking Babies in 2008 over Betty White’s hilarious Snickers ad.

Golden: Unbeknownst to my Dallas Cowboys-loving family for many years, I loved the Pittsburgh Steelers, in particularly the graceful pass-catching of Lynn Swann. The Coca-Cola commercial where Mean Joe tosses a jersey at a kid after receiving a much-needed guzzle of caffeinated love will always be tops.

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10. Who would you want to be the halftime musical entertainment?

Bohls: Since I can’t bring back Frank Sinatra or Elvis — yes, I’m old — I’d gladly settle for Ed Sheeran.

Golden: Asking me that has aged me another 30 years because I don’t listen to a lot of modern music. Duck’s Sheeran pick is a good one, but since Prince isn't around for a second tour, I will go with Pink as long as it’s in a dome where she can perform some aerial acrobatics.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Picking a winner for this year's Super Bowl is a hard decision