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Nun predicts a Raiders victory
(CNN) -- A Chicago nun has had remarkable success in predicting Super Bowl winners. Sister Jean Kenny has been right 15 out of 17 times. And her predictions come in the form of poems. She talked with CNN anchor Heidi Collins on Sunday morning. COLLINS: Good morning to you, Sister Jean, thanks for being with us. KENNY: Good morning, thank you, Heidi. COLLINS: We want to hear your poem. KENNY: OK, the title of this year's poem is "The Raging Raiders Rule in California":
Oakland's fine wine of a team gets better with age.
I predict the final score of Super Bowl XXXVII will be the Oakland Raiders 27 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24. COLLINS: Wow, that is a close game, don't you think? KENNY: Yes. That's the way we like Super Bowls to be. COLLINS: Indeed. Tell me, if you would, how did you come to this decision? I know this is a tough one. KENNY: Yes, it was. I had a lot of study. I used Pro Football Weekly, [which is] like the bible of the NFL, and I do my homework. COLLINS: How certain are you that this is going to be the outcome? I mean, do you feel really good about this? KENNY: Well, I felt a lot better last week when the Raiders beat the Titans than I do with this game. I would say a 51 percent chance for the Raiders and a 49 percent chance for the Bucs. COLLINS: This has got to be a tough one for sure ... KENNY: Oh, I spent a lot of time doing this. You know, it could turn around the other way. If I'm wrong, I probably should have written a poem, "The Bucs Tops Here," but I'm going to stick with the Raging Raiders. COLLINS: Now, your Bears, unfortunately, [are] nowhere near the Super Bowl. KENNY: But I'll tell you this, I predict Bears games every Friday on local radio station. I was 12-4 and they were 4-12, so I could have gotten them to the Super Bowl. COLLINS: You could have gotten them all by yourself, I bet. Now, listen, you've been predicting the outcomes since 1986. Tell us how you got interested in it. Have you always been a football fan? KENNY: Well, friends of mine took me to some Bears games prior to 1986 at Soldier Field, and it was a wonderful experience. And then in 1985 -- everybody remembers William Perry and the Chicago Bears -- the radio station sponsored a contest of who could write a poem, and mine was entitled "Hurricane William," and I was one of five winners. And then Monday night football came to my classroom in River Grove, and ever since then radio and TV stations have been contacting me. COLLINS: Where are you going to watch the game, Sister Jean? KENNY: At the convent, where it's nice and quiet. And we can enjoy the game. COLLINS: Good for you. Well, good luck. KENNY: Thank you.
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