For the Cardinals to reach Super Bowl 50, they will have to win the NFC Championship game next Sunday at Carolina. The Panthers ran out to a 31-0 halftime lead and held on for 31-24 victory over Seattle in the divisional playoff round.
Carolina soundly beat the Cardinals in the first round of the playoffs last season, winning 27-16. Arizona could only muster up 78 yards of offense and turned the ball over three times.
The Panthers went 15-1 during the regular season and were led by MVP candidate Cam Newton. who threw for over 3800 yards on the season.
The NFC Championship game kickoff will be at 4:40pm Arizona time, on Sunday the 24th
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Media personality Brad Cesmat first rose to fame in Southern California with the launching of "The Mighty 690" all-sports radio station in the late 1980's and early 90's. Brad came to Arizona in 1993 to begin a 10-year run at KTAR Radio followed by nine years at KTVK-TV in Phoenix. Brad is the Founder/ CEO of Sports360AZ.com. His vision of multi platform content marketing through sports began in September of 2011. Cesmat has served on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army for the last 18 years. He and his wife Chris have four children.