PORT Adelaide is drawing inspiration from the Rio Olympics and believes it can cause the biggest upset in Showdown history.
The Power have been installed as rank outsiders to take down the red-hot Crows at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.
Power coach Ken Hinkley – sitting next to Crows counterpart Don Pyke at Friday's press conference - said it would be his team's mission to ''disrupt'' Adelaide's campaign ahead of the finals.
"I am a punter and roughies get up," Hinkley said.
"We've seen that just recently in the Olympic Games.
"Things don't always go to plan.
"I'm sure Don and the boys are hoping it goes to plan and we're going to do everything we can to disrupt that."
Pyke said the Crows needed to embrace the favourites tag as they planned a deep run into September.
"We've played some good footy so it's fair to say we've earned that tag and with that comes some expectation," Pyke said.
"We've got to be comfortable handling that if you want to be good and we expect Port will come at us tomorrow night."
The Power have shown before they are capable of turning the tables on their closest rivals.
Chad Cornes, who is now on the club's coaching staff, turned in a man of the match performance as the Power beat the Crows by 14 points in their round 21 clash in 2006.
On that occasion, the Power had 24 fit players on their list and were out of finals contention, while the Crows would go on to finish second on the ladder.
"We have a history don't we in Showdowns, ladder positions typically go out the window a little bit and it's the contest that starts tomorrow evening," Hinkley said.
"Yes, there's one team who are playing really strong football and one team's been really inconsistent, but Showdowns don't take that into account leading into the game.
"Each week is an opportunity to improve and being a Showdown it gets bigger.
"It's exciting for us because we haven't much to get excited about."
The Crows have barely had to get out of second gear in the past three weeks in big wins over Essendon, Brisbane Lions and Fremantle.
But Pyke insisted his side wouldn't be underdone heading into the finals.
"The results of the last few weeks suggest we've had an easier run, but I can guarantee you at times during those three games we've been challenged and we've learned some things and we've had to adapt to play the way we want to play," Pyke said.
"Tomorrow is another stepping stone for our season.
"Showdowns bring out a different dynamic between the two teams and that's great for us in terms of the contest."
