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I didn’t care who won.

For me, its Bears or bust, which probably means I won’t care who wins the SB for many, many years.

Sean Payton rolled the dice in the first half on a 4th and goal and it got stuffed.

And then he called for the onside kick to start the second half. And it worked.

Goat to Genius.

But what (and here is the proverbial, dreaded....) IF the Colts recovered that football to start the second half?

I have little doubt whatsoever that Manning would’ve marched the Colts in for a TD.

Manning understands the game. As does Brees. And both damn well knew that whomever recovered the onside kick would garner the momentum.

A camera shot of Manning after the announcement of “Saints - football” during that scrum (and it was vicious) said it all.

The Colts seemed prepared for everything in that game except the unexpected.

And that is why they lost.

The Saints just never gave up. They were like mini-pitbulls and they had that leg and they were not letting go.

It did not appear that the Colts gave up either.

But let’s be honest about each team’s defense. Neither really could do much against the opposing offenses.

I really didn’t care all that much either. Although I wanted to see the Saints win, I expected the Colts to win it.

Like I said last night, it boiled down to New Orleans wanting it more. Manning & the Colts, to me, seemed like they took the game for granted. Like they believed that all they had to do was show up and be anointed the winner.

From Rosenblog:

So, the team the Bears beat to get to the Super Bowl three years ago just beat the team that beat the Bears in that game, and the Bears haven’t gotten back to the playoffs even once. Maybe the Saints fans can send those paper bags up here.

I was pulling for the Colts.  It appeared to me that the Saints would do whatever it took to win.  The Colts looked as if they were playing not to lose.  When they stopped the Saints at the one, I completely understood running the ball to get more room to pass.  But they did not seem to want to take the ball down the field and put more points on the board.

There were drops by the Colt receivers that should not have happened.  I’m not sure if they were afraid of being hit, but those would have been catches in the regular season and two weeks ago against New York.

I look forward to seeing the parade.  The Saints took that game and won it. They did not have it handed to them.  I wonder what the president will say to them when they make it to the white house.  He did pick the Colts after all.

No, Obama picked the Saints. But, I too, am looking forward to that parade. It should be something different.

Bill...one of your best posts ever. Having lived in Louisiana for most of my adult life till 2007 I watched the Saints blow leads in their TV games for 40 years. Howard Cosell said he didn’t want clunkers like the Saints on Monday Night Football games but now the Saints have proven him wrong. Who would have thought that Kendra Wilkinson’s husband Hank Baskett would be involved in the most shocking play of the game? Maybe he was thinking of Kendra at the time. At first it was complete chaos with it looking like either team could have the ball until the Saints came up with the ball. One of the main things that helped the Saints was keeping Peyton Manning on the bench since as good as he is he can’t throw TD passes from his own bench. I have nothing against Peyton Manning but after 43 years of failure I couldn’t help but root for my home state Saints.

A’int nothing wrong with cheering for your homies.

Living 200 miles from New Orleans off an on since 1946 it makes it easy to know which team to root for. Before the Saints we rooted for the St.Louis Cardinals because they were the team shown on CBS on Sundays in Louisiana. Don’t know if they showed the Chicago Cardinals or not since we didn’t have TV that far back.

Glad to see the Saints win.  Great for the city and the fans of the team to have a winner for once.

And for me, the only thing better than seeing the Colts lose is seeing the Bears win.  Can’t wait to hear about how it was the refs’ fault or that the Saints cheated or something.

Saints have won 10 or more games in a season three times in last 18 seasons. Bears have won 10 or more games three times since 1991.

Here in Indy, they are simply crediting the Saints.  Can’t complain.  Even my wife (football novice - avid Colts fan) said that the Saints just played better.  Point blank.

Madhouse52 - 08 February 2010 12:30 PM

Here in Indy, they are simply crediting the Saints.  Can’t complain.  Even my wife (football novice - avid Colts fan) said that the Saints just played better.  Point blank.

I just knew the Colts were going to win since the Saints have a history of losing the big game until yesterday. Like the time they made the playoffs and lost to the Vikings by around 40 points in the first round.

BigBadBill - 08 February 2010 10:59 AM

No, Obama picked the Saints. But, I too, am looking forward to that parade. It should be something different.

In the live interview with Katie Couric before the game, he picked the Colts.  He apparently was hedging his picks then.  Hard to believe a politician would do that.