Turnovers are killers - turnovers in the red zone can be deadly.

Favre INT with :07 to go. Awesome.

It's really been a poor game, the Saints have been gifted this but are coming up limp. What happened to Favre's limp?- i'm sure it'll come back if they lose.

What a thoroughly enjoyable game--especially the ending.

I have my doubts that the Saints could pull off a win against the Colts, but stranger things have happened.

I wasn't sure about that last reception call.
Happy for the Saints though.

Would have liked to have seen Favre at the Soup Bowl one more time. (Not going to mention retirement.)
Ah I just did.

Think the Colts will take it, they have the experience.

Bourbon St is absolutely on fire. I've never seen such nuttery in my life. It's like the Mets fans waving their arms after the ball went through Buckner's legs, but for an hour straight.

The people on my street were just screaming all through the streets. Fireworks, horns honking, screaming, all that.

Minnesota was the better team, but the Saints were built on turnovers. You can't say the Saints got lucky, because that was their very gameplan that they've worked on and won with all year.

mrs. voorhees has a mutant power in which the city/state she moves to always wins a Super Bowl (Ravens in 00, Giants in 07,) but I was completely doubting her powers when the Vikes go to the 30. But once there was that 12 men in the huddle, it certainly added that hoodoo voodoo effect that happened in Washington DC.

Favre was incredible. If he could've pulled it out, it would've been one of the legendary performances of all time. A part of these playoffs has been the poor wives of Kurt Warner and Favre covering their eyes as their men got massacred. If I was Peyton, I'd be slightly spooked.

I don't have any qualms about the reception call, because that call against the Saints was also bullshit. Also, the refs called so many shitbag calls for the Vikes the past two years. (Last year's facemask on Reggie Bush, when his helmet got spun Linda Blair-style and no call was made comes to mind.)

Minnesota is a better team than Indianapolis. That game will be much like this game.

For the 43-year fans, I have nothing but happiness for them. To see pictures of the Superdome in 2005, then now, is nothing short of incredible.

That was also a total bullshit roughing the passer call when Favre was knocked down after a pass. Funny that the QB on the Fox announcing team, Troy Aikman, disagreed with it completely, even though QBs never say anything bad about other QBs. Joe Buck of course thought that knocking Favre down was on par with a war crime and offered to personally run out onto the field and kiss the boo-boo until it felt better.

Congrats to JV, FF, and NOLA. I'm riding this bandwagon to the end, baby, and if I didn't think that wearing a jersey of a team that isn't mine wasn't such a twatty thing to do, I'd be putting in an order for a Vilma jersey right now.

They threw up a stat on the screen towards the end of the 4th Quarter, with the Saints at that point only had a little over 200 yards of offense, while the Vikings had over 400, and about double the possession. I couldn't believe it. Guess that's what coughing up the ball the moment you touch it will do to you.

As for Jets-Colts, I found myself rooting for the Jets midway through the second, right around the time when the NY defender popped through the Indy o-line and basically grabbed the ball as Manning handed it off to Addai. I was really impressed with Sanchez as well. I thought he showed signs today of becoming a great quarterback in the future--he wasn't just making the safe decisions, he was eluding pressure and making some crazy throws. But man, the Colts are just way too good. Wayne and Clark not doing much? That's okay, we've got Collie and Garcon that can make unreal catches. I said months ago I was hoping for a Saints-Colts Super [SPACE] Bowl (handy reminder for our British friends), and here it is.

Incandenza wrote:
I said months ago I was hoping for a Saints-Colts Super [SPACE] Bowl (handy reminder for our British friends), and here it is.

There is something kind of right about the two teams that went 12-0 are the ones that meet in the Super Bowl.

If flights, accomodation and all the other bits weren't so expensive, I would join my friend in Miami. As Peyton said, I hope it isn't raining this time.

Inca: I wonder if Aikman just doesn't like Favre very much, because he was pretty quick to blame the handoff fumble on him as well.

Glad I stayed up for that anyway. Some great containment from the Vikes defense, but let down by fumbles and that shambolic last drive of normal time.

Still think they got screwed a little with the DPI call and I'm not sure Meachem actually caught that pass, but hey, it should never have got to OT.

Would love the Saints to go and win it, but I think the Colts are looking too good.

The Saints are the ultimate underdogs--what's not to like?

jason voorhees said:
It's like the Mets fans waving their arms after the ball went through Buckner's legs, but for an hour straight.

You had to bring that up, didn't you.

dglh wrote:


If flights, accomodation and all the other bits weren't so expensive, I would join my friend in Miami. As Peyton said, I hope it isn't raining this time.

Like 2007, I hope it is a deluge of rain, wind, sleet, and the worst possible conditions possible. Two dome teams need that once in a while.

Roger and Pete can close w/ either "Water" or "Love Reign O'er Me"

TMA wrote:
Inca: I wonder if Aikman just doesn't like Favre very much, because he was pretty quick to blame the handoff fumble on him as well.

Did he? I thought they eventually said that Petersen didn't open up his arms wide enough.

Cruel, I know, but I had to take a picture of the family reaction shot to Favre's interception at the end of the 4th quarter. I love the pose of the girl in the background. Like she's auditioning for an Excedrin commercial. And of course, the Saints fans on the periphery, like the tall kid in the Hot Topic shirt.

Inca, on the BBC website yesterday it was advertising the games as Super Bowl semi-finals. But at least they had the space there.

Etienne wrote:
Inca, on the BBC website yesterday it was advertising the games as Super Bowl semi-finals. But at least they had the space there.

Heheheh....

I don't know why I find that so funny, but I do....

Great video of the moments during and after Hartley's kick, and subsequent Second Line through the Quarter.

I love the guy in the black T-shirt at about 1:16 in, who raises his arms as if to say "hey, everyone bouncing around, hi-5 me!!!" and everyone just, er, ignores him.

That Peyton Manning: he's a bit good, isn't he?

Oh yeah, he's good. Very durable.

The Colts had a fabulous winning streak and looked pretty ruthless in the post-season but they're not infallible by any stretch of the imagination.

They're weak at CB and have had some big injuries there. Their OL, although well-coached, is hardly dominating, and they've had trouble running all season. And their backup QB is a very low-grade rookie so they're in terrible trouble if Manning gets hurt.

I actually think the Saints match up pretty well. The Saints have a fabulous array of pass catchers and I don't know that the Colts have the depth at CB to handle their multiple WR sets (and don't forget the TEs and RBs out of the backfield).

Meanwhile if the Saints slightly suspect D has a strength it's in the secondary, with Sharper a ballhawk this season and good depth at CB (so good that they could cut Mike McKenzie who played great for them against the Pats).

I also think the Saints line will be able to get some pressure on Manning.

Conversely the Saints line has been pretty robust and should be able to handle a lot of the pressure from Freeney and Mathis.

Not saying that it's a lock for the Saints, but they'll have a shot.