Why the Saints Will Win Today
The omens are bad…
1 – The Colts last Super Bowl win three years ago was also in Miami
2 – CBS broadcast that game with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms…just like this year
3 – The dude who announced that long-time Saints Pro Bowl linebacker Rickey Jackson made the Hall of Fame, called him “Randy Jackson” (too much American Idol for the man)
That’s EXACTLY why the Saints will win. Peyton Manning may be the best QB of all-time (in my nearly 40 years of watching the NFL, he is), but he won’t beat Who Dat nation today. Why?
Something unexepected seems to happen in Super Bowls. especially over the last decade:
– Eli Manning and the Giants had no chance to beat the undefeated New England Patriots. They did.
– The Patriots ( a decade earlier) had no chance of slowing down the “Greatest Show on Turf) – the St. Louis Rams and Kurt Warner. They did.
– The Baltimore Ravens could not beat the heavily-favored New York Giants with Trent Dilfer at QB. They did.
Today, the 40+ year ordeal of the Saints ends with a victory that will result in a never-ending party on Bourbon Street. I’m changing my pick from earlier in the week. The QB from Indiana, Drew Brees (Purdue) will out-duel the QB from New Orleans, Peyton Manning (grew up and played high school in New Orleans) in cold Miami.
Final score – New Orleans 34 – Colts 31
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Good call.
The only betting line I was following was the over/under on punts (8).
I was told to go with the under…there were 4.
Dan…Peyton Manning is a fine quarterback, but, he’s no Joe Montana!
You are right, Dave. Manning today would go down as perhaps the best regular-season QB of all-time, right next to Marino. There is no doubt that Joe Montana’s post-season and Super Bowl stats make him the all-time best in post season (where it ultimately most counts).