Since Championship Sunday in the NFL is my favorite day of football each year, I'm greatly looking forward to tomorrow's games.... even though the Patriots were sent packing 2 weeks ago.
The New York Jets have the monumental task of trying to head into Indianapolis and come out with a win against a very good Colts team. Being a Patriots fan, I really can't route for either team to win this game. In fact, if I had it my way, I would like to eliminate the AFC Championship this year and just call the NFC Championship..... The Super Bowl.
Since that's not going to happen, I guess I'll have to make my prediction for this game. I hope this game is exciting and doesn't turn into a blowout of the Jets. It definitely has the potential to if the Jets can't score points. I'm banking on the tough Jets' defense to keep this game close and entertaining. If a gun was pointed at my head and I was forced to pick a team that I'd rather see in the Super Bowl, I guess I'd have to side with the Jets. The Jets making it to the Super Bowl would be a great story and it hasn't happened since 1968. Not since Joe Namath made his Super Bowl III guarantee. This way, I could rest assure that Peyton Manning didn't win a second title and would forever be looked at as a quarterback who didn't show up in big games.
But let me make this clear, I'd rather see the Jets move on..... but I don't think it's going to happen. The Colts are all-around too solid to lose an AFC Championship game at home... especially a game against an offense led by a rookie QB (Mark Sanch-ise).
Colts 28.... Jets 16
The New Orleans Saints have been my pick to win the Super Bowl ever since they destroyed the Patriots in the middle of the regular season. Even though a Favre-Manning Super Bowl would provide for lots of excitement and debate over all-time great QBs, I simply don't see it happening.
The Saints are playing at home in the Super Dome where they are tough to beat. Favre hasn't won a road playoff game in 12 years and this game won't be to his liking. The fans are going to be rowdy and the stadium is going to be deafening for Favre. Chants of "Who Dat.... Who Dat" will be going on all game long.
Let's remember, even though Favre seems like he's been playing for 35 years.... he hasn't been to the Super Bowl since the '97-'98 season. Throughout his career he hasn't done that well in big games. In his last NFC Championship game he lost to Eli Manning and the New York Giants in Green Bay. It was like minus-20 degrees and he still couldn't come out with a win. His final pass of that game, and as a Packer, was an interception.
I think Favre's fairy-tale season will come to an end with a couple other interceptions tomorrow. Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and the rest of the Saints will dance all the way to Miami for the Super Bowl in 2 weeks. The city of New Orleans deserves to have a winner and this is their year!
Saints 34.... Vikings 17
Did anyone hear about this guy named Don "Moose" Lewis who is planning on developing a "Whites-only" Basketball League? He claims it's not racist and that he just wants to develop a basketball league that showcases fundamentals..... unlike the NBA he says. I understand the logic going on in his mind, but it just doesn't make any sense to the rest of us. The fact that he is trying to defend his idea is just digging himself a deeper hole. My advice to him is to save his breath and our time and cancel the plans for this league. He lives down in the Augusta area of Georgia and I'm sure it'll incite some racial riots. If he really thinks an "all-white" team will be fundamentally so much better than the rest, he should take a look at how the Indiana Pacers play and he'll realize that it doesn't necessarily contribute to a winning record. The "Moose" also said that this "whites-only" league will provide better role models for our youth.... I'm not touching that one!
Due to the fact that I have to leave my apartment in about ten minutes (and I still need to get ready), I'll be posting a Top 10 List tomorrow afternoon instead!
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