Good championship games on tap for today. I'm gonna go with the Saints and Colts. The Saints are about the hardest team too cheer against in professional sports in a long time. They pretty much embody all of the good sports stories in one team. They have the young rookie exceeding everyones expectations (Colston), an offensive powerhouse duo (Bush and Mcallister), a much maligned QB finding redemtion (Brees), a young optimistic coach (Payton), and a lot of bad water under their bridge (Katrina, being a permanent away team last season). All those feel-good stories equals big momentum. And every team playing against them from here on out pretty much has to feel like the bad guy.
The Patriots have done a real good job of getting this far, but Manning is ready for an excellent game. And the Pats defense is going to be shaky today. However; there is always the Brady/Belicheck factor. If the Colts don't pounce early this game could easily be a toss-up, coming down to crazy shenanigans in the closing minutes.
Posted by matt at January 21, 2007 1:59 PM | TrackBack