Saints and Colts Super Bowl Bound

Well the NFL Conference Championship week is complete with the Saints and the Colts as the winners.  The Saints managed to barely take advantage of the Vikings 5 turnovers to edge them out 31-28 in overtime.  23 year-old kicker Garrett Hartley became a young hero when he made the field goal to send the Saints to the Super Bowl.  Did anyone else wonder what was wrong with the Vikings on Sunday?  They could not hold onto the ball to save their lives.  I have never seen such sloppy play from such a good team.  5 turnovers and another 3 fumbles!! I'm surprised the Saints did not run away with this one.  This has to cause some concern for the Saints players and coaches. They could not finish off the Vikings in regulation even with all the sloppy play. I do like the Saints as a team, but they better get back on track or else Manning and the Colts are going to send them home crying.

In the AFC, the Colts came back from a first half deficit to beat the Jets 30-17.  MVP Peyton Manning led the Colts with another brilliant performance that gives him a chance for his 2nd Super Bowl win. Manning finished 26 for 39 with 336 yards, and 3 TDs. Manning is truly one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history and certainly one of the best I have been able to enjoy watching in my lifetime.  He may not have the Super Bowls of Steve Young or Troy Aikman, but he is definitely one of the best quarterbacks football has ever seen. It does not seem to matter who his coaches and receivers are; he just gets the job done.  Sunday was another great victory engineered by Peyton Manning.  Can he take his second Super Bowl on February 7? I am sure looking forward to finding out.