Pass the beer, wings, the Super Bowl is here
Keith Langford Jr. SPORTS EDITOR
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: Sports
Whether your favorite team is in the big game or not, all eyes will be locked on the two teams in the Super Bowl: the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints.
Since I was little, I have always loved watching the Super Bowl. My earliest memories of the Super Bowl were Super Bowl XXV between the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills. I was just 6 years old but I remember Scott Norwood missing the 46-yard field goal and the Giants winning the game 20-19. Ever since that day, I was hooked on the Super Bowl, it was for the commercials, although entertaining at times, but for the actual game.
My favorite Super Bowl to date was a couple years ago in Super Bowl XLII. This game pitted the heavily favored New England Patriots versus the New York Giants. The Patriots were 18-0 entering the game and were an All-Madden team pitted against a Rookie team in a lot of people's eyes. The Giants were the team I wanted to win for several reasons. I don't like the Patriots even though I lived in Massachusetts with my dad for a while. The Giants had no chance to win according to most so-called analysts, much like Ohio State had no chance to beat Miami in the 2002 national title game. I like to root for the underdog. The Giants won the game 17-14 on a late Eli Manning touchdown pass to now prison inmate Plaxico Burress. David Tyree's infamous helmet-to-hand catch kept the winning drive alive for the Giants.
Sunday, another chapter to the Super Bowl will unfold. Will it be the Peyton Manning led Colts or will it be the Cinderella Saints team who wins the Super Bowl?
These two offenses will light up the scoreboard. The Colts can score at will with Manning calling the shots. Drew Brees has weapons all over the field to complement whatever the Colts' offense will dish out. Which team can stop the other team when it matters most will decide this game.
A couple of key matchups will be each of the quarterbacks against the other teams' secondaries. Both teams will toss the pigskin all night as they have done all season long. A turnover caused by either secondary could go far into who wins the game.
Something to watch for will be the last two minutes of each half. I think the game will come down to a late drive in which the last team who has the ball will win. Look for one of these two teams to score in the last two minutes of the first half to establish a little cushion or to get right back into the game.
Prediction: My gut's telling me don't go against Peyton Manning, but it's too easy to love the New Orleans Saints. The Saints are a team of destiny and I think Drew Brees, not Peyton Manning, will engineer a last-minute drive to beat the Colts. Saints 31, Colts 27.
Since I was little, I have always loved watching the Super Bowl. My earliest memories of the Super Bowl were Super Bowl XXV between the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills. I was just 6 years old but I remember Scott Norwood missing the 46-yard field goal and the Giants winning the game 20-19. Ever since that day, I was hooked on the Super Bowl, it was for the commercials, although entertaining at times, but for the actual game.
My favorite Super Bowl to date was a couple years ago in Super Bowl XLII. This game pitted the heavily favored New England Patriots versus the New York Giants. The Patriots were 18-0 entering the game and were an All-Madden team pitted against a Rookie team in a lot of people's eyes. The Giants were the team I wanted to win for several reasons. I don't like the Patriots even though I lived in Massachusetts with my dad for a while. The Giants had no chance to win according to most so-called analysts, much like Ohio State had no chance to beat Miami in the 2002 national title game. I like to root for the underdog. The Giants won the game 17-14 on a late Eli Manning touchdown pass to now prison inmate Plaxico Burress. David Tyree's infamous helmet-to-hand catch kept the winning drive alive for the Giants.
Sunday, another chapter to the Super Bowl will unfold. Will it be the Peyton Manning led Colts or will it be the Cinderella Saints team who wins the Super Bowl?
These two offenses will light up the scoreboard. The Colts can score at will with Manning calling the shots. Drew Brees has weapons all over the field to complement whatever the Colts' offense will dish out. Which team can stop the other team when it matters most will decide this game.
A couple of key matchups will be each of the quarterbacks against the other teams' secondaries. Both teams will toss the pigskin all night as they have done all season long. A turnover caused by either secondary could go far into who wins the game.
Something to watch for will be the last two minutes of each half. I think the game will come down to a late drive in which the last team who has the ball will win. Look for one of these two teams to score in the last two minutes of the first half to establish a little cushion or to get right back into the game.
Prediction: My gut's telling me don't go against Peyton Manning, but it's too easy to love the New Orleans Saints. The Saints are a team of destiny and I think Drew Brees, not Peyton Manning, will engineer a last-minute drive to beat the Colts. Saints 31, Colts 27.
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