Well that's a monkey off Peyton Manning's back... the Colts quarterback finally shed the twin labels of "chokes in the playoffs" and "can't beat Brady," in an ESPN Classic-level victory tonight over the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. It was a great comeback, in which the Colts came back from trailing 21-3, and the teams traded scores throughout the second half.
They'll face the Bears in the Super Bowl, after Chicago crushed the Saints in Chicago. After an entire December and January of unseasonably warm playoff games, everyone seemed to forget that cold weather home teams tend to win playoff games over dome road teams, especially when it's snowing.
The Saints deserve credit for an amazing year, and will probably enter next year as the favorite in the NFC.
So, Bears-Colts. The top storylines that we'll all be sick of in two weeks? Let's see:
- Will Manning choke?
- Will Grossman choke?
- Better pitchman- Manning, or Kevin Federline?
- Manning-from-Tennessee-against-Grossman-from-Florida.
- "How long have you been a black coach?"
- Chicago sure is close to Indy!
- Super Bowl Shuffle '07
- Say, what are the "Da Bears" people up to?
Can't wait.
Posted by Stephen Silver at January 22, 2007 12:40 AMSuper Bowl XLI, featuring Rex Grossman ... the best Super Bowl QB since Trent Dilfer.
Posted by: LilB at January 22, 2007 01:48 PM