The Saints kept Peyton Manning off the field in the second quarter and forced one huge interception with the Colts driving, looking to tie, in the fourth. It was enough to win an exciting game–Drew Brees was terrific–and the Saints are the Champs.
Final Score: 31-17.
New Orleans is a-jumpin’. Good for them.
WHO DAT? AIN'T NOBODY SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good for them is right. Glad for the Saints and the city of New Orleans.
sucks for Peyton, but I was pulling for NoLa so I'm happy
Bring on Spring Training!!!!
there are rumblings coming out of "six-burgh" that "21" year old tabata, is actually in his mid-20's. wouldn't surprise me...
[0] That compilation is amazing! Not a bad track on it.
[4] Buyer beware.. I wonder how old El Duque really is, btw...
[4] Or Livan for that matter... or Contreras, or Mora, or Tejada, or Soriano, etc etc etc... remember when Soriano was traded to Texas for Alex, he admitted afterwards that he was really three years older? Or was that when he signed with the Cubs?
Danny Almonte recently came up in the news; he's the kid who pitched well in the 2001 Little League WS, but it was later found out that he was actually fourteen. He's out of pro baseball altogether, but coaching for a local high school team in the city. His numbers in college didn't hold up in pro ball, so he was never considered a legit prospect.
All that to say that the "rumblings" are usually political; if Almonte were a legit prospect, he'd have pitched for UT or USC or Stanford. If Tabata was playing up to par, the rumblings would never have been heard. Organizations, including scouts and executives, are just as responsible for certain players lying about their age as the players themselves, simply because they want potentially (cheap) high production and are willing to wink at the birth certificate.
The downside of that for players less-than star quality is that whoever knows the player's secret has major leverage over him. If you can't produce, or you give them lip, you get told on and now you're course-correcting for the next ten years of your life; enough to keep you out of the MLB at least. I suppose the reward is worth the risk, especially if you are considered a blue-chipper, but the outrage is hilarious.
Am I the only one around here who refused to watch the Stupor Bowl this year? Mainly because I'm a committed Jets fan, but partially because I dislike all the hype and bullshyt that precedes it. Ironically, that all seemed rather muted this year, perhaps because so many prognosticators thought it was a forgone conclusion in favor of Peyton and Indy?
In that regard, let me say that I am happy particularly and probably only for Reggie Bush and Drew Brees; two very good players who had been given the business throughout their pro careers and proved a lot of people wrong tonight.
[4] What gave him away? The 40 year old fiancee or the AARP card?
[7] The Super Bowl stopped being a sporting event sometime in the 1980s. Now it is the ultimate reality TV show highlighting two weeks of hype and circumstances. Sadly, people mistake its popularity, and the NFL's popularity in general, as signs of the sports superiority (as well as the virtue of salary caps), when in reality it just happens to be the ideal TV show for gambling and throwing a party. 100 million may have been in front of a TV last night, but I'd wager fewer than half had any real interest beyond their boxes, the commercials or the food being served. Who knows, maybe Vegas can run a prop bet on that too.
[7][8] Watching on J tv now, avoiding all the hype makes the game actually pretty enjoyable..except for who I think is Joe "Rick Sutcliffe" Theismann doing the color commentary..my god, he's shocking.."When I see a good run from a running back, I look to the Wide Receivers cause their route is what made it possible for the back..." Huh???
[3] Ditto!
New England is jumping this morning too. Why? Because, as the local NPR (NPR!!) station told me this morning, "Peyton Manning and the Colts lost." Unreal.
Has anyone mentioned the curse of Philip Rivers yet? The Chargers trade for him, and the guy they give up (Eli) wins the Super Bowl with another team. Then, the Chargers decide to keep him, and the guy they let go (Brees) wins the Super Bowl with another team. Ouch.