My affection for Mike Greenberg (Mike & Mike, ESPN Radio) made me a tiny bit receptive to the thought of the New York Jets in the Super Bowl. Still, my heart was primarily with the Colts.
It promised to be an interesting match-up of rookie coaches. It was funny, though, because we had come all the way through the entire regular season, and yet I still didn't have much of an impression of Coach Caldwell. Perhaps that a testament to his understated nature.
I had formed a pretty clear impression of Coach Ryan, on the other hand. And from what I saw of him, I definitely preferred the understated Caldwell to the blowhard Ryan.
The first half was unnevering. It made me wonder if the Jets were really going to surprise the whole football world. But that was a beautiful second half that the Colts played -- on both sides of the ball.
All the headlines said things like "Manning Rallies Colts to Beat Jets." Except for the "Jets" part, that has been the headline all season long, it seems. The Colts keep coming from behind and getting the "W." And Manning clearly deserved the MVP award he received.
While I was passionately rooting against the Vikings in the late game (more on that game in my next post), I did think a Manning-Favre Super Bowl would be an interesting match-up: a kind of generational duel between the current and future holders of all major NFL QB records.
So, in the end, my #3 and #4 teams (see below) will face each other. That's not a bad result out of a field of 12 teams. Although, now that the match-up is set, I'm not really sure that I prefer the Saints over the Colts. Kind of a toss-up for me. In any event, it will be a stress-free Super Bowl for me inasmuch as I wouldn't hate seeing either team win.
There was one team I definitely would have hated to see win the Lombardi Trophy -- and they lost the late-game, overtime heart-breaker on Sunday. 'More about that classic next time.
1. Green Bay Packers
2. Arizona Cardinals
3. New Orleans Saints
4. Indianapolis Colts
5. San Diego Chargers
6. Cincinnati Bengals
7. New York Jets
8. Baltimore Ravens
9. Philadelphia Eagles
10. Dallas Cowboys
11. New Engalnd Patriots
12. Minneosta Vikings
It promised to be an interesting match-up of rookie coaches. It was funny, though, because we had come all the way through the entire regular season, and yet I still didn't have much of an impression of Coach Caldwell. Perhaps that a testament to his understated nature.
I had formed a pretty clear impression of Coach Ryan, on the other hand. And from what I saw of him, I definitely preferred the understated Caldwell to the blowhard Ryan.
The first half was unnevering. It made me wonder if the Jets were really going to surprise the whole football world. But that was a beautiful second half that the Colts played -- on both sides of the ball.
All the headlines said things like "Manning Rallies Colts to Beat Jets." Except for the "Jets" part, that has been the headline all season long, it seems. The Colts keep coming from behind and getting the "W." And Manning clearly deserved the MVP award he received.
While I was passionately rooting against the Vikings in the late game (more on that game in my next post), I did think a Manning-Favre Super Bowl would be an interesting match-up: a kind of generational duel between the current and future holders of all major NFL QB records.
So, in the end, my #3 and #4 teams (see below) will face each other. That's not a bad result out of a field of 12 teams. Although, now that the match-up is set, I'm not really sure that I prefer the Saints over the Colts. Kind of a toss-up for me. In any event, it will be a stress-free Super Bowl for me inasmuch as I wouldn't hate seeing either team win.
There was one team I definitely would have hated to see win the Lombardi Trophy -- and they lost the late-game, overtime heart-breaker on Sunday. 'More about that classic next time.
1. Green Bay Packers
2. Arizona Cardinals
3. New Orleans Saints
4. Indianapolis Colts
5. San Diego Chargers
6. Cincinnati Bengals
7. New York Jets
8. Baltimore Ravens
9. Philadelphia Eagles
10. Dallas Cowboys
11. New Engalnd Patriots
12. Minneosta Vikings
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