Sheesh. What a game.
When today’s games started, I was still having trouble deciding who I’d root for. All four teams had admirable storylines.
In the AFC Championship, you had the New York Jets and their improbable chase to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since Namath called his upset in '69. Or the classy Indianapolis Colts with their star Peyton Manning, arguably my favorite player in the NFL right now. Dan Shaughnessy had a great column about the matchup this morning.
Then, in the NFC Championship, you had the New Orleans Saints trying to reignite a deflated city and get to their first-ever Super Bowl. And the Minnesota Vikings, with the ageless and relentless Brett Favre, trying to reach their Minnesota's first Super Bowl since 1976.
Ok, so I was kind of rooting for a Colts-Vikings Super Bowl.
After all of my Brett bitterness, I had begun warming up to the idea of seeing the ol’ gunslinger taking a team back to the Super Bowl, especially a team that was so starved for a championship.
Then the game started. I was charmed by the Saints' heart and annoyed by the Vikings' swagger. Seeing Brett in that ugly purple uniform once more brought all of the bitterness back. As the Vikings started faltering, the emotions of the Packers-Vikings rivalry kicked in and I was slyly rooting for Brett to fail.
By the time the game moved into overtime, I was having as much fun watching my Facebook and Twitter feeds as I was watching the game. The chatter online about the game was equally amusing to watch. Here are some (clean) excerpts …
OK, Vegas: What's the over-under on stories about Archie Manning's Saints days between now and the Super Bowl?Good reads ...
Joe Buck wondered if Bourbon St. had ever been so deserted...uh, Katrina?
If my husband lives through this game it'll be a miracle!
Loves favre picks even more than Viking fumbles!!!
a Retirement Discussion Begins Anew for Favre
a Favre is too good to retire now
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