The Colts are headed to the Superbowl! Now who will they face in Miami, the Vikings or the Saints? The second playoff game starts soon. Let’s talk about it!
Brett Favre
It’s old man Brett Favre against young whippersnapper Drew Brees. Who will be victorious?
Drew Brees
Where is Dakinikat?
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Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts
It’s half-time in the Colts-Jets playoff game. The winner will get to go to Miami for the Superbowl. The score at the half is 17-13 Jets. So far the Jets have gotten the better of the Colts, sacking Manning twice and forcing a turnover, but the Colts managed a touchdown just before half-time.
Seventeen-thirteen looks a lot better than Seventeen-six, which was what it was close to the end of the second quarter. It looks to me like the Jets are doing a good job of anticipating where Manning is going to throw the ball, so I hope they come up with some different plays while they’re in the locker room.
The Wall Street Journal has a live diary of the games, updated frequently.
This is an open thread. If you don’t want to discuss football, you can still join in.
Go Colts!!!!!!!
Oh, here are the Jets. Joe Namath is reportedly in Indy watching the game.
New York Jets
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The Confluence 
The second half is starting. The Colts are kicking off.
The Jets offense is playing lots better than anyone expected.
Their defense has been great too.
That was a given. They were winning games all year with defense and a grind it out running game.
I know….
hmmm ~ don’t have a pick, though I’d like to see the Vikings win cuz of Brett (sorry Dkat)
I can’t help rooting for Favre. I feel the same way. Plus, I’m from the North Country.
The Jets have a receiver named Clowney.
ROFLOL!
Ooh! That’s his second missed FG.
Last week it was SD that was missing kicks.
There is nothing more embarrassing, unless it’s interceptions.
When a guy misses a kick, nobody on the sideline will speak to him or even sit next to him.
I added this to the post, but the WSJ has a live diary they are updating frequently.
http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2010/01/24/afc-championship-diary-jets-at-colts/
Great pass by Manning!
Manning was killing them with the quick inside slant, then the WR went outside for the TD.
Colts TD!
Yeah, baby. Go Colts!!
Ooops, I think I posted my last couple of comments on the previous thread.
The Colts have to quit giving up big plays.
The Jets’ first TD took 1 play.
That’s the Colts for you.
Bummer….
Phew…
They just had another aftershock in Haiti, 5.5
Jets are moving.
Why am I rooting for the Jets, I don’t like the Jets. Guess they are underdogs.
Alright, all the obot NY media are cheering for the Jets. That’s enough to get me to switch.
It’s hard to like Peyton Manning. Even harder to like Eli Manning.
Yeah, Manning is kind of obnoxious, but he’s still really good.
The way to get to Peyton is physically beat up their offensive line with the pass rush, like the Pats were able to do. Think the Saints will be better at that than the Vikes.
Patriots should have finished off Manning in that game earlier in the season. How did they lose that game. Brady was burying Peyton for 50 minutes.
The Pats just didn’t have it this year. They lost several games at the end like that.
Woo hoo!!
Colts TD is why I just did that. 🙂
Things are looking better and better for the Colts. I still think they should have gone all out for the perfect season. The Jets are only in the playoffs because the Colts threw the game.
Kind of like the Repubs helping Obama win the primaries. They wanted to face the weaker opponent.
Gooooooo Colts!!!!
Colts are closing the door on the Jets.
Peyton wants to run off as much time as possible before they score.
If they get a TD the jets will need 3 scores just to tie.
Gotta give props to Sanchez, never imagined he would break out this well. Don’t like him either. Don’t like athletes making their living from commercial overexposure.
Beautiful catch! Looks like the Colts are in good shape.
Will they run the ball or throw for a TD?
A FG means the Jets can wi with 2 TD’s
They were trying to get the Jets to burn their final time out.
Oopsie
New non-football thread up
Way to go Colts! Saints-Vikes 6:40 EST. Be there or be square.
Colts going to the Superbowl!!!!!!!!!!
Sweet!
I’m going to redo this as a Saints-Vikings liveblog now.
The second quarter belonged to the Jets, but the second half was the Colts’.
Congrats to the COLTS!!!
Super Bowl, here we come!
Oh bummer for the Jets. And please don’t talk to Joe, I’m sure he’s sh*tfaced by now.
He’s still the only Jets QB to win a SB
He was a very exciting player.
He was great. He had a great set of legs too.
I’m rooting for the Saints in the second game.
Nothing against Favre and the Skandies, but I’ve liked the Saints since their fans wore paper bags over their heads and the team was called the Ain’ts.
Kenny Stabler almost led them to their first winning season (8-8) but in the final game they were leading by 1 point in the 4th quarter when a defender caught an interception in the end zone and ran it out to the 2 yd line.
Stabler was sacked for a safety and the Ain’ts lost, finishing 7-9
I’ll be happy no matter which team wins, actually; but I can’t help rooting for the old man.
BTW, Vikings have beaten the Saints four straight.
I’d like to see Favre versus Peyton also. But the main thing is the Colts are going to be there. Go Indy!
Tough one for me because I like both teams. I’m hoping for a good game mostly. Well, I have to admit maybe I’m leaning purple just because of the old man. What can I say, I have a soft spot for him.
They’re singing the national anthem.
When I was a kid I thought the last verse of the Star-Spangled Banner was “Play ball!”
It isn’t?
My son went to school with Bernard Berrian, the Vikes receiver.
Cool.
I went to school with Cary Stayner, the serial killer.
I went to school with a bunch of nobodies.
Cary was a nobody, until he got caught.
My grandfather was childhood friends with Sinclair Lewis.
My brothers went to school with the voice of Homer Simpson.
Touchdown, Vikings!!!!
It would be cool to see Brett Farve win another one. He came back for a reason. I wanted that reason to be last year with the Jets. Thats my team. Don’t get me wrong, I love Broadway Joe.
Touchdown NO!
Wow, another touchdown for the Vikings.
Berrian just faked Porter right out of his jock.
Whoa, that safety blitz..
Favre is pretty amazing.
What a game!! New Orleans finding their rhythm.
They seem to be pretty well matched.
How the hell is Shockey even playing?
He’s got to be in agony.
Damn, these last few minutes of the half are taking forever.
It’s like another entire game inside the two minutes. Taking forever.
I think both teams needed more sleep. Grumble.
I wouldn’t want to be in the locker rooms of either team. The lectures will be about the same: so let’s talk about holding onto the ball you bunch of boneheads… Well, the language would probably be a bit different.
It could be a whole new ball game after the first half. We saw that last game.
Poppy Bush is at the game.
Looking back, he wasn’t so bad. (But the Big Dawg was better)
Are you kidding me? Iran-Contra, CIA running everything, shock doctrine in Latin America, drugs and gun running, secret government? No thanks.
Most of that was Raygun, and compared to Obush he wasn’t so bad.
I didn’t say he was good.
Compared to the Presidents I have clear memories of (Nixon, Ford, Carter, Raygun, Clinton G-Dub and Obama) Poppy Bush is above average.
I’d say he was tied with Ford for second place.
Dumbass!
If you’re a punt returner you stand on the 10 yd line and if the punt is over your head you let it go.
Getting physical.
Sorry, that is not roughing the passer. No way.
More like roughing the hall of famer.
Saints pash rush is brutal.
Course easy for me to say, sitting here on the sofa.
Uh oh. Something wrong with Favre.
They taped him up and he’s got his shoe back on – he’ll be back!
Oh good!
Are the Saints lubing up the balls?
The footballs I mean.
I know, like a greased melon.
I can’t take it anymore…
This is downright painful to watch.
This is why we watch.
Man, this has turned into a Peterson / Bush battle.
OMG, what a catch.
OK, now I really can’t take it any more.
I believe that last fumble was pretty much the end of the Vikings.
Far from over. May depend on who can hold onto the ball.
It’s Hall of Fame time.
Interference!! Vikes will score.
It’s official, I’m now loosing my mind….
My fragile little mind can’t handle it being this close.
Free your mind
This game is so exciting. I’m clenching my teeth I’m so tense.
Unbelievable. This could be Favre’s “drive” in legend.
Two years in a row I watched the AFC championship with the Bay Area Browns Backers.
Bernie Kozar vs. John Elway.
Both games came down to the final drive. The first was Denver’s, the second was Cleveland’s.
Cleveland lost both games.
Denver lost both Super Bowls.
Yes as a Cleveland backer, those games changed my life.
Currently there are 12 NFL teams that make the playoffs each year (4 division winners and 2 wildcards in each conference)
11 of them will lose their last game.
OMG, OMG, what a completion.
I’m sorry, did some one mention bread and circuses?
Nooooooooo!
HOLY SHIT!
Jeebus…. Go Colts. 🙂
OT
Overtime.
I hate this, because whoever wins the coin toss almost always wins.
Saints win the coin toss. I can’t take this.
Lurker-alert! 😀
Saints start. Fumbles could happen, though. My Colts already won, so I don’t really care, but I do have a soft spot for the Vikings.
Did the Saints loose yet so life can go back to normal or what usually is normal for NOLA around here?
Won’t be normal there if the Saints win.
NOLA and SF are two towns were there is no such thing as normal.
not yet.
Looks like the Saints are going to Miami.
That will be a tough call on the reception. Very close.
Wow.
I won’t need to trim my nails for a few weeks.
Months possibly – I can’t be sure until the bleeding stops.
what happened???? I’ve lost satellite signal right when they set up for the FG
Ever see the Stanford Band vs. Cal game?
hahahaha ~ but why was the band standing there??
They ran on the field thinking the game was over but it wasn’t.
idiots!
Good luck sleeping tonight, Dak. Looks like your city will party like it’s 1999. And congratulations.
Dead solid perfect.
IG–Field goal was a neat kick right down the center, cinching it for the Saints.
Looks like NO is going to be a pretty wild place for the next couple of weeks.
awww man! watch a whole game and can’t see the last 5 seconds SUCKS!
The Saints won! There is a God!
Quoting the late, great Buddy Diliberto!
I still remember the “Benson Boogie”
okay, there’s a distinct sound of gun fire and whoops going off and it’s just too much of it to be a normal night
What’s the normal amount of gunfire?
LOL! There’s always gunfire in Nawlins, especially in the Nint Ward where Dak lives. I’m living here in Albuquerque in what they call the “War Zone”. Sheesh! Bunch of pussies!
It builds character …
Yep. We’re all characters, that’s for sure.
Stay inside, Dak. It could get nuts out there.
It’s always nuts out there.
Sounds like a cock fight.
I’ve learned to stay inside. I spent new year’s eve at a friends house one night in mid city and it rained bullets there at midnight. One hit the overhang outside of my window. It was insane.
Yep! Been there.
LOL! I want to kiss you, Dak. That’s my Nawlins!
guess the serfs stay appeased for a bit longer … circus maximus still functional
Dak, when’s Mardi Gras this year? I bet the party will last straight through.
valentine’s day + two days …. way too early for clits and nips up season!
No city deserves this more than New Orleans.
True.
well, that’s one way of looking at stopping a much needed revolution, personally, I’m trying to impact the mayoral race instead of doping myself on watching grown men give each other brain damage
Good luck with that. No city deserves a good mayor more than Nawlins.
well, I don’t know if mitch will be a good mayor, but I’m assuming he won’t be a corrupt one and he’ll get rid of some of the worst cronies … I volunteered for GOTV stuff, silly me
I like Mitch.
I will be cheering for the Saints over Indy.
Who Dat?
What’s so poignant is the Saints are Favre’s team except when he’s playing against them. He has close ties with Nawlins. Grew up in Kiln, MS. My in-laws know the whole family well.
Then there’s Peyton Manning growing up in Nawlins where his old man is a legend. It’s all bittersweet.
yup, it’s a new orleans thang this year …
What is the name of the woman who was Dean of SLU…Sally something? Is she still there? She was really impressive if I remember. How do you like Hammond? I think it’s a wonderful little town.
But a painful commute for you, I presume. Hope you don’t have to do it every day.
Clearly the Saints hold a spot in my heart but I watched a great quarterback (Favre) get deep sixed by his own team tonight.
What on earth was going on? I’ve never seen so many fumbles, misteps and just ineptitude. Favre deserved to win but his team didn’t .
Deep down I was hoping for a Favre/Manning matchup at the superbowl.