SUPERBOWL XLIV IS SET!

I have watched all of the previous 43 Superbowls (well, most of the games) and this one, while excluding my beloved Packers, is an especially sweet one. This year the Indianapolis Colts return to play the Superbowl virgins New Orleans Saints. Most pundits were picking these two teams just after mid season as both were on their respective runs to undefeated seasons. As it turned out, no team went undefeated but Indy (16-2) and NO (15-3) came close.

The sweet ingredient came in how The Saints arrived. They beat the Minnesota Vikings in overtime. The game came to overtime by the Saints intercepting a pass at the end of regulation of a tied game while Minnesota was driving. The REALLY sweet part is that this quarterback has a history of ending seasons (and playoff games) with interceptions with other teams. This quarterback was a Packer legend, Brett Favre, who broke almost every passing record for the Packers and the league, including the most career interceptions - when a QB plays for seventeen years, throwing an average of 3500 yards per season, it stands to reason. But I digress.

Favre threw his twentieth playoff interception on an audible - a play the QB calls instead of the one called by the coach. Then, as has happened to Minnesota four other times, they lost the conference championship. This time by a field goal in overtime. Favre ended his Packer career with an interception in a playoff game, retired, came out of retirement to play for the Jets, ended that season with an interception, retired AGAIN, came out of retirement AGAIN, signed with the hated Viqueens as we Packer fans "lovingly" refer to them, and ended this season with an interception. He has not yet committed to retirement this year. It's still early.