Sunday, January 24, 2010

IT'S OFFICIAL: COLTS VS. SAINTS IN SUPER BOWL XLIV

We've got our Super Bowl entries.

At Indianapolis:

Peyton Manning threw for three touchdowns (to Austin Collie [16 yards]in the second quarter, Pierre Garcon [4 yards] in the third, and Dallas Clark [15 yards] in the fourth) as the Indianapolis Colts erased a second-quarter 11-point deficit to defeat the New York Jets 30-17 Sunday to win the American Football Conference Championship. The Colts are heading for their second Super Bowl in four years.

At New Orleans:

Drew Brees threw for three touchdowns (one of 38 yards to Pierre Thomas in the first quarter [he also ran 9 yards for a score], a 9-yarder in the second quarter to Devery Henderson, and a 5-yarder to Reggie Bush in the fourth) and Garrett Hartley kicked the game-winning field goal with 4:45 expired in the first overtime period as the New Orleans Saints defeated the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 to capture the National Football Conference championship on Sunday. The Saints are heading to the Super Bowl for the first time in their forty-three year history.

The Saints and Colts battle each other on February 7 in Super Bowl XLIV, to be played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.


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