Super Bowl

The 2009-2010 football season has come to a close. The stage was set, the lights were shining, and the halftime show sucked. It was everything you expect from a Super Bowl. This was a little different; there were two totally different types of people in the game with different backgrounds.

Who Dat? Dat really is who; the National Football Champion Saints are Who Dat! Bourbon street hasn’t been this loud and proud since before Hurricane Katrina, and hasn’t ever been this excited after a championship seeing as how it’s their first one ever. Who would get the microphone after a game like this one? None other than NFL Champion and Super Bowl MVP, Drew Brees. I almost feel that 100% of the fans and players and everyone involved with this organization are deserving of a microphone, but I think Brees deserves to shine this time. Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions on the night. Of course this wouldn’t of happened if it weren’t for the surprise kickoff onside kick that sparked the Saints right out of the half, or if Tracy Porter hadn’t returned a Peyton Manning pass 74 yards. Brees also tallied up 288 total yards on the night while not tossing a single interception. He did all of this during a 31-7 scoring endeavor, which is tied for the biggest scoring comeback in a Super Bowl game. Brees also threw and completed a two-point conversion to Lance Moore that gave his team the edge over the Colts to end the 43 championship drought. To Drew Brees and the entire Saints organization and all the fans involved, CONGRATULATIONS! I’d love to interview every single one of you and hear DAT story.

The first let down I have ever had while watching a usually flawless Peyton Manning play the sport he loves. But this time Peyton is getting left alone. His performance was less than perfect and that is about it. You had to be that good and perform that well on the BIG stage in order to win the Super Bowl. Manning was however, 31 of 45 for 333 passing yards on the day. I can’t talk completely bad of him nor do I want to. When the game is on the line and everything you have worked for is about to pay off, you need to perform rather than be outperformed by a 25h ranked defense. Manning was outdone, like what tends to happen to Manning’s. He threw for an Interception late in the fourth quarter that ended any hope of another Super Bowl ring to be placed on the fingers of the Colts players. Overall the Colts played good Colts football, but this year that just wasn’t good enough to outdo DAT other team: The NFL Champion New Orleans Saints.