july said:

LMMFAO you are crazy.

reneGade20, I know you're not feeling it right now.

StarMon said:

Too late, they played the Superbowl Shuffle as soon as the game was over.

Did you see that! New England and Indy.

babynoz said:

"Did they".. I turned the tube to cbs.

I do not see how that was a touchdown?

Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI

july said:

wow who would have thunk it?

july said:

This is historic!

History's about to be broken with Lovie and Tony in the Superbowl.

PEYTON FINALLY MAKES IT HE DIDN'T CHOKE!!!!!

StarMon said:

butterfli25 said:

I think fans would've calling for Peyton's head if they had lost. The whole Dungy tragedy with his son's suicide makes me wanna pull for them. I can't imagine having to go through that.....talk about a bittersweet situation.

AnckSuNamun said:

I'm so happy for Tony and Lovie making history. Tony had a tough year last year and I still think he got robbed at Tampa Bay.

Pey-back: Manning lifts Colts over Pats for AFC title

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Peyton Manning exorcised his personal demon, and punched Indianapolis' ticket to the Super Bowl in the process.

The highly-touted signal-caller, who was just as renowned for his postseason failures as his regular-season accomplishments, engineered the largest comeback in championship game history, as the Colts edged the New England Patriots, 38-34, in the AFC Championship Game at the RCA Dome.

Manning and the Colts dug out of an 18-point hole and fought back to tie it on three separate occasions before taking their first lead of the game with one minute left on a three-yard run by Joseph Addai.

Tom Brady tried to orchestrate a late-scoring drive, getting the ball back with 54 ticks on the clock and a pair of time outs, but Marlin Jackson came up with a big interception to ice the game.

Manning ended 27-of-47 for 349 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Indianapolis, which had its playoff runs cut short by Brady and New England both in 2003 and '04. Manning also added a rushing touchdown, while Dallas Clark hauled in six catches for 137 yards.

The Colts move on to face Chicago in Super Bowl XLI on February 4 in Miami. The Bears dropped New Orleans, 39-14, in the NFC Championship earlier in the day to advance.

Brady went 21-of-34 for 232 yards with a touchdown and a pick for the Patriots, who fell to 12-2 in the playoffs in the Bill Belichick/Brady era.

It appeared that Manning's big-game abilities would be questioned for yet another season, as rookie kicker Stephen Gostkowski booted a 43-yard field goal with less than four minutes remaining to put the Patriots back on top, 34-31. Manning then failed to connect on three straight pass attempts, forcing Indianapolis to punt.

The Indy defense forced a quick three-and-out, however, then Manning went to work. On 2nd-and-10 from the 31 and just over two minutes on the clock, Manning connected with Bryan Fletcher for a 32-yard gain. He then found Reggie Wayne for a 14-yard pickup before head coach Tony Dungy called three straight running plays to wind the clock down. On the third run play, Addai broke up the middle for the three-yard score as the home crowd erupted.

Dungy joins Bears head coach Lovie Smith as the first African Americans to coach in the Super Bowl.

The Patriots used a little bit of good fortune around the goal line early in the first quarter to establish a 7-0 lead. With the offense set up at the four-yard line, Laurence Maroney coughed up the ball as a sea of blue converged around the two. The ball squirted out from the pile and into the end zone, however, where Logan Mankins recovered it for the touchdown.

Indianapolis responded with a 14-play, 56-yard march on the ensuing possession, which Adam Vinatieri capped with a 42-yard field goal. Vinatieri finished 3-for-3 on the day versus his former team, while his replacement, Gostkowski, was 2-for-2.

Brady immediately guided his team back down the field, and hit Troy Brown for a 27-yard gain on fourth down to set up a first-and-goal from the seven- yard line. On the next play, Corey Dillon scampered to pay dirt off the left end to make it 14-3.

Manning tried to fire back but instead fired an interception to Asante Samuel, who darted down the left sideline for a 39-yard touchdown return with 9:25 left in the second quarter.

The Colts managed to cut the deficit to 15 before the break on a 26-yard Vinatieri field goal with seven ticks on the clock, then stormed back to tie the game in the third. Indy came out of the locker room and marched 76 yards on 14 plays to slice the deficit to 21-13. Manning was 5-of-6 on the drive, and scored from a yard out on a quarterback sneak to polish it off.

The defense held New England to a three-and-out on the following possession, allowing the Colt offense to swing right back into action. Manning quickly moved his club down the field, and a pass interference call in the end zone set Indianapolis up at the one. Manning found Dan Klecko -- a defensive lineman who used to play for the Pats -- for a one-yard score. Tony Dungy decided to roll the dice and go for two, and it payed off as Manning found Marvin Harrison to knot the game at 21-21.

Ellis Hobbs, though, returned the ensuing kickoff 80 yards to put New England in striking distance. Moments later, Brady and Jabar Gaffney connected for a six-yard TD reception to put the Patriots back in front late in the third quarter.

Indianapolis took a page out of New England's playbook to tie the game again early in the fourth. Just as Maroney had done early in the game, Dominic Rhodes fumbled at the doorstep, but Jeff Saturday recovered the ball in the end zone for the score.

Gostkowski and Vinatieri exchanged field goals on successive possessions midway through the final stanza to make it 31-31 and set up the frenzied finish.

AnckSuNamun said:

yeah I was sad for him, I told my mom his son should have been there to share the triumph with him, it is bittersweet.

Pat's woulda won if bug eye boy caught the fucking ball when nobody was covering him!!! GRRRRR!!!!

I like Indy's head couch. I have mad respect for him and I agree that it's bitter sweet and all. I still hate Manning with a passion.

Go Bears! They're gonna tear you apart Peyton! And if they don't I'm never watching tv again because you'll do a million more commericals and I can't stand looking at that big fat head of yours.

Tommy I still love you. You gave it your all and we'll get em' next time.

PS: Dump Gisele.

CarrieLee said:

CarrieLee said:

yep, Caldwell blew it.

Whoa, NE got eliminated? Indianapolis is in? Two black coaches? I am on information overload this morning!!!!

Bears are gonna win the World Series!!!

Stymie said:

yay!

CarrieLee said:

We Vikings have a WR we'd like to trade to you. His name is Troy Williamson.

Stax said:

He really did blow the game. The first time the ball slipped through his hands he got lucky because we still scored after. But the second time We would have won.

Is it true if you can see the whites of the eyes on the top and bottom you are clinically crazy? Dude looks like he belongs in a nut house!

I really wanted Tom Brady to be in the same place with Prince at the same time. That would have been spank bank material!

We hired Jim Mora Jr. as assistant head coach.

july said:

july said:

We just lost our defensive coordinator.

http://www.sportsnetwork....059557.htm

TMPletz said:

Oh we had 2 coaches get other jobs. One with the Cardinals and one for Miami. It's not no big deal though. Their contracts were up and we had some better candidates to move in. Solid coaching staff coming together. Players getting healthy. A good Super Bowl XLI coming up. I'm happy.

CarrieLee said:

Yeah, he looks like a deer in the headlights. He is going to have a looooonnnnggggg offseason.

I was waiting for Carrie's comments Peyton's fat head Peyton's really a fathead.

Those life-size peel offs by FatHead. I want one of Julius Peppers and Steve Smith.....and the SC Gamecocks. Don't know if I wanna shell out $150 for one though.....well it is buy one get one free.

july said:

The thing is that Tomlin's defense was the only bright spot of the Vikes...although he did kind of inherit his defense from the previous DC. I see the Vikes battling for the bottom of the NFC North with the Lions.