Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for winning the Super Bowl. Surely people are celebrating the victory in fairly tame fashion down there in the Big Easy.
Yes, good for New Orleans. The franchise wins its first Super Bowl. And in the wake of the recent flooding and destruction there, the Saints had sort of become "America's Team," replacing the Dallas Cowboys, as millions of football fans and Americans rooted for something positive to happen for this city.
Not that I was rooting for them. Or for the Colts, either. Well, maybe. But I mostly didn't care. I would have rather seen the Colts playing the Vikings, or the Saints playing the Jets. Then I could have rooted for either one. But Colts vs. Saints didn't do a lot for me. I did enjoy the game, though, and am happy for the Saints after their win.
But they must have realized at half-time they were outmatched and had no shot of winning. They were the little upstart team nobody gave a chance to win. The Colts were better. The Colts knew it. The Saints knew it. Everyone knew it. Duh!
And being thus outclassed on the field, they had to resort to trickery. That is, you know, what inferior teams do when they know they can't win. Teams who have no business being there in the first place. They run trick plays. Plays you don't see very often, gimmicks, misdirection, deception. They don't play straight up football.
An on-side kick? Are you serious? Come on, Saints! Just line up and see who is better, faster, stronger. None of these gimmick and gadget plays. It's just a desperate way to change the momentum of the game against a better team.
The Colts don't use misdirection and deception. Peyton Manning is terrible at disguising what play they are running, and he is simply awful at the play-action pass.
So, congratulations again, Saints. Enjoy the victory. Too bad it was a fluke, though, and you could never beat them again.
4 comments:
Are people really saying that kind of stuff, phyllis?
Boise State does misdirection, the stuff of football, make the ohter guy think you are going where you aren't and play past the misled player, that's football. BUT Saints played trichery against a team they couldn't beat. Onsides kick at the start of a half? get real, and make the kick catchable. It hit the players feet, not his hands, play is dead, rekick, and play straight up football, get it right. I'm not a Colts fan, while respect Manning's leadership and abilities, I was hoping for a good hardhitting game, catch it and run, defense bang'em up, but I guess N.O.'s coaches showed their coaching strengths, which apparently are limited to bait and switch. Not up to standard. Call the game a push. glad I didn't waste any money on that one. and If the NFL wants to display a game of integrity, it better review its rules or there is bunch of us that be watching College football only.
Oh, please (Boise State does...)ignore the spelling/diction, please in last post, I was in a hurry and should have previewed it. Sorry.
Okay, so now I know. Perhaps if I cared about either team really a lot, then all this would matter more than it does. But I am happy to read anonymous's opinion.
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