Who ya got?

The real question is who you got in the Super Bowl?  Everybody wants to know.  Vegas is already predicting spreads and your co-workers want to know if they can possibly get a 20 off you when the time comes.  The AFC and NFC championships are set.  Indianapolis will host the Cinderella NY Jets.  While Minnesota and New Orleans will do battle on Sunday as well.  Both of these games look to be interesting in their own way.

Starting at 3:00P.M. Eastern time on Sunday, we will see if Peyton Manning will get a shot at winning another Super Bowl ring, in Super Bowl XLIV (44).  It wil be very interesting to see how the cogs of each of the offense that doesn’t get as much recognition will play.  For New York it will be their passing game led by Mark Sanchez, that has averaged less than a 150 yards a game thusfar in the playoffs.  He will have to find targets like Edwards, Crotchery, and Keller efficiently if the Jets are able to withstand the competitive fury which is Peyton Manning.  For Indianapolis, similarly or in contrast, the running game is the question.  Indy doesn’t have to run the ball successfully to win the game.  But if they are able to run the ball and have positive plays with Brown and Addai, even with them contributing in the passing game, it would be a big help in slowing down the Jet’s pressure.  Indianapolis’ high power/ big play attack should be too much for the Jets to keep up with, but like Rex Ryan said they did just beat the Colts’ “JV squad”, a few weeks ago.

On the NFC side, to decide whose going to win that game I would have to pull an Antoine Sugar from No Country for Old Men and flip a coin.  “Everything’s ridin on it.”  The Saints looked very impressive in their 45-14 trouncing of Arizona.  But, when Brett Favre throws 4 TDs and you have Adrian Peterson, I just can’t see how you can lose.  However AP has only three 100 yard rushing games on the season.  The key to this game in my oppinion is the utility guy.  Percy Harvin and Reggie Bush have similair styles.  Along with great speed and vision, another thing they have in common is incosistency.  Whichever of these homerun hitting deep threats has more total yards will decide which team is to pull it out.  I have to give the edge to Minnesota in this one because I feel that Bush is a more intragal part of the Saints offense, so without an excellent performance by him at the running back position New Orleans would be at a huge disadvantage.  Big plays will also be a good barometer of whose controlling the altitude in this game.  Both of these teams are capable of having several plays of over 20 yards.  So it should be exciting.  I know where I’ll be at 6:40 on Sunday.

Another big factor, as always, is who turns the ball over.  If you can’t control the ball, you can’t control the clock, and you can’t control the scoreboard.  So if you want to win the Super Bowl, hold on to the ball and see you fans in Miami.