Super Bowl XLIV (Picks and Discussion)

[KBaum]

I've got the Colts over the Saints 31-28.

Anybody else?

[JetFan1983]

Damn you Kbaum! I come to this site to drown out all the Jets obsessing I've been doing this week, and I see this thread! It's inescapable!!!

Predicting against the Jets seems to be working for me.

Colts, Vikings or Saints will win the Superbowl.

[iacas]

Jets over the Vikings. Brett Favre can suck it. That's my pick.

[MrKadash]

I'm going with the Vikings over the Colts in a classic matchup between two of the greatest QB's who have ever lived.

[DaSportsGuy]

Minnesota Vikings-24
Indianapolis Colts-13

[jamo]

Jets over the Vikings. Brett Favre can suck it. That's my pick.

Dear God i hope not. Mike Greenberg will have a field day on ESPN2/ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike.

My forecast: Saints: 34 Colts: 28 Pro Bowl: maybe 5 viewers

[Elvisliveson]

Jets 16 Vikings 6. Favre throws 5 picks to tie the SB record.

[ControlJunkie]

Saints over the Colts, 35-31. The deciding factor is a phone conversation that goes something like this:

Archie Manning: Peyton, are you busy, I need to talk to you about something, son.
Peyton Manning: Yeah dad, what's up??
AM: "Son, you do realize I suffered for years, playing for some truly terrible Saints teams, right?"
PM: "Umm, yeah dad, I remember. Sometimes I even watch old highlights with my buddy Justin Timberlake on my 65" Sony Bravia TV. Those were the good ol' days, weren't they, dad??"
AM: "No Peyton, they were hell! We sucked harder than Monica Lewinsky at ! I got my ass kicked every Sunday! For what??? For you, son, and for your retarded brother Eli, and that poor gimp Carter! So that you all could live a great life!! I even let you go to Bourbon St. at a young age so you could brag to your friends that you saw boobs before they did!! I did it all for you!!!"
PM: "Dad, ummm, his name is Cooper, not Carter."
AM: "Yeah, whatever, it doesn't matter, he never made it to the league. You don't want to end up like him, (short pause) do you Peyton ?
PM: "No, I want to play football as long as I can, dad.... Are you ok dad?"
AM: "Then you know what you have to do, Peyton... You have to throw the game... YOU HAVE TO THROW THE GAME, PEYTON! OR I SWEAR I WILL GO ALL JACK BAUER ON YOUR ASS!!"
PM: "But dad..."
AM: "Do it dammit! Or else, I will tell everyone about how you still wet the bed, or even worse, about some of those nights you and Tiger had down in the Quarter!"
PM: "Okay okay okay dad, I'll do it!"
AM: "That's better, son. Now go get me another drink."
PM: (Moping away, sniffling) "Yes father, anything you want"

[lcfd42]

I don't really care who wins as long as somebody plasters that wimp Manning's little crybaby arse all over the backfield. I'm sick of his whining and crying about someone putting a hit on him. Damn, be a man Peyton and play ball!
GO Saints - Jets - Vikings!!!

[ZeusKOTG]

The Jets will lose to the Colts in the championship game because Indy has basically the best run defense in the league and Jets thrive off that. I think Vikings will be too much for Brees and the saints with Jared Allen raining down on him.

Vikings over Colts 38 - 35

Favre and AP too much for Colts to handle.

[lcfd42]

The Jets will lose to the Colts in the championship game because Indy has basically the best run defense in the league and Jets thrive off that. I think Vikings will be too much for Brees and the saints with Jared Allen raining down on him.

Man ZeusKOTG, don't crush my hopes like that. I will be watching for the thunderous crash when Indy takes their first snap. It will feel like turn 4 at Daytona with 1 lap to go. Manning will go down!

[nike_golf]

I won't make any picks because, well, I don't want to jinx my team, the Vikings.

As for the folks sick of Favre, I understand, I really do. Before this year, I never cared for him either, especially since he played all those years for the hated Packers.

That being said, it's amazing how my opinion of him has changed.

[Greg]

I think the Saints at home be too much for the Vikings and who could pick the Jets over Manning and Indy. Maybe if the Chargers had won, I would have picked them but not the Jets, they just cant score enough points and rely too much on the run, the Colts will shut that down and make Sanchez try to beat them and he's not good enough yet. The Saints will win it all, should be a very entertaining Super Bowl as it was last year. Saints over Colts 34-31.

[bogeyhitter25]

I can't stand the Colts. I like Manning, but I hate those friggin' Colts.

I'm rooting for Favre. Go MN.

[nike_golf]

I want to crawl in a hole and disappear.

[apex53]

What did the Vikings do to deserve the playoff curse? That's a tough loss, especially with Favre throwing that pick when he could've run for a few yards to setup the field goal... Vikings fans kicked in the nuts again... I'm not a Vikings fan but this one has to hurt real hard

[nike_golf]

What did the Vikings do to deserve the playoff curse? That's a tough loss, especially with Favre throwing that pick when he could've run for a few yards to setup the field goal... Vikings fans kicked in the nuts again... I'm not a Vikings fan but this one has to hurt real hard

Hey, it's part of being a Viking fan. I was feeling pretty decent about our chances when Chester ran the ball to about the 35 yard line w/ a minute to go. BUT, in the back of my mind, I knew this was the Vikings I was watching, and nothing is ever easy or a done deal w/ them. Especially in a big game.

Oh well. It only took an hour after my game for my heart rate to get back to normal. I don't know if I would have been able to handle a Super Bowl anyway. Plus, the Vikes would probably just have ended up being the only team w/ 5 SB losses anyway.

[jurban05]

colts 35-28