Where are all the Colts?
Case in point. Two of the best quarterbacks in the league, throw interceptions in the waning minutes of the game to insure a victory for the whole worlds sympathetic favorite, the Saints.
Poor Brett Favre, who loves to win, drops back to pass, has to make a decision. If he completes the pass, the Vikings will probably kick a field goal, win the game, and eliminate the crowds favorite, the Saints. He did the only thing he could do to insure a Saints victory, throw an interception.
The network bigwigs had decided that they wanted the Saints in the Super bowl. Research had shown that a game between the Saints and the Colts would possibly be the most watched game of all time. Poor New Orleans, all their trouble, and, rising from the ashes, a football team that was the pride of the state, should play in the Super bowl. And after the disaster in Haiti, another underdog, the Saints could speak for all the underdogs in the world.
I think the outcome was pre determined by the execs at the TV network. With the economy as it is, few advertisers withdrew from advertising. I think they were GUARANTEED the biggest audience in history. And that is what they got.
The Colts led at the half, “Quick, get on the phone, call the locker room, tell them that somehow, the Saints must win. The world will be happy, it will help the economy in New Orleans, the people in Haiti will be happy, it may even get a new mayor elected in New Orleans. Tell Peyton that if he wants to keep on making those millions each year, well, he knows what to do. Let him know it’s not like when his Daddy played, TV rules. Let him know that they get to win the game next year, we promise.”
So no last minute heroics, oh, he could have driven down for a winning TD for the Colts, but it was not in the script. It was probably the easiest interception in history. Stevie Wonder could have done it, and it sealed the game for the Saints. Obama was happy, the league was happy, TV was happy, as were the Saints fans. Indianapolis is a small town, they’ll get over it. They get it next year, again, and they already have one trophy.
Just remember, the ball never gets snapped till the TV guy gives the signal. They tell them when to play, you just have to wonder what else they tell them??????????
