Super Bowl XLIV Recap – NFL Football
Monday, February 8, 2010 21:53Reflections on the Saints, Colts and Super Bowl XLIV.
Super Bowl XLIV Thoughts
Super Bowl XLIV and, “Who dat?” The Saints are no longer the Aints. Seldom has a sports championship of any time meant more to the fans of a particular city. Some personal musings from watching the big game:
- The Colts’ tackling was horrible. Scratch that… it was abysmal, deplorable, and any number of other craptastic words. Absolutely embarrassing for the championship game at the highest level of play.
- The onsides kick to open the second half will go down as one of the gutsiest calls ever. Think Boise State vs Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl huge. High-risk equals high-reward if ones pulls it off, and it takes a special kind of coach to throw such caution to the wind, especially in the biggest game of your career. Even though the Saints’ dominated time of possession in the second quarter, the second-half kickoff was the momentum turning point of the game; if a coach could be named MVP, Sean Payton deserved it for that play. Never underestimate the element of surprise.










