jenny_wildcat | More Super Bowl Colts Squeeling! (Reply)

The Indianapolis Colts are going to the Super Bowl!!!!111!1!

I already did it on my MySpace blog and profile (you'd think I was happy about this or something), but the good news needs to be spread all over my sphere of influence on the 'net. The Colts beat the Patriots 34-38 and I am just giddy-drunk with excitement!

For all the naysaying and all the weenie-boys at CBS predicting a Patriots dynasty (evidently, three Super Bowl wins in the last five years counts as a dynasty to some people... and next year, it'll be all about how they've won three Super Bowls in the past six years... o_O) and all the talk about how Peyton Manning can't win the big games, we finally get to shut the analysts up and we get to shut the Patriots fans up (which, I've been trying to do since 2001).

The sad thing is that I think I jinxed the first half. I watched the Patriots score first and I watched the Patriots fumble the ball and the Colts "recover", but somehow the Pats ended up with it in the endzone (the lineman of all people... I ask you...) I watched until the Patriots intercepted the ball and made the score 21-3. I agonized and fumed and cursed Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and the Colts' defense and the CBS commentators and finally had to turn off the TV because I would not be able to stand watching my fellow Colts fans look so pitiful and the Patriots celebrate. So, I worked on my memoir for my Creative Non-Fiction class (which is another monster altogether). I finished that and turned the TV back on and saw that the Colts had scored a few more times, but I was in time to watch the Patriots run a kickoff back for a touchdown.

Disgusted with myself and figuring I was the bad luck, I turned the TV off, but it didn't last long because, like any good fan, I Just Couldn't Stand It! I got up the guts to watch one more play and, as I turned on the TV, I could hear Indy fans cheering, saw Brady throw the ball and... one of the Colts caught it!!! I didn't even see who it was; all I could see was a blue-and-white jersey over the football, Peyton Manning come off the bench in celebration and hear the RCA Dome explode. Right there (and

shellic can attest to this) I WENT NUTS!! The last time I jumped up and down so crazy like that was when the last time the Jazz went to the Finals.

It's easier to tell the ensuing insanity in a bulleted list:

My nine-year-old cousin is a HUGE Patriots fan. We have not been able to convert him from the dark side, but I called and told my sister to give him a few "NEENER-NEENER"s for me. Mom, however, told me to be nice and classy, even though my cousin never was/is. Tell you what, you be classy. I have a few noogies to hand out.

Speaking of class (or a lack thereof), why couldn't Belichick just shake Peyton Manning's hand on the way out? Murgh...

I finally have a team to cheer for instead of against in the big game. I don't think that's happened since the Raiders were in the Super Bowl. It's been cheer against the Patriots or the Seahawks, but I finally get to cheer for a team that I like.

All season, I've watched Peyton Manning put on that Colts ballcap when he's on the sideline and after games, but it looks pretty good to see him put on a "Colts AFC Champions" hat and shirt. It'll look even better when it says "Colts Super Bowl Champs"

As much as I've cheered against him when he was a Patriot, it's nice to have Adam Vinatieri on your side. Especially after last week against the Ravens.

And I have to give mad props to our defense. After all the analyst crap about how the Colts are just Peyton Manning and the offense, the defense has really stepped up in the playoffs. It's kind of like a sleeping giant analogy or something clever like that (I think my adrenaline starting to wear off. I'm, becoming less and less snappy)

Have I mentioned that Peyton Manning is a freaking good football player? Not to mention a hard worker? Not to mention a really great and funny guy? Not to mention cuter than Tom Brady? (spoken like a true female sports fan ^_^ Seriously, Tom Brady looks like a boy-band reject. Peyton's got this down-to-earth charm that just...sigh...works)

Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith (the coach of the Chicago Bears who are the NFC Champs, by the way) are good friends. They're playing each other in the Super Bowl. They're also the first African-American coaches to play in the Super Bowl. Hm... that's cool. I guess that'll give the analysts something to hash over in the ensuing days.

The Colts Are Going To The Super Bowl!!!!! The only thing that could make it sweeter was if they beat the Patriots to get there... oh that's right: THEY DID!!!11!

I think interjecting 1s into my series of exclamation points is starting to get old...

And I think it's funny that this is really the first time I've blogged about professional football and my loyalties thereto. Just a random observation. In the meantime... Go Colts!

Love from,
Jenny Wildcat