To be honest, I gave up on the game after Samuel housed an interception to make it 21-3 Patriots and turned on the Simpsons. Luckily for me, I flipped back to check the score in time to see the Colts threatening for their first touchdown. And after they punched it in, got a stop and somehow managed to tie it up when Manning threaded a ridiculous throw to Marvin Harrison for the two point conversion, well, I stopped caring about whether Family Guy was a rerun or not.
As a Kevin Garnett fan, I have a soft spot for athletes who get labeled as chokers. That means, of course, that I’ve always had a soft spot for guys like A-Rod and Peyton Manning. And I’m glad to see Peyton turn in a clutch performance, especially after it looked like he was going to fall short again when the Colts went three and out with less then four minutes remaining. And I have to say, I also took a lot of satisfaction in Brady’s failure on the Patriots last two drives.
Which leads me to my next point—if the Colts just completed the biggest comeback in a conference championship, does that mean the Patriots had the biggest choke job ever? I know New Englanders like to label the Yankees as the biggest chokers because of the 2004 ALCS—is it fair for Indianapolis fans to label the 2006 Patriots as the biggest chokers now?
Finally, IchirioHoya maintained a one game lead in the Playoff PickOff by going 1-1, but both Stud and Jason can catch him in two weeks with the right pick. And if you’re wondering, I’d rather not talk about my picks this week. Thanks.
| | Overall | Wild Card Round | Divisional Round | Conference Championship Round |
| IchiroHoya | 7-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Jason | 6-4 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Stud | 6-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 |
| Mookie | 4-6 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 |
| TBird41 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 |
[I’ll have my thoughts on the Mike Tomlin situation up Monday Afternoon. If you’re wondering, there is a silver lining—at least Tomlin moved up, rather than laterally like Scott Linehan did when he left for the Dolphins in 2004.]
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