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February 8, 2010

By Tom Daniels

They said it couldn't be done. They said nobody could do it. But a low in turnovers -- exactly 0 -- made the Saints a winner. Turnovers decide pro games and this one was no exception. The Saints pulled off an onside kick and Peyton threw the pick-6. These are the 14 points the Saints won by.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention the Colts' inability to compete in their last two regular season games. They were more like exhibition games, resting their regulars and conceding an undefeated season. If the Colts had entered the Super Bowl an undefeated team, a different mindset would have shown up for both sides. The Colts in fact have not been vindicated for their faux pas. An undefeated season has come around twice in NFL history. The Colts choose not to tempt destiny and destiny hath punished them for it. We will have to listen about the 1972 Dolphins apparently forever. I doubt the Colts or any of their players will ever have this opportunity again, and they don't deserve it.

The Saints have a Super Bowl championship, something the Vikings, Eagles, and Chargers, but to name a few, came close but no cigar. The Saints will be happy to wear the bull's-eye of Champion on their back next season. The Colts can only think of what could have been.

Drew Brees was the MVP and how fitting another Purdue quarterback and Super Bowl underdog and MVP Lenny Dawson brought the trophy to the podium. Brees was shunned by the Chargers but will probably never have to pay for a meal in New Orleans for the rest of his life.

It was an exciting, well played game. This is more then I could say about the commercials, which like the Colts, disappointed a lot of fans. Milkaholic however, will now enter the American vernacular.