Posted on:February 9, 2010
When you think of great teams in the NFL, past and present, the Saints never seem to come up in the conversation. Images of fans wearing brown paper bags over their heads can be remembered more easily. But not anymore. The Saints have erased all of the bad memories and now can say, that they are the best in the world. The Saints faced a ten point deficit at the hands of possibly the greatest quarterback in NFL history, Peyton Manning. The Colts seemingly had no problem walking up and down the field against the Saints' defense, and tied a Super Bowl record with a 96 yard drive for a touchdown.
But New Orleans wouldn't be denied, as they rallied back to cut the lead to 4 at half. In the second half of the game, it was all Drew Brees. He was 29 for 32 in the second half, leading his team to score 25 points against just 7 for the Colts. One of the most memorable moments must have been head coach Sean Peyton elected to try an onside kick at the start of the second half, which worked. When this game is spoke of for many years to come, and when it is replayed, that decision will be shown over and over. This was the first time the Saints had ever reached the Super Bowl, and they would walk away with the Vince Lombardi Trophy. In doing so, they beat what most people thought was the best team in the league, guided behind the MVP. But the Saints wouldn't be denied as they won 31-17, as 5 point underdogs.
For us, we stayed away from the side and once again issued the total. Last year, we issued the Over and watched Big Ben take his team down the field for a game winning score which gave us the cover. This year, we figured that the game would be played with the mindset to keep the other offense off of the field, and we were right. Peyton Manning only had 6 snaps from center in the entire 2nd quarter. 50 dimes issued on the inflated 57 total to go Under and it did. We are now 2-0 in the Super Bowl with 105 dimes of net profit with these totals.
