Cardinal Fans Familiar With Both Super Bowl Teams
by Andrew602 on Feb 5, 2010 12:06 PM MST
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Super Bowl Sunday is fast approaching between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, and if we know anything, it's that the Cardinals faced both of these teams in 2009.
Not that long ago the Cardinals were in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs and were given a shellacking at the hands of the Saints. The loss essentially sealed the fate of the Cardinals' season and Kurt Warner's career.
Week three of the regular season featured a Sunday night match up between the Cardinals and the Colts, in which Peyton Manning had his way with the secondary throwing for 379 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Cardinals lost 31-10 and limped into their bye week.
Both losses were viewed in front of a national audience and left a sour taste in the mouths of Cardinal fans.
As the grill is fired up and the alcohol is consumed, we'll sit down to watch the biggest sports spectacle in the world this Sunday. But as Cardinals fans, who do we root for?
It's a difficult choice considering both teams left the Cardinals battered and embarrassed, but there is a sliver of reason behind choosing one of the teams.
The Saints have been blundered with bad luck/play/and overall production in their existence and feature a history very similar to the Cardinals. They brought in Drew Brees and gave him a chance to lead their team, and now he's a hero to the city of New Orleans(how could you not like the guy?). They have a savvy vet in safety Darren Sharper, who's yearning for his last hoorah. Jeremy Shockey can only anticipate hoisting the Lombardi Trophy above his head just to stick it to the Giants. Then you have Reggie Bush, who surely can't wait for his chance at redemption.
On the other side of the field you have the Colts, who feature the best quarterback in the league in Peyton Manning. He manages to always say and do the right thing, despite the amount of media attention that's on him 24/7. They have two very young rookie receivers in Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie, who have played their hearts out during the season and in the playoffs. First year coach Jim Caldwell, is dying to prove those wrong who doubted his decision to rest the starters instead of aiming for the perfect season. Obviously the biggest argument against the Colts is that they won the big game three years ago, and they're clearly not the underdog.
So being Cardinal fans, we've seen each team up, close, and personal, so who will you be rooting for and why?
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Colts winning would be a stake in my heart
I don’t understand how you can root for the Colts unless you are from Indy. I honestly hate the Colts, hate Manning, and hate everything associated with that franchise. They are the antithesis of what being a pro sports team is about. Entertainment. They have zero personality, don’t say anything and don’t even “play to win the game.” Manning winning his 2nd* ring would be a stake in my heart. I can’t stand the guy, yet I will admit that he is a great player. I’m a Texans’ fan and I see this guy twice a year. The Texans have managed to beat this guy only once in our entire 8 year history. He is 15-1 against us and keeps pulling comebacks out of his ass. The Texans have their own “let ’em off the hook” game against the Colts. Watch this.
Even if they win the game they will always be known as the team who failed to go for glory and let 19-0 go by the wayside. They will be one of the most ridiculed champions of all time.
My older brother went to Wake Forest during the Jim Caldwell era so as a family we hate Caldwell for what he did to Wake Forest football and we are baffled that he is, somehow, the coach of the Colts. How is a guy who went 26-63 at Wake Forest given the keys to a Ferrari? The ACC in the ‘90s was a one team conference (Florida State) so its not like it was a difficult conference. You had no decent teams other than FSU at that time. To not be able to post even a record that is close to .500 is pathetic and embarrassing. This will be politically incorrect, but the only reason the guy got the job was because the Colts have so much respect for Tony Dungy that they let him choose his successor no matter who it was and its no secret that Dungy wants more black coaches in the NFL (just watch him on Sunday Night Football and he is always raving about some black assistant who should be given the head coaching job somewhere). I hate to say it, but I think the only reason Dungy picked him was because Caldwell was black. Why not give it Tom Moore, the long time “offensive coordinator” of the Colts? He had more qualifications than Caldwell. What qualifications did Caldwell have to be a head coach at the NFL? He wasn’t given the job based on merit or qualifications. I don’t care what their record is, Caldwell is not responsible for their success. Its Manning and the system that Dungy put in place.
You will eventually see the Colts erode like the Miami hurricanes did under Larry Coker after Butch Davis’ players left. The same thing will happen to the Colts. The offense will be fine as long as Manning is their, but you will see the Colts erode and collapse defensively once Dungy’s scheme, players, and coaching wears off. In 2008 they were 11th in total defense in ’09 they are 18th and you will see them regress.
Is the guy even alive on the sideline? I watch their games and I wonder if anything is actually said inside his headset. Everybody knows that the real coach of that team is Peyton Manning and not Caldwell.
You gotta root for the Saints or the Manning hype will go off the charts and be uncontrollable. Even worse than Favre. At least Favre is not a sissy like Manning who falls down as soon as defensive lineman gets near him. How announcers praise that is beyond me?
*The championship against the Bears does not count. You didn’t prove anything by barely being able to beat a Rex Grossman led team. You beat a washed up Trent Green led Chiefs team, you needed Adam Vinatier to kick 5 field goals to beat a washed up Steve McNair led Ravens team. They also needed a miracle comeback to beat one of the worst Patriots teams of this decade.
There was a firefight!!!!
Wow
Now that is a deep seeded hate.
I am no fan of the Colts, but lets be honest a SB win is a SB win even if say the “tuck” rule or insert a Seahawk complaint/conspiracy theory here got you there.
I am no fan of Peyton either, but I do believe at the end of his career, barring injury, he will be considered the best QB to have played the game.
The Colts are boring, Caldwell does seem lifeless, but I still would pick them any day over the Seahens, Cowgirls, The Evil Empire (aka Video-Gate), or the Stealers.
They are who we thought they were!
Seahawks suck
The Seahawks suck and are irrelevant. Everybody loves to hate the Cowboys including me, but I would rather root for the Cowboys then the Colts. I’m from Houston and I hate the Cowboys, but I secretly wish that I had Jerry Jones as my owner and so do many other fans in all sports do as well. You have to admire a guy who will do whatever it takes to win and will do anything to put his team on the map and you can’t say Jerry Jones has not done that.
I used to hate the Patriots, but ever since the Colts tank job at the end of the season I have gained more and more respect and admiration for the Patriots as the years go on. One of the big reasons why I’m not a huge NFL fan is because of how conservative the playcalling and decision making is and how the league has no personality. But with the Patriots going for it on 4th and 2 and then going for the perfect season a couple of years ago I have started to warm up towards the Pats. Even The Hoody’s lack of personality is kind of charming now. He is so boring and drab that its kind of entertaining.
I don’t really have any feeling either way for the Steelers. I like their coach and his personality, but I don’t think he is a particularly good coach. He seems to make great speeches and motivates his team, but he doesn’t seem to be very good at Xs and Os. They seem to be extremely fortunate as a franchise. Look at their history and they have been on the receiving end of some of the luckiest plays in Super Bowl history. The Lynn Swann miracle catch against the Cowboys. They were also the benefit of an incidental contact pass interference call in a Super Bowl against the Cowboys. They got lucky against the Seahawks when the refs were trying to give the game to the Steelers.They got lucky last season on the way to the Super Bowl and in the Super Bowl. The only reason they were in the Super Bowl is because the Titans imploded against the Ravens and they faced a zero dimensional Ravens team that relied on Ed Reed pick sixes to score. They then needed a guy who was flipping hamburgers to make the greatest play in Super Bowl history in order to escape. They got every imaginable break in that game.
There was a firefight!!!!
by ThePhenomenon on Feb 5, 2010 3:31 PM MST up reply actions
I remember the Rosencopter game....
I’m rooting for the Saints. Brees deserves a ring.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
I only root for the Cards
I would like to see the Saints win for the people in the area who have so much bad stuff. I am over the Cards loses just goes to show why these teasms are in the dance, they are the best teams. I just want to see a close compettitve interesting game like the last few years. No blowouts
by TBru on Feb 5, 2010 1:51 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
I like the Colts better when they're losing to the Chargers in the post-season every year
I don’t need to see Peyton Manning win anything else in my lifetime. So you’d think I’d root for the Saints, but I don’t want the Saints to win a Super Bowl before the Cardinals do… So I’m at a crossroads, I haven’t been this uninterested in a SB in years. I also don’t like Reggie Bush and I want to shut my TV off everytime they show Kim Kardashian sitting in the luxury box.
I am tired of that tramp being tossed in my face all over the internet.
I was just moments ago wondering what her connection to the Saints was that we have to suffer all this media attention on her. Stick her back in the tabloids where she belongs people of the press!
All of the Kardashians are useless twits.
So is Tila Tequila. Part of me was glad when Merriman choked her.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
I'm not sure how to feel about this football season.
Ever since they wrote up Tom Brady’s rule that the defender has to get back up off the ground before tackling the QB, we’ve seen an explosion in QB stat’s this year. Guys like Matt Schaub and Big Ben Worthlessburger topped 4000 yards this season. Compare that with last year where worthlessburger scraped up 3,300 yards (and even played one more game than this season). There seems to be a lot more high-scoring affairs and less dominating defenses. Teams seem to rely solely on QB’s now as opposed to a top-notch running attack or defense or anything outside of a good QB. Look at the NFC playoff contender’s QB’s, they are probably the best in the conference. And guess which two players made it to the super bowl this year? The two best QB’s in the NFL. I can’t say i like this new QB climate. The NFL is reminding me more and more of the Arena Football League.
by Fitz Jizzle on Feb 5, 2010 11:34 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
QB favoritism is worthy of a post in and of itself.
It was frustrating to watch all year. How many drives were kept alive by a 15 yard penalty that wouldn’t have been called or even considered questionable a year ago? That is a stat that needs researching.
Rodger Goodell doesn't like seeing teams play defense.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
Rookie Pay Cap
should help swing the pendulum back, a little. The QB is too valuable to allow to be hurt and money is the key factor in the decision. Not just the QB pay either. If a team like the Colts lost Manning for the year they would be doomed. New England got lucky with Cassel. Not every team that lives and dies by the QB has a back up that can lead the team to double digit wins. Wins bring in revenue. QBs bring wins. This = DE gets the shaft.
With the technology available today the fans should get a vote in this crap. We ultimately pay all these people anyway. I am sure this rule would be gone if we did.
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