Heaven Smiles Down on the Saints

Maybe it was all destiny. There has to be some explanation for the play of the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. It appeared at times that the football was covered with Crisco, the amount of times the Vikings fumbled the ball. Someone upstairs had to be pulling for the Saints when the Vikings inexplicably had 12 men in the huddle, and thus drew a penalty that took them out of field goal range. Divine intervention had to be at play when a veteran like Brett Favre makes a boneheaded throw across his body that leads to an interception. Whatever it was the New Orleans Saints survived Sunday and will now play the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.

The Saints need to make sure they send a thank you card to the Vikings for they were given that game. A vaunted Saints offense managed only 257 yards, but capitalized on great field position given to them by the Vikings. While a less than stellar Saints defense was able to batter Favre around like a pinata. One wondered if the Vikings left their usual offensive line back in Minnesota and borrowed one from a local high school team.

Now the Saints have two weeks to gear up for the Colts. I don't think the Saints have enough on defense to cover all of Indy's receivers. I believe the only hope the Saints will have is if the old playoff Peyton Manning shows up, the one that defenses could fluster and cause him force the action and turn the ball over. If the Peyton Manning that systematically dismantled the New York Jets this Sunday shows up it is game over before the game even starts. I'll be rooting for the Saints come February 7, Super Bowl Sunday, but I think I'll be disappointed. Hopefully the food is good.

The Song of the Blog: This week's song of the blog is Ruby by the Kaiser Chiefs. Once again I was a little tardy to the party on this song and the sad thing is that I only discovered it by playing Lego Rock Band with my kids. The thing about playing these music games is I find these songs going through my head all the time, and this can be both good, Ruby, or bad, Kung Fu Fighting.

Warning obligatory book plug. If you haven't checked out my baseball novel, 33 Summers, please do at: http://www.amazon.com/33-Summers-Darren-Pare/dp/1608602605/ref.