We have a Super Bowl now!

If there was a Super Bowl that involved Indianapolis Colts' Quarterback Peyton Manning and Minnesota Vikings' Quarterback Brett Farve, there was no chance that I was going to watch it. I wouldn't have wanted to watch it because for the next two weeks, the media would constantly talk about how awesome Manning and Farve are and they would also mention how good their numbers are and how it would have been the best match-up ever. Plus, I just hate both of them. Manning has been getting increasingly overrated every year (his numbers are pretty damn good though none of the less) and I always felt that Farve has never been that clutch and he doesn't know what the word "retirement" means. But, fortunately, the Superbowl teams this year are the Colts and the New Orleans Saints.
Overall, I am extremely excited for this Super Bowl, except Manning is in it. Although, I hate the Colts and the New York Jets equally, so I couldn't really win. I supported both teams in the NFC Championship, so I was just as happy if one team or the other won.
In my opinion, this is the first Superbowl since 2005 that the match-up is evenly matched on paper when the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles went head-to-head. I felt like for the last few Super Bowls, the games on paper were not all that exciting. The results of each game were exciting, but they were not worth watching for non-football fans.
The Colts and the Saints were easily the best two teams of the NFL all year. Both teams suffered their road bumps at the end of the regular season, but it is better to do it then than in the playoffs when there is an even smaller margin of error. Each team had extremely high expectations this year and they followed through so far. Now is the time for one of these teams to finish the job. This game will feature the top two Quarterbacks in the league in Manning and Saints' Q.B. Drew Brees, two defenses that have their problems at times but have matured for the most part and more cameos about how good of a combination Saints' Head Coach Sean Payton and Brees are. This should be a high-scoring game, which is something a defensive geek like myself hate, but yet I respect good offense as well. I am curious of how the special teams will pan out. In fact, I think it will be the most important element of the game. Overall, NFL Place Kickers in the postseason have converted a woeful 20 out of 33 field goal attempts (60 percent). If field goals are made, may the best team win. Otherwise, good luck.
I think that this game is going to be the year that non-fans will be interested. The Superbowl ratings have plumetted the last few year because the teams that have been in it no one cares about "the other team." I am going to root for the Saints because of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The city needs something to cheer about. They need something that can make them bandage of what happened five years ago. If the Saints win, it will be a victory for the state and for America.