Dilemma...

(Note: wrote this like two weeks ago, when the NFC championship game was still fresh. Then Blogger crapped out on me and I never posted it. But since the game is tomorrow, here it is! Hooray!)

I really don't want to keep writing about football, since it's already depressing and such, but... I sat around doing nothing today. I think this is because the Vikings crushed my will to live.

But I have a problem relating to the Super Bowl: who to cheer for.

Of course, the whole "who's actually going to win" thing is a lot less interesting (Colts in a landslide--they should have gone undefeated and the Saints... well, THE SAINTS WOULDN'T BE THERE IF THE VIKINGS (turn the ball over incessantly/get lousy breaks and calls in overtime/weren't the Vikings and had any sort of luck whatsoever)), but there's a problem in terms of who I'd actually like to win. Let's look at each team:

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS:

Pros:
-Well, none really.

Cons:
-They're boring as crap. For a number of reasons. One, they're too good, and every game there's this air of inevitability as they efficiently march down the field to rack up points. Two, they don't seem to enjoy themselves at all. After the Jets game, no one was really celebrating--Manning just marched out for the usual postgame hugs, was handed a championship hat but wasn't bothered enough to put it on his head. Of course, this might stem from the fact that they probably have expected to be here from day one, but still. Boring.

-I HATE PEYTON MANNING.

Well, more like a fairly moderate dislike. I hated him when he was battling Brady in the playoffs constantly cause I couldn't stand how he'd seem to get pissed at everyone else for his own failures (which meant that apparently I was on the side of evil and sided with the Patriots, but oh well.) Now he's just too good that I can't really hate him because he doesn't really do anything wrong... but he's still kind of boring on the field. I'd rather have Eli for the red-headed stepchild aspect and for the whole kind-of-sucks-yet-has-a-Super-Bowl-ring-anyway factor.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS:

Pros:
-Well... they haven't won a Super Bowl. And if the Vikings are going to force me to be miserable, I'd rather have everyone focus on how miserable I am... so embattled teams have to win it whenever possible.

Cons:
-I really hope to not hear about Katrina during the pregame. Does that make me a bad person?

-THEY BEAT MY TEAM AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING.

That's pretty much the biggest reason against the Saints. Also...

-They were kind of dirty. I understand wanting to knock around Favre because he's old and more liable to choke if he's hurting a bit, but some of the hits seemed AWFULLY suspect, as if they were trying to actually hurt him rather than just playing/hitting hard. And all the roughing the passer flags on them were terribly deserved, for the record.

VERDICT:

I'm going to wear whatever Vikings crap I can find and cheer for them in the game they WOULD BE PLAYING IN IF THE FOOTBALL GODS DIDN'T HATE MINNESOTA.


Actually, I'm just going to cheer for the Saints, cause they haven't won a Super Bowl yet. But they're gonna get crushed.