Liked the article...thought others may as well. Good points from Miami newspaper.
IN MY OPINION
Saints-Colts would be Supreme Bowl
By GREG COTE
Saints-Colts would be the jackpot.
PLENTY OF REASONS
New Orleans would be in the first Super Bowl in the franchise's 40-year history, and, coming off a 3-13 season, would have come from lower down to reach a championship game than any football team ever. You don't get any Cinderella-er than that. This would be the new poster team for possibility, providing hope for downtrodden teams everywhere.
The message to the Dolphins and others of the woebegone would be that you too can rise in one year from the pits to the pinnacle if you show faith, along with hiring the Coach of the Year, signing Drew Brees, drafting Reggie Bush and Marques Colston, and seeing Deuce McAllister back from injury.
The Saints would be a great story if that were it. But that's only the start.
Hurricane Katrina and its devastation is, of course, the overriding backdrop that would make Saints-in-the-Super Bowl a stunning tale. It would be almost enough to send an atheist to church, the idea of the Saints sent to the promised land in order to lift a broken city.
Talk about a feel-good story. That would be so feel-good, the halftime performer should be not Prince but the venerable British band, Dr. Feelgood.
It's too-good-to-be-true stuff. Like when the Yankees were in the World Series in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Indianapolis in the SB would not have that same broad emotional pull, obviously, although much about the Colts is endearing as well (except to people in Baltimore, whose Colts were spirited off to Indy in 1984, but that's old news; let's get current).
Indy fans have been waiting 23 years for a Super shot, and this season makes the Colts the only team besides the 1992-95 Cowboys to win 12-plus games four years in a row -- meaning these Colts arguably are the best team never to be champion.
That brings us to Peyton Manning, who is on track to join Dan Marino as the greatest quarterback to never win it all. Can Manning get a ring at last? The national media can chew on that fat bone for a full two weeks, thank you.
(By the way, whatever happened to Edgerrin James? Ouch.)
Oh, and Manning happens to be a native of New Orleans, where Daddy Archie remains a folk hero. So Peyton getting his ring would take some of the sting out of a Saints loss. See how it all works out if it's Colts-Saints? All good, I tell you.
NO PATS, NO BEARS
Another compelling reason to root for Indy is that it would mean the Patriots go home. Genius Bill Belichick and perfect Tom Brady have won three of the past five Super Bowls. Let's not get greedy, OK fellas? New England in yet another Super Bowl would feel like a rerun. Bor-ing!
Likewise, a main reason to root for the Saints' fairy tale is it would oust the Bears. Chicago has won nine NFL titles. Let's Not Get Greedy II. Also, this Bears team isn't as interesting or colorful (or good) as the '85 champs. No Jim McMahon, no ''Refrigerator'' Perry. These Bears barely beat the fraudulent Seahawks, and have an injury-depleted defense and a human roller-coaster at quarterback.
So, please, then. Let's make it Saints vs. Colts, OK?
And if I might make one other small request: Please direct all Super Bowl ticket inquiries to my Miami Herald colleague, Dan Le Batard. I'm told he has plenty.
