The Saint's Arn't Aint's Anymore

The past two seasons the NFL football world has lived with Brett Favre, will he play or not. The Minnesota Vikings sold their soul to get him for just the one moment yesterday in which all the Vikings needed was a field goal and a trip to the Super Bowl.

You can say all you want about whether coaches win or lose games but the play calling after the Vikings got within fifty yards was terrible. Two running plays as if they were satisfied to try to win the game on a fifty yarder. Then a five yard penalty because they had too many men in the huddle.

Needing at least ten yards to make a field goal attempt reasonable, Brett Favre broke a pee wee rule to never throw back across the field into the defense. The gunslinger came out of him when Minnesota needed him the most. Two questionable runs and then a coach's decision putting the wrong personnel in the game didn't help.

This all adds up to the New Orleans Saints going to the Super Bowl to meet New Orleans native Peyton Manning and the Indy Colts. There have been ten NFL playoff games to date this year, the team with the most turnovers lost each one. TV with all of the two hour analyst show before and after every game, football is very simple, the team that makes the least mistakes wins 98% of the time.

Between now and next August we will have to listen to all the sports show rants over whether Favre comes back or not. Even if he announced today he is giving up, can we believe him?

I made a comeback of sorts with my picks as I went 2-0 yesterday. Early Las Vegas odds have the Colts three and a half point favorites. I think the Colts will win and cover the spread but I still have two weeks to change my mind.

Yesterday I told you the score of the RM boys victory over SouthWest Edgecombe Saturday night. I have since found out the Lady Gryphons beat SWE 39-28. Two victories over the weekend now run the boys record to 13-1 and the girls to 12-2.

Up next Tuesday night a visit to Rocky Mount of Northern Nash. the Northern game will complete the first cycle through the conference and the second time around starts Friday.