# Super Bowl XLIV: Indianapolis Colts v. New Orleans Saints (2/7/2010) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375 "2010-01-25T17:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/201 "2010-02-08T03:05:42Z")
Oh what satisfying comeuppance this is. The Colts don’t get a perfect season or the superbowl, they just get a run of the mill (albeit very good) 14-2 season that will soon fade away into the history books. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/202 "2010-02-08T03:08:30Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Saints should be leading. Low-scoring, as I predicted. > [@](#): > > As I thought. A first as an onside kick. > [@](#): > > As I said. > [@](#): > > Game over. Amazing. I was right. And close to the right score, too. I would give you a pat on the back, but you seem to be doing enough of that already. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/203 "2010-02-08T03:11:30Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > 32/39 for 288 yards and 2 TDs. Sick, sick numbers. I have a question about this. IIRC, they said he had 30 completions, and 32 was the record. Then he got one more. Then he threw one for a TD that made it 32. Then there was the 2-point conversion, that, after review and overturning, should have made it 33. Where am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/204 "2010-02-08T03:13:32Z")
> [@Rucksinator](#): > > I have a question about this. IIRC, they said he had 30 completions, and 32 was the record. Then he got one more. Then he threw one for a TD that made it 32. Then there was the 2-point conversion, that, after review and overturning, should have made it 33. Where am I wrong? The two point play doesn’t count as a completion, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/205 "2010-02-08T03:18:28Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > I would give you a pat on the back, but you seem to be doing enough of that already. Hey, comeon, help me out! My arms are both broken, and the shoulders are out of joint! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/206 "2010-02-08T03:19:55Z")
> [@PatriotGrrrl](#): > > Especially when they’re singing about being teenagers… Is Townshend allowed to sing about teenagers? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/207 "2010-02-08T03:21:26Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > The two point play doesn’t count as a completion, I believe. Why? It wasn’t a lateral, I don’t believe. Do 2-point conversions not count towards stats? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/208 "2010-02-08T03:27:27Z")
What a great Superbowl, and pooh on you haters like **Airman Doors** and **SenorBeef** for maintaining some weird grudge against the Colts. No matter the outcome of this game, you would have had a “perfect season” comment. Who cares? Evidently only you two. And **Airman** , the **Bengals** will win the division next year too, so you might want to prepare. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/209 "2010-02-08T03:27:35Z")
No, they don’t, as I recall. They simply go as a successful or unsuccessful try. No yards gained, no carries, no completions, no attempts (pass), etc. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/210 "2010-02-08T03:28:35Z")
It was an excellent Super Bowl. Kept me watching, and I had been of half a mind not to watch the whole thing this year. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/211 "2010-02-08T03:55:36Z")
I am very happy for the Saints, easily the team I wanted to see win if it couldn’t be the Packers. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/212 "2010-02-08T04:02:59Z")
Wooooh! I win my office poll! I know I didn’t call it here, but I said 24-17 Saints. Missed it by a TD! Great game by both teams, but I can’t figure out why the commentators kept saying that the game breaker was the interception. Don’t they realize that the Saints were winning _before_ that play, and never gave up another point after that? Indy wasn’t even in FG range when that happened, so you can’t say they preserved 3 points there. Why is that such a huge play? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/213 "2010-02-08T04:07:30Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Why is that such a huge play? Because that closed the game out. If they hadn’t picked it off Indy had another 3 minutes or so to get the touchdown they looked like they were going to get. > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > What a great Superbowl, and pooh on you haters like Airman Doors and SenorBeef for maintaining some weird grudge against the Colts. No matter the outcome of this game, you would have had a “perfect season” comment. Who cares? Evidently only you two. > > And Airman, the Bengals will win the division next year too, so you might want to prepare. I said I was done. It can keep until next year. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/214 "2010-02-08T04:08:03Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > What a great Superbowl, and pooh on you haters like **Airman Doors** and **SenorBeef** for maintaining some weird grudge against the Colts. No matter the outcome of this game, you would have had a “perfect season” comment. Who cares? Evidently only you two. There is absolutely nothing weird about a grudge against the Colts; there is _plenty_ to hate there. I am genuinely happy for the Saints for winning, but I am also getting my schadenfreude on with the Colts losing. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/215 "2010-02-08T04:09:35Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Wooooh! I win my office poll! I know I didn’t call it here, but I said 24-17 Saints. Missed it by a TD! > > Great game by both teams, but I can’t figure out why the commentators kept saying that the game breaker was the interception. Don’t they realize that the Saints were winning _before_ that play, and never gave up another point after that? Indy wasn’t even in FG range when that happened, so you can’t say they preserved 3 points there. Why is that such a huge play? Um, Actually they already were in field goal range, since they were at the Saint 31 when that pass was thrown. That means a 48 yard FG, and that’s eminently makeable. But more importantly, the Colts were again driving without much opposition. If the pass is complete, instead of intercepted, it’s another first down for the Colts and they have momentum, which likely would have resulted in a TD tying the game. Even if the pass is incomplete, it’s quite possible Indy would have gone for it on 4th Down, and if they make it, same thing. So the interception was a deal clincher. It wasn’t everything, but it sure made a comeback pret’ near impossible. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/216 "2010-02-08T04:09:51Z")
What is racking my brain, is how much money Budweiser spent on the Bowl. I counted about what, 12 commercials, a good 6 for Bud light ? Best two commercials were the first two out the gate. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/217 "2010-02-08T05:04:31Z")
i concur it was a great game… kudos to Freeney for playing on that bum ankle… he was impressive in the first half and then i believe the shot wore off and reality ie the pain set in and that was it for him… Not much heard from Brock or Mathis… but Brees was getttin the ball out of his hand like Marino at his peak… Despite poor defense on both sides it was a damn good super bowl goin down to the 2-3 minutes to go… I also thought Garcon really stepped up his game… and i was impressive with Devry Henderson… CBS did excellent camera work and Simms was pretty good… That half time show… enough is enough…i was with a large crowd of people of varying ages and races and we were all completely underwhelmed… it was as if someone plugged in a classic rock jukebox… what were Herman and Hermits not available to open???☹ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/218 "2010-02-08T05:14:57Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > Despite poor defense on both sides it was a damn good super bowl goin down to the 2-3 minutes to go… I would not call holding the Colts to 17 points, and clinching the win with a pick-6 “poor defense”. I think the Saints defense showed the world that they’ve been underrated all year. Granted, they aren’t the Steel Curtain, or the Doomsday Defense, but they played well and got the job done. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/219 "2010-02-08T06:42:47Z")
I have to admit I thought (possibly because I have two young nephews back home) [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTfNoH1Hngw) was really cute. 😃 At one point later on, the little one was offering Daddy a piece of confetti; the latter was playfully snapping at it with his teeth. Like I said, cute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375/220 "2010-02-08T07:17:20Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > That half time show.. enough is enough…i was with a large crowd of people of varying ages and races and we were all completely underwhelmed.. it was as if someone plugged in a classic rock jukebox.. what were Herman and Hermits not available to open???☹ Agreed. Where are the current artists of the day? Where are the half-way current artists at least? I’m not a huge fan of modern music but classic rock acts from the 60’s and 70’s come off as really stale. Lady Gaga The Killers Green Day Black Eyed Peas Kings of Leon The Fray Were all these artists busy? Perhaps something popular within the last decade? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xliv-indianapolis-colts-v-new-orleans-saints-2-7-2010/526375.md?page=12)