NFC and AFC Championship games

UPDATE: Colts versus Saints in the Super Bowl with the NFC game going into overtime and the former University of Oklahoma kicker, Garrett Hartley, kicking the winning field goal to send the Saints to their first ever Super Bowl.

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On the AFC side we have the legendary Peyton Manning versus Mark Sanchez, the rookie out of USC.

We pick the Colts to win this game although Rex Ryan is a sentimental favorite of Oklahoma as Ryan was the defensive coordinator here in 1998 which started the turn-around of the Oklahoma defense which laid the groundwork for Coach Bob Stoops and his staff who took over in 1999.


The AFC Championship game kicks off at 3:00 est.


Will Brett Farve and the Minnesota Vikings be able to go into New Orleans Superdome and defeat the New Orleans Saints led by Drew Brees?

We are having difficult in picking this game as we have been rooting for teams with Oklahoma Sooners on their roster during the playoffs. We have Andrian Peterson and Phil Loadholt versus Jammal Brown (injured reserve) and a real favorite Garrett Hartley, the Saints field goal kicker. It is great watching these players on Saturday and now see them in the NFC Championship. Sidenote on Brown -- Jammal came back to OU in his off seasons and graduated from OU in May 2009. AD sponsors a football camp for kids back in Norman every summer.

We have to go with the Saints on this one as we think the Louisiana Super Dome is going to be crazy today after all those years when some fans wore sacks to the game. That said we are hoping that AD (get that ESPN -- it is not AP) has a lot of yards in the game and is the difference maker. For those that don't understand like some of the ESPN announcers, AD stands for 'All Day' as he can run 'all day' long.

The NFC Championship game kicks off at 6:40 est.

Time to load up on food for the games this afternoon and evening, kick back and enjoy these Championship games. Only two more weekends of football games left in the season -- Pro Bowl next Saturday and the Super Bowl the following Saturday. We stil have the NFL draft and then College Spring Football, but it is not the same as having games on Saturday and Sunday to watch plus on week nights.

Good Luck to all four teams and hope the men in the black and white stripes have a good game as well!