Thursday, January 18, 2007

Colts on the same Road as the Super Bowl XL Champs?

It seems the Colts this season are taking a similar path taken by the Steelers en route to their win at Super Bowl XL last year.

Yep, the Indianapolis Colts will be facing the New England Patriots for a berth at Super Bowl XLI. Their road to Miami, Florida is not over as the AFC Championship game on Sunday will definitely be harder, considering that Tom Brady has always denied Peyton Manning and the rest of the Colts in the playoffs.

Hell, ''harder'' could very well be an understatement. And yep, the road to get here was tough and will be tougher indeed. Tough but not unique. You see, the Pittsburgh Steelers team who won Super Bowl XL last year took a very similar one.

The Indianapolis Colts last year was as dominant in the regular season as they are this year. However, last season's ''perfect scenario'' went up in smoke when the Colts fell at home to Pittsburgh 21-18 in the second round.

The Colts' encore performance this season hasn't been flawless, only fruitful. After becoming the first NFL team to start consecutive seasons 9-0, they lost four games in a six-week stretch. Uncharacteristic errors on offense and a leaky run defense proved to be too burdensome to continually overcome.

The Pittsburgh Steelers traveled a similar path. They finished the 2004 season with a 14-game winning streak and secured the No.1 seed and with a 15-1 record. But after sidestepping an upset bid by the New York Jets in the divisional round, they were pummeled at home by New England 41-27 in the AFC Championship Game.

Pittsburgh's encore culminated with its fifth Super Bowl title. But the Steelers' championship path hardly was smooth. Consecutive losses to Baltimore, the Colts and Cincinnati in late November dropped them to 7-5 and threatened to extinguish their playoff hopes.

Hmm... Eerily similar eh? Can the Indianapolis Colts complete what is turning out to be a path taken by the Black and Gold last year? Well, they have to knock the New England Patriots out first.

Can Peyton Manning lead the Indianapolis Colts pass the New England Patriots? Here are the odds on this huge AFC Championship game.

New England Patriots +3

Indianapolis Colts -3

Want more odds? Visit OddsHQ for the best odds on some of today’s biggest sporting events.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home