Saints Super Bowl Champions

Super Bowl Sunday, the one day of the year when the “Yars” disclose their denying love for American football, talking about their favourite player, who just about always turns out to be the quarter-back from one of the two finalists. However, I thought, what the heck, loads of people watch it, let’s give it another go and see if I make it past the first quarter for once.

The Super Bowl apparently sees the two top seeds face each other, the New Orleans Saints against the Indianapolis Colts. But first, we rise and watch the inspirational singing from Queen Latifa, “I love America”. It certainly brought tears to my eyes. And then, it started, with the most important 50/50 of any of our lives, “The Coin Toss”. Apparently, afterwards, it was 1-0 to the Saints, after they won the coin toss, not literally on the scoreboard I presumed.

And so the Colts kicked off, men in spandex running in all directions, blocking, charging, destroying anything in sight. Peyton Manning firing balls all over the pitch, as his chosen targets take huge hits from their team. Although, these men are not as hard as they make out, I have seen less padding on my mum’s china tea set that she bought off Amazon. Anyway, Matt Stover, the oldest man in Super Bowl history, proved the padding’s kept him in the game, as he kicked the first points on the board, putting the Colts 3-0 up. Before, Manning found Garcon for the first touchdown of the game, and after Stover kicked the extra point, the Colts were 10-0 up at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter saw the Saints kick 3 up on the board after their quarter-back was sacked by Dwight Freeney. The Colts showed some mean defensive play keeping the Saints on numerous occasions from only a few yards out. However, Hartley kicks his second field goal of the quarter to make the score 10-6 to the Colts at the end of the second quarter.

The third quarter saw the Saints score a touchdown, taking their consecutive points tally up to 13. However, it wasn’t long before Manning was finding his mark, heading some great plays to open up another touchdown for the Colts, with Addai the man to be found in the end zone. Yet, Hartley stood up once again to kick a 40 yard field goal, taking the sides to within a point of each other, going into the final quarter.
The 4th quarter saw Stover, kick a field goal wide, missing out on the opportunity to extend the Colts lead. But with 5.35 left on the clock, New Orleans offensive man Shockey is found by marksmen Brees, who goes level with Tom Brady’s record of 32 complete passes made in a Super Bowl final. The Saints went for 2 points, but in a tight reviewed call, they are deemed to have just got the ball down in the end zone, elevating the score on 24-17. Peyton Manning was starting to claw back territory, but on the Colts, supposedly, favourite play, Tarcy Porter makes an interception and runs home from 74 yards, taking the Super Bowl with him, as with 3 minutes left on the clock, the Saints lead 31-17.

The Saints defensive line then held off Indianapolis, before the offensive team ran down the clock. So, after going down to a 10-0 scoreline, the New Orleans Saints came back to win Super Bowl 44, leaving the “Yars” to celebrate their great achievement, if only they understood what had just happened.