Championship Weekend Wrap Up

AFC Championship Game
Indianapolis Colts-30
New York Jets-17

Trailing 17-13 at halftime, Peyton Manning rallied the troops to outscore the Jets 17-0 in the second half to secure the Colts their second trip to the Super Bowl in 4 seasons. After feeling out the Jets defense for much of the first half, Peyton Manning dissected them for the rest of the game. Starting with the final drive in the first half, which led to an Austin Collie TD reception, Peyton Manning performed just like the 4-time MVP has all season. He finished with 377 yards and 3 TDs against the number one pass defense in football. The vaunted Jets rushing attack was held to 86 yards rushing, almost 100 yards under their season average. Mark Sanchez was surprisingly poised, and looked excellent in the first half, throwing two TD passes in the midst of great pressure by the Colts pass rush. In the end, Manning proved to be too much and as predicted, the Jets would not be able to score with the Colts. Even while Reggie Wayne was caught on Revis Island and Dallas Clark was dropping passes, it didn't matter. Pierre Garcon finished with 11 catches for 151 yards and a TD, and Austin Collie finished with 7 catches for 123 yards and a TD. Peyton Manning will now compete for his second ring, which could ultimately cement him as the best QB to ever lace them up.

NFC Championship Game
New Orleans Saints-31
Minnesota Vikings-28 (OT)

In the more exciting matchup of the day, the NFC Championship game went into overtime for the first time since 2007, when Brett Favre threw an interception to the Giants' Corey Webster to end the game. How ironic that Favre's last throw in this game would be an interception to Tracy Porter when the Vikings were in position to kick the game-winning field goal. The Vikings were killed with turnovers, committing 5 of them. They fumbled SIX times, three of which were by Adrian Peterson. Countless mistakes in the red zone were the reason why the Vikings coughed this game up. The Vikes defense held the Saints in check the entire second half and the offense was never able to take advantage. The Vikings out-gained the Saints 475-257 but were never able to take advantage. Adrian Peterson rushed for 122 yards and 3 TDs, but his fumbles will be what will haunt him the entire off-season. In overtime, the Saints won the toss and thanks to a couple controversial calls, they made their way down the field which set up a game-winning 40-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley. The Saints now go to their first Super Bowl against Archie Manning's son Peyton for the right to be called Champion.

Look below for a preview of the matchup from Boomer and TJ.