Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Fast Forward To 2009

AFC: The Jets attain a wild card for the playoffs and then knock off the Colts, Chargers, and Patriots on the road - all with fourth-quarter come-from-behind drives led by #4 Brett Favre.

NFC: The Purple are blown out 38-10 by the Cowboys in Dallas in the NFC championship game. Vikings fans flood sports talk radio for the next two weeks complaining that if the refs had just thrown a couple, three flags the Purple would have won. (Though some claim the refs shouldn't have thrown a couple, three flags; while others claim that the NFL "wanted" the Cowboys in the Super Bowl; and yet others are still whining about issues from the game the week before the NFC championship game that the Purple won.)

Up next are some historic, dramatic Super Bowl moments:

- In the week before the game, Favre, poolside at his hotel, guarantees a victory for his 18-point underdog Jets.

- It rains at halftime. Favre joins Bruce Springsteen for a duet of "Who'll Stop The Rain?" And then the rain stops.

- The Jets win the big game - it was never really that close - and Favre runs to the tunnel, right index finger in the air. A classic image, NFL Films can't get enough of this one.

- In the post-game press conference, Favre tearfully announces his retirement ...