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AFC Championship Game: Jets vs Colts Repeats History

The AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl III

This Sunday, the NFC and AFC Championship games will be played to determine who will be going to the Super Bowl. The NFC game will be the New Orleans Saints, and the Minnesota Vikings, but the AFC Championship game is far more interesting, at least to football geeks like me.The seemingly unlikely winners and upstart New York Jets are facing off against the Indianapolis Colts, a playoff institution, and it’s tipped as Super Bowl III all over again. It would be worth payday loans to see it in person, but Ill have to settle for the small screen.

Back into the pages of history

When the NFL and AFL merged, AFL teams were considered to be younger and softer than their more established NFL counterparts.Super Bowl III pitted a living legend against a legend in the making – Jonny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts (before the infamous “Midnight Ride” which moved the Colts to Indianapolis) and Joe Namath of the Jets, as the quarterbacks. The Colts were heavy favorites, though Unitas was at the time the back-up to Earl Morrall (who was no slouch, by any means), and were given an 18 point spread over the Jets.Namath, tired of the hype and forecasts of doom for him and his team, grinned (holding a cocktail – this is Namath we’re talking about here) and said, “We’re gonna win the game.I guarantee it.

He was right. The Jets won the game, beating what was considered to be the finest team in all professional football aside from the Green Bay Packers.(Who were at the time a dynasty – it isn’t the Vince Lombardi Trophy for no reason.) It is thought of as one of the greatest upset victories of all time.

This Upcoming Sunday

This Sunday, Mark Sanchez, a very talented rookie quarterback on a hot streak, is going to walk into Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to take on the Colts, led by Peyton Manning, easily one of the best quarterbacks of the last 10 years. The only reason why the Colts lost any games so far was that they stopped caring, as they had already secured a playoff berth, or at least, thats the way it seems. Even Namath himself made the connection, and said that the team reminded him of his own run to the Super Bowl, from this article in the Star Ledger.

Whats the result going to be?

One of the things I love about the playoffs is that huge upsets are possible.The point is you never can tell, which is why I don’t make predictions. Who would have thought the Giants would have beat the Patriots, or that the Cowboys would have been absolutely murdered by the Vikings? (Which was wonderful to watch.) The AFC Championship Game and NFC Championship games will both be epic, and I would give payday loans to watch in person, but I’ll have to be content with my couch and my TV.

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