That's simple until Peyton wins I can still cheer for him. Brady and the Patroits already have won so no point there. Also LT hates the Patroits so just another reason to cheer Indy.

The other hope is Lil. Ronnie shows up soon enough to give us his prediction.

are starting to grow tiresome as well, in a mid-90s Cowboys type of way

Looks like it's back to work on the Carpenter effigy...

You would like Peyton Manning if you like 6'5" quarterbacks with rocket arms and a predilection for taking it in the pooper.

Go NFC! there is no other outcome i can stomache

The Patriots now remind me of the 1996-2000 Yankees. I wish desperately for them to lose.

People hate Peyton for no good reason
People hate Tom Brady for lots of good reasons.
I'm rooting for the Colts simply because I hate Tom Brady for more reasons. It's as simple as a Pro's/Cons List.

by "no real reason" I mean, he hasn't won anything and doesn't date Super models, there are obviously reasons, just not as many.

"Meanwhile, the Patriots, for all their pluck and gumption, are starting to grow tiresome as well, in a mid-90s Cowboys type of way"

to be fair to the Pats, no other franchise has given us what the 90's Cowboys have given us. Everyone at Deadspin owes the Cowboys.

Depending on the outcome of the Bears game, I'll either be screaming triumphantly from my rooftop or leaping off of it by the time this game starts, so really, the point is moot.

Tom Brady has banged super models and you haven't - root for the Patriots to get destroyed and Brady to take a hit from Leonard Marshall in the 4th quarter... oh wait wrong decade but that is one Brady - Montana comparison I could stomach.

...we think he's responsible for losing all the dream fights against ninjas that we usually win.

It's because Belichick is a pirate...a MILF pirate. And pirates hate ninjas.

The only good way for this to end is Vinatieri sticking a game winner right in Belichick's smug face. Of course then we'd hear about endlessly from PK and co., which is a bad thing. I can still justify rooting for the Colts by telling myself that Tony Dungy is a good guy that deserves it.

how is this even a question?!?!?!?!?!?!?

you fucking root for the dude who bangs supermodels in between winning playoff games, thats who you fucking root for.

As a Syracuse grad, I should like the Colts because of Freeney, Harrison, et al. But I just dislike Peyton so much that I'd still like a bus to drive onto the field and run everyone over. Except the SU guys. There. How's that.

There is no winner or loser for me this case. This is why I am turning NFC this post season.

(PS - Will is going to kill us with posts today. )

It's frightening that the most likable team left in these playoffs are the Bears (and accompanying Sex Cannon)

I can't root for anyone coached by Rick Chandler.

every time i see a Peyton Manning commercial I want to vomit. How is this douche bag the "face" of the NFL. I am not a religious man, but I will pray to whatever god there is that I don't have to see Peyton win a super bowl.

But having a QB who bangs supermodels is totally offset by having a coach who wore a sweatshirt with ripped off arms... in public.... at, like, an important event... as opposed to, say, a BBQ or something.

Ordinarily, I'd root for any result that makes Bill Belichick unhappy, sour-faced, so despondent he dresses like a homeless guy and assaults random people for no good reason. But I'd rather the Patriots lose this time.

Doesn't matter who wins, Brady and Manning both get hurt, leaving Matt Cassell/Jim Sorgi to take on the NFC champ.

BBB, how are the Bears more likeable than the Saints again?

If my Pats don't win on Sunday, it's the U.S. Saints all the way, baby.

Supermodels or Closeted Country Singers?

You make the call.

Me?

Da Bears.

I hate Peyton, but I hate Boston sports franchises more.

reasons why you fucking root for Tom Brady in this matchup:

1. Tara Reid (while still young & hot)
2. Giselle (or whatever the fuck her name is)
3. Bridgett Moynihan (or whatever the fuck her name is.
4. the 8 millions nameless, faceless, ridiculous hotties that the Dreamboat has plwed through in the past 5 years.

is this discussion over yet?

Patriots are obviously gonna win due to the fact that peyton manning sucks in the playoffs and just can't get it done. He proved this in the playoff game this year with denver when he threw 2 or 3 picks to Ty Law (Former Patriot). Also he struggled against baltimore. Peyton would have lost that game if baltimore had a halfway decent offense.
Go Pats

Bill Belichick is like the bill collector in the wrinkled JC Penney suit who calmly tells you that a house repossesion might settle most of your debt. Efficient and technically good, but joyless and distasteful. Unless he's on your side, that is.

I'm hoping for an appearance by al queda

It's frightening that the most likable team left in these playoffs are the Bears

What? Isn't New Orleans America's Other Team?

Gotta hate 'em all!
Pokemon!

If you see Bruce Dern in a blimp on sunday dont be surprised!

All the reasons to root against the Patriots can be summed up with one word.

Jealousy

The only thing I am rooting for is for the Patriots to get some uniform numbers that conform to a typeface actually used by mankind. Ugliest uniform numbers since the Toronto Blue Jays. They belong on a soccer team.

And he is on my side.
Go Pats

I hope the alcohol wins so I don't remember watching this game.

You know what's even better? When Peyton got picked off by Ty Law when they were playing the Chiefs. Blows the Ty Law/Denver game out of the water.

We are drowning in a deluge of poorly directed hatred. I wish we could all enjoy this game for what it is: a league championship matchup between two fantastically talented teams. Ignore the uniforms! Ignore the talking heads! We only get one AFC Championship per year; savor it!

That's my TMQ moment for the day.

One thing to consider is that the Colts got the NFL to change the rules after the playoffs in 2003, precisely so they could beat the Pats and get to the Super Bowl. And they still couldn't even after the NFL bent over and relented. How can you cheer for a team that has to alter the rules of the game in its favor and then still fails to get it done. Chumps.

Holy shit, I had no idea that Indianapolis player Denver in the playoffs this year. I need to start following football more closely.

I don't see how he "proved he can't get it done" in a game the Colts won.

totally offset by having a coach who wore a sweatshirt with ripped off arms... in public.... at, like, an important event..

You know what's even more ridiculous about this? Photos from before the game sunday showed him walking around the field in a suit. Which means he was wearing a suit, and then changed out it and into the hobo sweatshirt.

I say, more power to him, but then I'm biased.

Yes Rob, but what kind of Starbucks tea do you drink?

I'm rooting for the team that still has a soul. The Indianapolis Colts. Not to be confused with the Indinanapolis Mannings.

All the reasons to root against the Patriots can be summed up with one word.

Jealousy

Nahh... they're assholes.

As a Colts fan, I look forward to the challenge of watching the Colts game in a bar in Chicago this weekend. I can only imagine that I will either be surrounded by extremely drunk people dancing to mid-90s hip hop in celebration during the Colts game; or a half-empty bar with 2 to 3 fistfights and many drunken depressed fans who want to pick a fight....either way, it should be interesting.

Lieutenant Winslow, Tom Brady's past conquests were mentally impaired (Tara) or, oh, nearly a decade older than him (Bridget). And I don't believe the Giselle story yet; how often do girls show up in T-shirt and jeans to meet a guy they're interested in? Deadspin V-team, am I right?

I'm not completely sure where the Peyton hatred comes from. Overexposed? Sure, but so is LeBron. Choker? OK, but so are many others and we don't hate them for it.

Anyone care to explain? (And keep in mind this is from someone who HATES A-Rod, and he's on my team.

All the reasons to root against the Patriots can be summed up with one word.

Jealousy

That or the fact that Boston sports fans are the most obnoxious fans in all of professional sport.

Well I drink grande soy vanilla lattes but what does that have to do with the price of...oh, nevermind.

In order to fancy an answer to this horrible, horrible quandary, I will first have to consult the contents of Elijah Dukes' glove compartment.

Moobs - As much as I appreciate that they are important on some level to the city, I don't think I could handle the Saints winning and the resulting "Saviors after Hurricane Katrina" montages.

Apparently, I'm the only person who likes Peyton's commercials. He is such a complete dork, he cracks me up.

He cant win a fucking superbowl and that is all that counts.
Whos got the rings baby.
Go Pats

Let's see.

Brady and Belicheck stole 2 Super Bowl appearances from the Steelers. Yes I am aware that Kordell Stewart would have been the QB.

Manning, however, mouthed those wonderful words "He missed it" during the 300 times I watched the Steelers-Colts game on Tivo this year.

Plus, Dungy had the locker next to Bradshaw's when I was lucky enough to meet both of them before the 78 season, and I've always had a soft spot in my heart for him.

Oh, and the Colts ripped the heart out of Balmore when they moved.

Yinzer Mafia has to be rooting for the Colts.

I'm rooting for the team that still has a soul. The Indianapolis Colts. Not to be confused with the Indinanapolis Mannings.

1) Whiter than rice Indiana has soul?
2) Their true soul was taken away on a Mayflower truck, and lost in the move.