A painful defeat for Favre and Minnesota / Photo:NFL.com

That was a status update from a friend of mine on facebook last night.  I couldn’t think of a better way to sum up yesterday’s NFC Championship.  For those keeping count, Brett Favre’s last pass in each of his last three playoff games ended in an interception. Those, then, led to defeat.

It happened in 2004 in Philadelphia.  Likewise in 2007 vs. the Giants.  And last night in New Orleans.  It has happened throughout his entire career.  For the most part, he had been able to control his gunslinger attitude as he matured as a quarterback.  I remember when he was starting out, he got a standing ovation for throwing a pass away in a pre-season game.  He threw for a lot of yards, and a lot of touchdowns.

And it is those three ill-advised passes that I’ll remember. Minnesota has some very painful playoff memories:  
the four Super Bowl losses, the Hail Mary, the meltdown in 1998 vs. Atlanta. This one tops them all.  
And I thought it was New Orleans that was cursed.

And what of the Saints?  They did not play their best game at all yesterday. But they forced 2 turnovers inside the 10 yard line, got a little help from the refs, and that gift from Favre to make it to their first Super Bowl.  Howie Long siad they were ateam of destiny in the Fox Pregame show.  How can you doubt that now? 

The Saints in the Super Bowl is like the Union de Curtidores making the finals.The Saints have been around since 1967.  They have hosted 5 playoff games. 5. In 43 years. 

I will root for them, of course.  Their QB, Drew Brees, is an Austin man.  And TE David Thomas was Vince Young’s security blanket at Texas.  Beating the Colts will not be easy.  But strange things happen when you have destiny on your side.