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Super Bowl New Orleans Saints Vs. Indianapolis Colts Predictions

Super Bowl New Orleans Saints Vs. Indianapolis Colts Drafts: In the NFL, Indianapolis and New Orleans are still standing, and could meet as undefeateds in the Super Bowl. That would require both to go 18-0. Only one NFL team has ever reached 18-0 — two teams won’t achieve that in the same season. Imagine if the Colts and Saints have both locked up top seeds at 13-0 when the sun sets on Dec. 13 — both would have considerable trouble staying motivated until the divisional round a full month later.But we get ahead of ourselves! New Orleans first must get fired up for its next three opponents: Carolina, St. Louis and City of Tampa, with a combined record of 4-18. Indianapolis has a slightly tougher assignment with its next three opponents: Houston, New England and Baltimore, with a combined record of 14-8.The Saints have emerged as this season’s most fun team to watch. They’re zany and emotional; the Colts are cool and efficient. The two would make a fabulous Super Bowl pairing, owing to their contrasting styles and lack of negative storylines. But the Colts and Saints have one thing in common — lots of nobodies playing well.Indianapolis starts numerous players who were undrafted (Gary Brackett, Ryan Lilja, Daniel Muir, Gijon Robinson, future Hall of Famer Jeff Saturday) or who came out of nowhere (Pierre Garcon, from Division III Mount Union College). The New Orleans lineup is heavy on out-of-nowhere players, or those unwanted by previous teams. Starting Monday night were undrafted players Mike Bell, Jo-Lonn Dunbar and Jabari Greer, while the undrafted Pierre Thomas came off the bench to rush for 91 yards and catch the game-winning touchdown pass. Jahri Evans of Bloomsburg University, a Division II school, started on the offensive line with Jermon Bushrod of Towson University, a Division I-AA college. Jonathan Goodwin, Anthony Hargrove, Scott Shanle and David Thomas, all let go by other teams, started for the NFC’s only undefeated club. New Orleans standouts Drew Brees, Darren Sharper and Jonathan Vilma were players other teams actively wanted to unload. Brees, the best quarterback in the NFC, was shown the door by San Diego, then rejected when he offered to sign with Miami; Green Bay let Sharper walk as “washed-up” five years ago! Scan around the NFL and behold team after team stacked with big-money first-round draft choices who don’t perform. Give me motivated castoffs any day.In other football news, it would be weird to wake up and find your team has the league’s leading rusher, plus the No. 1 rushing attack in terms of average gain — a spectacular 5.5 yards per carry — yet also find your team is 1-6. That’s how the Tennessee Titans find themselves after hosting the Jacksonville Jaguars in a game that produced a combined 522 yards rushing and 238 yards passing. It would be weird to wake up and realize you had rushed for 177 yards on just eight carries Sunday, yet only touched the ball once in the fourth quarter. That’s how Maurice Jones-Drew finds himself right now.

Every year most Americans make some crazy new year’s resolutions that are usually good for about thirty days- the first quarter at the outside. For some the new year will start tragically they won’t have lived but a few hours into the new year before being arrested for DWI or DUI. Worse yet some will die as a result of their injuries and lack of self control. What a waste of life- even if it wasn’t all that good from their vantage point.

For others, the battle fields of Iraq and Afghanistan will be where they take their last breath.

But, let’s move away from the serious stuff and move into a little more frivolity. I say that because I like to make some mental predictions for the coming new calendar year. I’m not betting the farm, nor even a triple grande extra hot latte from Starbucks. But neither am I forecasting the following without some serious thinking going into the idea(s). I dount that many, if any, will bother to remember these predictions, so what have I got to lose, other than your laughter as you read them.

Are you ready?1-The next president of the United States will be Michael Bloomberg. This is nothing new as I set up a web site last year just to keep tabs on him. As I tracked him in ’07, there was nothing that made me feel that he wasn’t running- not even his denials. It doesn’t get more wild than this: a third party candidate does what Ross Perot couldn’t do in 1992, but awakened the possibility.2-The Dow, which closed 2007 at 13,265 will end the year below that! Just how much depends on too many dependent and independent variables to predict.3-Our economy will see a 50% increase in inflation (year over year). Ben Bernanke can’t keep printing money and adding tens of billions to the system to try and bail lout the housing market without having that amount of massive liquidity have consequences. And with a down economy, that’s called stagflation! But, it beats deflation which worries everyone.4-The US$ had a terrible year, falling from a close of $83.30 in 2006 to $76.70 in 2007, but 2008 will not provide any relief. The trade deficit will continue at peak levels and more of our enemies will move out of the US$ and into the Euro, Yen, and even the yuan.5-The three previous points above have to take a toll on the price of oil. In fact, it’s the hidden tax of increased oil prices that will cause oil to drop for $95 a barrel to under $75 in ’08. Not all news is good, but the good news steams from bad news.6-The good news of progress in Iraq will be offset by the bad news of Iran and Israel. I’ll leave that one there without further ado.7-We will see increased weird and unexplainable (though Gore will tell you he knows why)weather and climate conditions that will allow global warming fanatics to claim they’re right while the other side will claim the evidence supports their position. Could it just be the building of galactic precursors to the many events of 2012 instead?8-Bush will not be able to leave office (which allows for 20 days in ’09 as well) without a major hit somewhere to our interests that will be MAJOR. This does not limit the attack to within our shores.9-The internet will experience it’s worst attack to date. Stay tuned!10-We will see a movement toward inclusiveness which is just the opposite of what we’re seeing now. Just how that will come about, I know not; however, by the end of the year, we’ll see the evidences.We will survive!

There’s a principle involved here that’s called the Axial Age, or a time when the collective consciousness increases at exponential rates, which has happened in times past, and that’s what I’m betting we’re headed to over the next few years. It’s our only salvation (and I’m not talking salvistically speaking alone). We will see an awakening of he spirit of mankind that will rival the 550-600BCE era.

Out of the crap that seems to overwhelm us will come our hope. We are all in this together and discovering that simple fact will be the beginnings of a ONENESS that’s always been destiny.