True Stories About Conference Championship Weekend
__________________________________________________________________________In order to celebrate the last meaningful NFL games for two weeks, we’ve gone back to the lab to scoop out some interesting nuggets that are likely to be the storylines of your NFL broadcasts.
Mark Sanchez and The Jets look to shock the world one more time.
- The Colts/Jets AFC Championship game will be the first conference championship game to feature two first year head coaches since god knows when.
- Brett Favre will become the first quarterback in NFL History to start with 3 different teams in three seasons and lead two of those teams to a conference championship game.
- The last time Brett Favre played The New Orleans Saints in The Superdome was in 2002 when The Packers lost 35-20.
- The New York Jets ended The Colts’ bid for a perfect season in week 16.
- Brett Favre won his last Superbowl in The Superdome in 1977 1997.
- The last time The Saints played The Vikings, Reggie Bush returned 2 punts for touchdowns.
- Brett Favre looks to become the quarterback with the largest gap in time between two Superbowl Appearances. His last Superbowl appearance was in 1998.
- Mark Sanchez is the only starting quarterback in either of this weekends games who has never started in a conference championship game.
- Mark Sanchez is the only quarterback in either of this weekends games who did not throw for over 4,000 yards this season.
And now, for your betting pleasure…
Indianapolis (-8) over New York Jets
Minnesota (+3.5) over New Orleans
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