by topdawgizalaw » Dec 9th, '05, 21:56
carolina, with key offseason additions of ken lucas from seattle at cornerback, and guard mike wahle from green bay, has better players than they did in 2003, when they won the super bowl. in that year, carolina played indy in indy fifth game of season, with each team undefeated going into the game. why is this significant? because that was what i predicted the matchup would be in the super bowl before the season, even though i always pick my panthers, i know talent when i see it and we got it. both teams are on the rise, carolina has won 8 of 9 after an awful 1-2 start. the colts are 12-0 and eyeing an undefeated season. the question is will indy coach tony dungy rest his starters if they beat the jags this week and in the process lock up home field advantage. i dont think so, not with history on the line, not with the chance to become the first ever undefeated team since the 72 dolphins became the one and only. but if manning gets hurt they are done plain and simple. do u know who their backup is, didnt think so. it is jim sorgi, who has done nothing and has had absolutely no experience. but u cant really predict an injury, so i am saying they meet carolina in the super bowl with history at stake, because i think the colts will have a perfect 18-0 record coming into the game held in detroit. when carolina played the colts in our super bowl season of 2003, we overcame a halftime deficit of 13-3 to win 23-20 in ot. the key ingredient to that win was rushing , where we had 189 rushing to the colts 72. that helped us overcome our lack of passing which the colts had the edge in yardage 293-181. of course, the colts d is better this year, and going into last week our rushing was the worst in the league. but then deshaun foster got his first start of the season and had his best game of his career, which is the right time to peak, as we beat vick for the first time ever in blowout fashion 24-6. we sacked him 5 times as well. i gotta go, ill tell u why we match up with the colts well later.