It's a Saints-Colts Super Bowl

And there's just six months til Brett Favre retires and unretires again!

By JANIE CAMPBELL

Updated 6:19 AM EDT, Mon, Jan 25, 2010

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The confetti has fallen, Bourbon Street has gone Defcon 5, and Indianopolis burns with the fires of happy rioting.

Okay, one of those things isn't true, but after a crazy day of football we now know who'll be coming to Miami for the Super Bowl: the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints.

Hotel owners won't be thrilled, but for regular Miamians it's the best possible scenario. Peyton Manning's Colts saved us the trouble of hosting our sworn enemies, as those evil ol' Jets dropped a double-digit lead in the second half and couldn't stand up to a four-time NFL MVP throwing to Reggie Wayne, Pierre Garcon, and Austin Collie.

Miami, of course, is old hat for the Colts: all four of their Super Bowl appearances -- including two wins -- have taken place in South Florida.

And the Saints? Well, they saved us from certain Brett Favre media overload -- or rather, Brett Favre saved us himself by waiting until the last possible moment to turn into Brett Favre on the poor Vikings. With 7 seconds left on New Orleans' 38 yard line, a game tied at 28, room to run, and an eligible target open in front of him, the stubbled one chose to throw across his body right into the opens arms of Saints corner Tracy Porter.

Favre was, for once, actually like a kid out there -- a color-blind kid who hasn't yet learned what not to do with a game on the line and his team in field goal range. With first posession and a field goal in overtime, the Saints capitalized on his ridiculous mistake and earned the franchise's first trip to the Super Bowl in their 43 years of existence.

So get ready to be sick of that storyline, South Florida. We may not have a 40-year-old quarterback around to start talking maybe-retirement, but we've got the best quarterback in the league playing against his hometown team for which his father starred and a hefty dose of post-Katrina New Orleans Revival coming your way.

Who should get the host town's nod? If you're not content to trust Vegas' 4-point opening salute to Indianapolis, the 305's patron saint Luther Campbell says New Orleans' combination of Jeremy Shockey and Jonathan Vilma trumps the benefits of Reggie Wayne.

"The team with the most players from The U," he tweeted, "always wins."