NFL Football Betting Odds: NFC Championship Recap

The Saints are finally in the Super Bowl. (AP Images)

The New Orleans Saints are heading for their first Super Bowl. By battering Brett Favre and beating the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 Sunday, they set off celebrations on Bourbon Street that locals never could have imagined in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The Saints failed to cover the 4-point spread, but backers will probably overlook that as their team moves to the Super Bowl to take on the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts opened as 4-point favorites.

Favre threw away Minnesota’s best chance to win, tossing an interception deep in New Orleans territory in the closing seconds of regulation. Then the Saints won the coin toss and ended it on Garrett Hartley’s kick 4:45 into OT.

There were nine fumbles and two interceptions, and the biggest mistake belonged to Favre.

The crowd of 71,276 was the largest in the Superdome for a Saints game. The Saints are 1-6 ATS in their last seven games.

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