California Here They Come – Doug’s Sports Rap

The conference title games are over and the stage is set for Super Bowl 50, with the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers heading to the bay area in California

Denver Broncos 20, New England Patriots 18

.The AFC title game was a good match up between two veteran and future hall of fame quarterbacks, 39 year old Peyton Manning and 38 year old Tom Brady.

I said last week that Denver's defense had to come up big to stop Brady, and they just barely did it as the game came down to a two point conversation with 12 seconds left in the game that would have most likely sent the game into overtime.

Peyton Manning was 17 for 32 and through two touchdown passes to his tight end Owen Daniels, both in the first half as the Broncos never trailed in the game.

Tom Brady and the Patriots never gave up, trailing 20-12 in the fourth quarter they made two down attempts to score a touchdown both failing, on the third attempted Brady hit Gronkowski in the end zone to bring the Patriot within two points.

This will be Peyton Manning's fourth trip to the Superbowl, this could be the last game of his career.

Carolina Panthers 49, Arizona Cardinals 15

I predicted a Panther win but not a blow out like this one. Cam Newton and these Panthers hae proven to everyone that they're not a fluke.

Carolina's defense forced six turnovers including four interceptions, and on the offensive side Cam Newton through two touchdowns and ran for two more.

Carson Palmer and the Cardinals had a horrible game with two touchdowns and a complete meltdown on the defense.

Here is the match up the #1 team in the AFC, against the #1 team in the NFC.

Can Denver's defense stop the Panthers high octane offense? Can the Panthers stop Peyton Manning? Who will win Super Bowl 50?

I'll need a few days to think about this one.