“Great moments... are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have here, tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game. If we played 'em ten times, they might win nine. But not this game. Not tonight.”  - Herb Brooks’ Locker Room speech from the movie Miracle.

All week on Baltimore sports radio, I have had to listen some of this city’s most profound morons expound on how there is no way that the Baltimore Ravens can possibly beat the Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning.  Peyton is the “greatest quarterback of all time”.  Their passing game is too impenetrable.  The Colts are 14-2, the Ravens 9-7. We haven’t beaten the Colts since 2002.

Of course last week, there was  Tom Brady and the Patriots.  We couldn’t beat them either.  They had not lost a home playoff game since 1978—against Earl Campbell’s Houston Oilers.  Tom Brady was the “greatest quarterback in the game”.  Bill Belichik was the greatest coach in the game.  We had never beaten the Patriots.

Uh huh.  The Patriots haven’t been beaten that bad since they played the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl.

People talk about how our offense is too one dimensional.  Guess what?  Indy can’t run the ball.  That means they can’t control the clock.  And does anyone remember the 2000 season?  We won the Super Bowl that year, crushing Jim Fassel’s New York Giants with a “one-dimensional” offense.

People talk about how successful the Colts are with Peyton at the helm.  There is no doubt he is a great quarterback.  But there is also no doubt that they choke in the playoffs.  Especially when they “rest” their players in the final games of the regular season.

Yes, if we play them ten times, they will probably win nine.

But in the playoffs, you only need to win once.

Do you believe in miracles?

If the referees want to continue their ridiculous man-crush on Matt Damon, oops… I mean Tom Brady, John Harbaugh should just lead his team off the field.  That’s right, they should forfeit the game.  Especially if the zebra fellatio starts early.  Stick it right to the network and the league office, and tell that hack Perrera and his golly-boy Goodell that when they put decent officials on the field, the Ravens will make it a game to remember.

Of course, that means that Frank Walker can’t mug anyone downfield, and Terrell “The Thug” Suggs needs to stop the gang-banging attitude.