Saints Onside Kick To Start Second Half Nets Seven Points, First Lead Of The Game

And Super Bowl XLIV just a lot more interesting.

After scoring 10 points on their first two possessions, the Colts went blank, although the Saints only mustered two field goals.

To start the second half, Saints coach Sean Payton called an onside kick, and after one of the longest scrums I’ve seen in a while, emerged from the pile with the ball.

Colts’ Hank Baskett had a shot at it but couldn’t rip it away.

The best Tweet I saw on the onside kick:

Seriously Colts? You got fooled again? Did you not learn anything from the halftime show?

What the Saints did following the onside kick was perhaps even more impressive.

The six plays netted 12, 9, 5, 9, 7 and 16 yards for the touchdown. Pierre Thomas scored on the final play of the drive.

Saints 13 Colts 10…Suddenly we have a ballgame.