No one is rooting for Manning, they are rooting against the Patriots. (I most certainly will be rooting against Manning and the Colts in the SB.)
Chalk that up in the loss column, Belicheck and brady now 11-2 in the playoffs. Soon to be .500:grin:
In catching it, yes. In going down after he caught it, no - it's exactly the same play, and this guy didn't screw it up the way McCree did.
No. The Patriots had a chance to stop the Colts and make them settle for a FG. I will be shocked if we later hear whispers that the Patriots purposefully allowed the Colts to score a go-ahead touchdown. Manning did not tell Jets fans, "fuck you." He went back to school because The Tit Man (Parcells) could not guarantee that the Jets would not trade the #1 pick.