[Sports] Panthers Surge Past Cardinals

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Panthers: 49 | Cardinals: 15
from The Guardian

Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others, and Carolina's big-play defense stifled the league's top-ranked offense in a 49-15 romp on Sunday for the NFC championship. It was the most points for a winner of an NFC title game.

The NFL's new top man at quarterback — Newton is an All-Pro this season — will lead the Panthers against five-time MVP Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in two weeks.

"Playing the sheriff," Newton said of Manning. "We're going to live in the moment right now. We're going to be excited."

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It will be Newton's first trip to the Super Bowl and the second trip to the big game for the Panthers (17-1), who lost to New England 12 years ago. Denver, of course, have made a habit of going to Super Bowls, reaching it for a record-tying eighth time.

"We won as a team," Newton said. "We came out here and fought our tails off and we did what a lot of people said we couldn't do. It's not over yet. We'll be ready to go in two weeks."

And while the Broncos' defense carried the team past New England 20-18 for the AFC crown, Carolina's D was just as destructive. They picked off Carson Palmer four times, forced two fumbles by him, and never let up the assault.

Special teams also had a takeaway, and when Carolina grabbed a 24-7 halftime lead this time, they didn't back off, as they did in nearly blowing a 31-point margin a week ago against Seattle.

When Newton flew into the end zone for a 12-yard third-quarter touchdown, dabbed a bit, and pointed the Panthers toward the Bay Area and Super Bowl 50.

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Comment who you're rooting for below!

Denver Broncos: 0
Carolina Panthers: 2

Im rooting for Carolina since I have a whole bunch of family down there.
(For the record, if Denver wins, that would be fine too. Seeing Manning win a Super Bowl then probably retire would be nice.)

[TheNoHeadedGuy]

Final score
Denver: 28
Carolina: 48

GO CAROLINA!