GoldandBlack.com: Brees wins Superbowl

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (GoldandBlack.com) - Drew Brees has led the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl title.

Not only that, but the former Boilermaker quarterback was named the championship game's MVP after the Saints rallied to defeat the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17, Sunday night in Miami.

Brees, who led New Orleans from a 10-0 deficit, completed 32-of-39 passes, for 288 yards and two touchdowns without a turnover.

"We just believed in ourselves and knew we had an entire city and maybe entire country behind us," Brees said on the field after being presented the MVP award. "I've tried to imagine what this moment would be like for a long time, and it's even better than I expected."

Brees is the first Purdue quarterback to win a Super Bowl since Bob Griese guided the Miami Dolphins past the Minnesota Vikings in 1974. And he's the first alumnus to win Super Bowl MVP since Len Dawson of the Kansas City Chiefs in '70.

Dawson presented the Saints with the Lombardi Trophy following their win.

Brees' path to winning the Super Bowl saw him beat teams led by future Hall of Fame quarterbacks Kurt Warner (Arizona), Brett Favre (Minnesota) and Peyton Manning (Indianapolis). It likely solidifies his own place as a future Hall of Famer.

The title in some ways also lifts the city of New Orleans, which four years ago was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. It was shortly after the natural disaster that Brees, rehabbing from a busted right shoulder, signed with the Saints after being let leave by San Diego.

"I felt like coming to New Orleans was a calling," he told the media afterward, "and that God puts you in a position for a reason. And at the time, you might ask yourself 'I'm not sure, but I'll trust you.' I know me coming to New Orleans and having that opportunity there was definitely a calling. It's an opportunity that not many people get in their life, to come to a city like that that had just been devastated by a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina.

"To not only be part of the rebuilding of an organization and a team, but of a city and a region. Really a mentally, just bringing the mentality back that we've been through so much, but we're going to come back strong. It's unbelievable."