You can't always get what you want.
You can't get a rematch of last year's AFC championship game between the would-be kings, the New England Patriots, and the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts' defense of their Super Bowl title did not last a game, thanks to the stubborn and feisty San Diego Chargers and their 28-24 triumph at the RCA Dome.
You can't get an extension of the game's best rivalry, a matchup between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, a replay of the earlier meeting last Nov. 4 that saw the Patriots come from 10 points down to win 24-20 and key their run to an undefeated season.
You can't always get what you want. Maybe you'll get what you need.
Even absent the marquee matchup, the NFL's conference championship games next Sunday feature compelling characters and the Patriots' continuing quest for the most perfect of all perfect seasons — 19-0 and their fourth Super Bowl win in seven years.
"All the preparation, all the months of workouts and training camp and weeks of football and hundred of hours of practice and six hours of meetings a day, it comes down to this," says quarterback Tom Brady. "It's a great opportunity."
The winner of the Chargers-Patriots (3 p.m. ET) game moves on to face the winner of the New York Giants-Green Bay Packers game (6:30 p.m.) in Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz.
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