Carolina is my adopted team since moving to NC from IL (although I still pine for the day I see da Bears back in the playoffs & competitive). It was a good game, even if my preferred team lost.
Both defenses played great, Carolina was simply the first to crack between the two. That, the Carolina offense not executing on the few opportunities they had, and shooting themselves in the foot with penalties made it insurmountable.
I was rooting for Carolina, but didn't mind either team winning. Both teams deserved to be there, two defenses and one offense were playing like they wanted to win.