Sunday, February 04, 2007
Congrats to Colts!!!!
I called it. I did. I said if the Bears get the ball in the opening possession, Hester would return the opening kick-off for a touchdown.
You can imagine how excited I was when he did. Truth be told, I didn't really know who I was going to route for because I liked both teams almost equally. I was swaying toward the Bears, but I said if Hester scored on the opening play, I'd definitely be routing for the Bears, by way of routing for that score.
Anyways, it was a well played game, but it came down to Manning doing enough to keep his offense on the field for long periods of time, which meant the Bears defense were working overtime for most of the game. While not trying to take any kudos from the Colts offense, I have to admit that it was impossible for the Bears defense to play at their best for the whole game because they barely got any rest.
Marred by plenty of turnovers by both teams, especially in the first half, Manning stepped up his passing rate and carried his team to the win to avoid having to answer questions about his inability to win "the big one". The score ended at 29-17.
It was a fitting way to cap his run to the championship, and by winning the MVP honors Manning has closed the chapter to the book that compared him with the likes of Dan Marino, who wasn't able to win one in his illustrious and Hall-of-Fame career. For Dungy, it was good to not have to watch the agony on his face (think back to last year's loss with Vanderjagt's missed field goal)and even better to see him make history as the first black coach to win a superbowl. He has overcome a lot of adversity in his life (Bucs firing him, robbing him of his ring, death of his son by suicide) and truly deserved to be the one who made history.
Congratulations once again to Tony Dungy and the Colts for being the 2007 Superbowl XLI champions.
You can imagine how excited I was when he did. Truth be told, I didn't really know who I was going to route for because I liked both teams almost equally. I was swaying toward the Bears, but I said if Hester scored on the opening play, I'd definitely be routing for the Bears, by way of routing for that score.
Anyways, it was a well played game, but it came down to Manning doing enough to keep his offense on the field for long periods of time, which meant the Bears defense were working overtime for most of the game. While not trying to take any kudos from the Colts offense, I have to admit that it was impossible for the Bears defense to play at their best for the whole game because they barely got any rest.
Marred by plenty of turnovers by both teams, especially in the first half, Manning stepped up his passing rate and carried his team to the win to avoid having to answer questions about his inability to win "the big one". The score ended at 29-17.
It was a fitting way to cap his run to the championship, and by winning the MVP honors Manning has closed the chapter to the book that compared him with the likes of Dan Marino, who wasn't able to win one in his illustrious and Hall-of-Fame career. For Dungy, it was good to not have to watch the agony on his face (think back to last year's loss with Vanderjagt's missed field goal)and even better to see him make history as the first black coach to win a superbowl. He has overcome a lot of adversity in his life (Bucs firing him, robbing him of his ring, death of his son by suicide) and truly deserved to be the one who made history.
Congratulations once again to Tony Dungy and the Colts for being the 2007 Superbowl XLI champions.
