Started watching it this morning.
Opening kick-off runback by Hester of Chicago for a TD…Excellent.
Good ball game.
Prince @ half-time putting on a good show.
Anyone else watching the game?
Live on ESPN
What a stupid Super Bowl. I am really glad I happened to wake up early and turn that one on. The Chicago offense is terrible and Hoffman sucks big time. 
Battle of the meakest. Best part was the Prince guitar solo at halftime.
Maybe you can find cartoons on another channel.
0740 in the 4th - Colts 29, Bears 17
Great game in spite of the score.
Agreed. Grossman is painful to watch. Now that Pats-Colts game two weeks ago…even though my Pats lost in that, THAT was a entertaining game.
Maybe you can find cartoons on another channel.
0740 in the 4th - Colts 29, Bears 17
Great game in spite of the score.[/quote]
Yeah, well maybe it is just a stupid game. At least two really stupid interceptions at the wrong moments. “I have a good idea. I will just throw it to the other team. Yeah. That will make it a good game” (if you cannot tell, my apostrophe does not work - it keeps going to the find function when I am on the internet).
I have no favorite in this game; although I would like to see Chicago win. It looks like this one is going to Indianapolis.
I lament having to watch the crappy Taiwan commercials rather than the original ones. They have always been a big part of the entertainment.
Colts Win - its in the books.
Woooh!
The first time the team that I was rooting for all season long won, that is, since the '85~'86 Bears.
Some interesting background on the two coaches, Colts coach Tony Dungy and Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith. These two guys are good friends. Nice story.
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ndianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, right, hugs Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith after the Colts’ 29-17 win in the Super Bowl XLI football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Tony Dungy bests protege Lovie Smith
By STEVEN WINE, AP SPORTS WRITER
MIAMI – Merely by stepping on the field Sunday, Tony Dungy made cultural history. A few hours later, he won the Super Bowl, too. Not bad for a day’s work. Long saddled with a reputation as a coach who couldn’t win the big one, Dungy shook that label when his Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17.
The biggest win of Dungy’s career came against his close friend and protege, Bears coach Lovie Smith. They were the first black head coaches in the 41-year history of the Super Bowl.
When the game ended, the 51-year-old Dungy was hoisted onto the shoulders of his team.
“It means probably more to him than it does to any of us,” defensive end Dwight Freeney said. “He has waited a long time. He has deserved this.”
As his team celebrated, Dungy switched his blue Colts cap for a white one that read “NFL champions” and walked to midfield, where he and Smith exchanged words and a hug.
Dungy held on for an extra second.
“I just told Lovie how proud I was of this whole moment,” Dungy said. “I really appreciate what he has done in Chicago - the way he does it, the type of person he is. They’re going to get their championship soon.”
Their relationship dates to 1996, when Dungy hired Smith to coach linebackers for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They were a page-one story throughout Super Bowl week, discussing daily the laid-back personalities and Christian faith they share, as well as their groundbreaking success.
“I’m proud to be the first African-American coach to win this,” Dungy said during the trophy ceremony. “But again, more than anything, Lovie Smith and I are not only African-American but also Christian coaches, showing you can do it the Lord’s way. We’re more proud of that.”(more at link)
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Tony Dungy is a standup guy. I’ve always admired him. Yay Colts!
Tony Dungy back in his playin’ days:
First off, congratulations to the Indianapolis Colts and Coach Dungy.
Now, being a lifelong Bears fun, I am none too pleased by the final outcome of this Superbowl. But, strange as it may sound, I enjoyed watching this stormy, messy game. (I had hope that the bad weather would give the Bears some kind of advantage–as the snow and cold had done in the NFC championship game–“Bears weather”).
Alas, it was not to be. But I have hope for next year. I’ll always have hope as long as the Bears have a great middle linebacker, like Brian Urlacher. But maybe what you really need to win a superbowl is a good, if not great, quarterback.
Or better yet, have 'em both–think McMahon and Singletary for the 85 Bears and Bradshaw and Lambert for the Steelers all those years.
Good pic of Dungy in his playing days, Tigerman. What position did he play int he pros–running back or defensive back? I’m betting he was a DB.
I like Dungy, and I like Lovie Smith. Intense, but laid-back at the same time.
I’m just glad the Bears made it to the “big show” this year, and I have high hopes for another appearance–and a victory–next season.
Don’t mind Peyton getting his Super Bowl. Wouldn’t have minded da Bears winning the big one though either.
That Colts-Pats game 2 weeks ago was amazing. They are talking about it being one of the best NFL playoff games ever.
Everyone seems pumped about Prince. I could have done without.
Decent Super Bowl all in all. The Colts were lurking, it was bound to happen eventually. Two in a row? They’ll be loose and relaxed next year as reigning Champs.
They should’ve played it in Chicago. The 2 week wait with all the hype is total BS. The playoffs are good until the Stupid Bowl.
I’m with ya, the 2 week wait is just plain stupid. It takes all the momentum out of the playoffs.
He was a DB.
[quote]Alas, it was not to be. But I have hope for next year. I’ll always have hope as long as the Bears have a great middle linebacker, like Brian Urlacher. But maybe what you really need to win a superbowl is a good, if not great, quarterback.
Or better yet, have 'em both–think McMahon and Singletary for the 85 Bears and Bradshaw and Lambert for the Steelers all those years. [/quote]
McMahon, don’t quite think so.
Singletary, Wow! Great player.
Don’t forget the best (arguably) of that team----Walter Payton. Sweetness in the way he ran around and through even the roughest of defenders.
Ditka shoulda given WP a chance to score in the SB. The Fridge didn’t need to score.
I like these close games. Good one for Dungy especially since he lost his son recently.
Though the stats seem to indicate that the Colts were dominating (see total yardage, conversions, etc.)
I’m happy for Manning, have had him on my FF teams since 2000 when people had no faith in him (people in my league that is).
I feel for Grossman. It might have still been a game if his decent throw to Desmond Clark was caught by the fumbly TE. Grossman just gotta work on his consistency. He doesn’t have to be great, just has to be not bad to win games. Bernard Berrian, my sleeper. He’ll only get better.
Ditka shoulda given WP a chance to score in the SB. The Fridge didn’t need to score.[/quote]
I totally agree with this. I think, however, if I remember correctly, even Ditka later admitted that this call had been a mistake on his part. Without a doubt, Sweetness should have scored in the Superbowl.
McMahon will never be in the Hall of Fame. But in the 1985 season he played well. And despite, or perhaps because of, all his antics, he had the respect of the rest of the Bears, at least as long as they were winning. He was, after all, a Pro Bowler, the year the Bears won the Superbowl. So, I think you could call him a good quarterback, especailly that year. I don’t want to malign Rex Grossman, but contrast McMahon with Grossman, and the difference is clear. I still say that you need a good if not great quarterback to win the Superbowl.
It will be interesting to see what Lovie Smith ends up doing with the quarterback situation next season. I know a lot of people didn’t think Grossman would ever get the Bears to the Superbowl (and he did do that), but is he a good enough quarterback to win it all? (I sure hope so).