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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Sign in Salem presents: The Post Game

The Post Game: Super Bowl XLI



Starting this off, welcome to The Post Game, A Sign in Salem's look at the world in sport-just in time for Spring Training! The inaugural feature, of course, deals with the Super Bowl XLI.


Event: Super Bowl XLI (3rd use)



Place: Dolphins Stadium, Miami, FL.



Participants Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears



Peyton Manning wins one, specifically the BIG ONE. Most pundits claimed that he finally came through in the clutch when he beat the New England Patriots, who became his biggest nemesis as soon as they won their storybook Super Bowl in 2002. When I heard all this rabble, I came up with one comparison: The 2004 Boston Red Sox, who had one big demon. After the BoSox shut the fuck out of the Yanks in the BX to complete their historic comeback, everyone (including my own local paper) declared the Curse Closed (haha,aren't they clever). What did the Sox do then? Sweep the Cardinals in 4.



Ironically, the mojo got passed from Massachusetts to Indianapolis, where the presentation of the Lamar Hunt Trophy had every sports-opinion entity almostimmediatelythereafter crowning their ass (if you will). The public had two weeks to soak every angle in-the Dungy angle, the Manning angle, the Vinatieri angle. It was overload to the max(xxxxxxx), exploiting every angle we've already had.



As far as the game itself, the first quarter was exciting, and then the rest was a let down. Laserocket Arm started off the game handing off the ball to Addai, while throwing in a pass here-and-there to remind you that HE'S THE BEST DAMN QUARTERBACK IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE,DAMMIT. The Cannon did his part, dinking, dunking, and handing the ball off to Thomas Jones (who has one of the blandest names ever, right up there with Bob Sanders). Then the 2nd quarter came, and the Colts outscored the Bears 10-0 in said period of time.



It was over, earlier than predicted. The game was kept close, thanks to the South Florida rain, the real turf,and the fact that these teams were good (well,Chicago was a One seed, the Colts a Three). After Chicago's two touchdown EXPLOSION in the first quarter, the most they could muster the rest of the game was a Robbie Gould Field Goal, making the loss 12 points instead of 15. 18 on the Colts played a complete game:25/38, 247Yds, 1 TD, 1 INT. He won the MVP, but I still give it to Joseph Addai, kid was nasty goign through that Bears D. Speaking of the Bears...



Rex Grossman played like it was the winter, a time he's not accustomed to,you see. 2006 was Grossman's first big (couldn't think of a better adjective) season for the Bears. Look at the last three Bears starting QBs in the playoffs: Grossman, Kyle Orton, and Jim Miller. None of these names even sound like awesome quarterbacks that you will remember. Grossman has to mature-yeah, I know, Roethlisberger won one (he also was part of a 15-1 team his rookie season). The NFC is wide open-despite not winning a Super Bowl since 2003-meanign that the Bears, the most consistent team in the conference (along with the Eagles and Seahawks) have a legitimate chance next year.



So there ya go, Super Bowl XLI. As you've noticed, A Sign in Salem has moved from a music shift to a sports perspective. Don't worry, you can view the new radio stuff at http://showyettobetitled.blogspot.com/, and music stuff in general at mog.com/watchbatteries.