Sunday, February 04, 2007

Super Bowl Musings


Super Bowl XLI is in the books. The Colts held off the Bears, 29-17. This was neither the best nor the worst Super Bowl ever played. This is the first Super Bowl win for the Colts since moving to Indianapolis in 1984.

If not for the opening kickoff return for a touchdown by Devin Hester, the Bears would have gotten their butts kicked. The Colts were a much better team.

The rain absolutely ruined the game. The players were fumbling all over the field, and the spectators didn't pay Super Bowl prices to sit in the slop. Plus, the NFL's corporate backers couldn't have been real happy to entertain clients in that mess. I wouldn't be surprised to see the NFL only award the Super Bowl to domes from now on.

There were a lot of nervous people in Las Vegas. The over/under line on the game was 47. The Colts led 29-17, and had a chance to add a meaningless score during the last two minutes. Coach Tony Dungy isn't going to run up the score on anyone, much less his friend Lovie Smith. So, he went for it on 4th down, the Colts missed, and didn't score. The game ended with the 29-17 score. Those who bet the under won. Those who bet the over lost. It's a good thing I don't bet on football, because I would have taken the over.

Adam Vinatieri now has four Super Bowl rings. He needs one more to tie Charles Haley for the record for most Super Bowl rings by one player.

That's it for now. Congratulations to the Colts. They earned it!

4 comments:

Zee said...

Miami shouldn't be able to have the Super Bowl again until they build a dome over that heap.

John said...

Miami has enough stadium problems, as they've been trying to find a way to get one built for the Marlins for a long time. The Marlins definitely need a dome, and it looks like the Dolphins need one, also.

I think tonight's rain is cause for great concern at NFL headquarters this week. The Super Bowl is just too big for any kind of weather risk.

Zee said...

And I didn't realize that about Viniateri. I love that he got a ring and not Vanderjagt. There's a big difference between those two. I'm very glad for Adam.

John said...

One of the best and smartest moves the Colts made was letting Vanderjagt go, and bringing in Vinatieri. They got all they could get out of Vandy.

Vinatieri didn't have to kick a game-winning field goal, but they probably wouldn't have been in the Super Bowl without him. That 15-6 playoff game against Baltimore was all the return the Colts needed on that investment.

He's headed to the Hall of Fame as a kicker. That's pretty good.