Super Bowl XLI Recap

Even though Kristen won't read this, I'll proceed anyway. Tony Dungy became the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. Lovie Smith became the first black coach to lose in a Super Bowl. Dungy was right when he said that wasn't the first with the ability. The NFL has always been plagued by racism and the fact that it took until 2007 for a black coach to make it to the Super Bowl speaks to the lack of opportunities for black people to be a head coach.

In the worst weather for a Super Bowl since Super Bowl IX, the Colts dominated the Bears beyond what final score represents. The Bears defense could not stop the Colts running attack. The Bears cornerbacks were forced to play conservative, allowing Peyton Manning to go underneath whenever he wanted.

It took Devin Hester 14 seconds to make an impact on this game and prove me wrong in the process. He ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown for the first time in a Super Bowl. That began a wild first quarter that saw a total of 4 turnovers. The Colts were able to tie the score thanks to a long pass to Reggie Wayne, but failed on the extra point attempt. A long Thomas Jones run created a 14-6 Bears lead. Peyton Manning and his offensive line controlled the rest of the game.

The Colts kicking game left 4 points on the board, but Rex Grossman made sure those miscues didn't matter, thanks to mistakes of his own. He fumbled to key snaps and threw two interceptions in the forth quarter. One was to Kelvin Hayden who orchestrated a symphony to the end zone ultimately securing victory for the Colts, 29-17. I would have wanted to vote for Jeff Saturday for MVP, because the Colts running game was so strong, but Peyton Manning won. Manning was deserved of the award, though he didn't have the greatest game in history.

While Tony Dungy is usually classy, he credited his win to being a Christian coach. Somewhere Marv Levy shed a tear and so did I. My favorite commercial was Coke's twist of Grand Theft Auto. I'm a softy cornball at heart. The worst commercial was GM's firing the robot, who didn't have any other skills and committed suicide. Considering GM has a history of firing its hardworking employees (anybody see Roger & Me?), this was just a mean commercial that taunted the company's former employees.