Goober Manning Loses Big!

Let's be honest. The media is in love with Peyton Manning winning his first Super Bowl. So in love with this idea that some are saying that he deserves to win. This is utter rubbish. John Elway got to three Super Bowls with not one, yes, not one Pro Bowl player on offense. That is leadership. Peyton has so much talent on offense that the fact that he hasn't one a championship already speaks volumes of his failings. Both him and Dungy are losers. Peyton has not removed the monkey off his back by beating the Patriots. He needs to win the Super Bowl to remove the monkey.

The media's memory lapses go beyond Peyton to somehow believing that the Colts have a strong defense. This is based on playing tough against KC and Baltimore. I'm sorry, but they were ranked 32 in the league this year and no team with a defense ranked lower than 10th has ever won a Super Bowl. The Colts lost 4 out of their last 7 games to teams including the Texans and the Titans. This is not some juggernaut rolling through to an inevitable win.

As is often the case, the media and the talking heads are more interested in the story than the facts. That somehow his Sprint, Gatorade, MasterCard and whatever else Peyton prostitutes himself for justify him being a champion. Exposure does not equal champion, just ask LeBron.

I'm always a little wary when things seem too well scripted. Look at the Cardinals this year. They had no chance to even win a game against the Tigers. What about the Heat? Down 2-0 to the genius of Avery Johnson? How did that turn out? How about the Buckeyes and all their inevitability against the supposedly lucky to be there Gators?

What I believe we have in this Super Bowl is not an air of inevitability, but the drowning weight of expectations. No one has had higher expectations than Peyton. The Scion of that ultimate loser Archie and older brother of overrated loser Eli. Some people are losers and some are winners. Peyton is a loser, like his father before him and his brother after him.

This weight will weigh down the Colts, Freeney, Manning and Dungy. So much so that they will play tight and the Bears will be loose. So loose that they are going to run away with this game. Final Score: 34 - 16

Colts to the Finish Line

I believe the Colts will win easily and Peyton Manning will dedicate the win to the recently departed Colt named Barbaro.

Seriously folks, I broke it down by players, coaches and intangibles.

Quarterback - Manning will add 21 points and Grossman will subtract 7 points. COLTS BY 28

Receivers - Indy by 4

Running Backs - Bears by 10

Offensive Line - Indy by 7

Defensive Line- Indy by 3

Linebackers - Bears by 7

Corners and Safeties - Indy by 10

Special Teams - Bears by 7

Coaches - Tie/Push/Best Friends/Yada Yada

Intangibles - Field,Weather,and Bears lack of respect - Bears by 10

FINAL Indy 52 Bears 34

Media Day

Media day full tilt today. Both teams at the big show speaking endlessly to the media. Quite a few observations stuck out today amid all of the dribble and drool. Apart from far too many ex-jocks interviewing far to many obscure players, the Bears are definitely in the shadows.

I haven't heard any talking head say that the Bears defense is great. We couldn't stop hearing it earlier in the year when it wasn't quite true. Perhaps the media has done a 360 now that the d doesn't get any respect.

So both coaches are Christians, buddies, family, mentor-student, and in love with each other and now they are going to try to beat the shit out of each other.

Urlacher can speak.


It's Peyton's game to lose, he has all of the pressure on him since his induction into the hall of fame.

No insight from any player during any interview today.

Hate to agree with the disrespect line, but the Bears are correct and it is entirely to their benifit. 7 pt dogs is an insult for a game of this magnitude. I really think that the Colts have to play a perfect game in order to win. Rex has nothing to fear from the Colts D.

Lets see what tomorrow holds for the Da Bears.