AS many of you know, before my time in Chicago I hailed from the Biggest Little City in the USA: NAPTOWN, INDIANA! This puts me in a delicate situation in regards to the S-uperbowl, because my two favorite teams are playing each other. But these are the kinds of problems you want to have.
In any case, I have been having a lot of people ask me who I am pulling for in the big game. Honestly, I am rooting for both. I hope the game is one for the ages. Like the Rams/Tennessee one a few years back. Remember that dude being tackled a yard shy on the last play of the game?
Anyway, that's not the real question. The real question is: J-if you were bet all your meager possessions on one team to win the Championship, which team would it be?
The Answer to that question is the Bears.
And here is why: Everyone is making a big deal out of Rex Grossman and whether or not he can beat Manning. For the record I do not think Grossman is in Manning's class as a QB. But football is a team game. And the Bears play as a team. Grossman does not have to win the game for the Bears--the Bears won 13 games last year with a 3rd Stringer. But Payton Manning damn sure has to win it for the Colts. If Payton has a bad game, the Colts will lose. If Rex has a bad game, well, the Bears are used to winning anyway.
MY PICK: BEARS 37, Colts 21
That's a very good point - if Manning is bad, so are the Colts. If Grossman is bad, well, we still have the defense and Devin Hester to fall back on. Grossman has played well in the postseason and I really don't see that changing in the big game. I think the Saints were a scarier prospect than the Colts, and we outplayed the NOLA crew. If Manning is on fire that will be a problem, especially with our corners on Wayne & Harrison, but nothing I've watched the Colts do has made them look unbeatable. Bears by 7.
ReplyDeleteAnother point:
ReplyDeleteRemember the last Super Bowl the Colts Played in? Super Bowl III vs. the New York Jets. The Colts were favored by 17 and still lost. This time they are only favored by 7. Of course Joe Namath guaranteed victory, that time. Now he just wants to kiss Suzy Colber.
Not sure if you guys saw it, but much has been made about how all 8 ESPN analysts picked the Saints to win.
ReplyDeleteWell, one additional analyst picked the Bears - that being the Accuscore computer program. According to Accuscore, the chance of victory for this game is 60/40 in favor of the Colts. However, the game shifts 10% in favor of the Bears when the special teams of the Bears shows up - with or without a TD from Hester. Just good field position is good enough.
I think the computer is spot on. The difference with the Bears has always been their special teams. Whether it was the threat of Hester or Maynard burying a team deep in their own territory. That will be the key to the game.
Unless the Colts purposefully punt and kick out of bounds, Hester + Miami = TD. :)
MY PICK: BEARS: 27 COLTS: 20
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/
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Sorry, you'll have to paste that link together since blogger is being an a-hole. :) That's the link to the article.
Keep in Mind that Hester is FROM MIAMI!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's where he earned the Nickname "ANYTIME"
That Mariotti sure is a piece of crap. He spends all season bad mouthing the Bears--then in today's column, says we should give their coach a record amount of money.
ReplyDeleteConclusion: Mariotti wouldn't be happy if he was getting head.
You're probably right about Mariotti & A BJ (coming to Fox this fall)... and he also picked the Saints to beat the Bears.
ReplyDeleteI think the comments so far have been pretty accurate. I think if Manning and the receivers have a big day, the Bears are in trouble.
If Rex doesn't turn the ball over and da Bears win the field position battle, they should be able to beat the Colts who have looked anything but unbeatable so far in the playoffs.
I'm happy either way. Manning deserves a ring but I'm also hoping for an updated Super Bowl Shuffle starring Rex and Urlacher.
Of more importance to me is that the Patriots took care of the stupid Chargers, saving me from weeks of fairweather fans rah rahing all over town.
Maybe LaDainian could get traded to someone else ... like the Raiders! Then I could revel even more in the agony of SD fans.
To reiterate:
Stupid Chargers (please move)
Close Super Bowl Game, Colts 21-20. I just feel like Peyton is going to wake up and throw better for some reason. No money will be placed on this pick however as I could easily see a "pure" massacre involving Bears feasting on Colts like a bad dream.
Also, Stupid Chargers (move away!).
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/57833
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There is a pretty hilarious article about wrestling right next to this equally hilarious onion article. I particularly like the line "the self-anointed five-time Mr. Alternate Universe"
ReplyDeleteAlso See the the Short about How the Bears lead Rex Grossman to the Super Bowl.
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