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Well, Blooper Bowl II is over, so now we can take a look at the commercials. Quite frankly, most of the commercials sucked as well.

There were a few funnies, I’ll post them here, vote on your favorite.

This one was shot about 20 minutes from my house:

A few other highlights, I don’t want to take up my entire front page with super bowl commercials:

Bud Light, No speak English (I’m not sure what I think of this commercial)
Letterman & Oprah (Two media giants sharing the couch)

Coke Grand Theft Auto (Watching this makes me want to go out and kill coke)

Gotta Have Heart (Why would this commercial air when we are all drinking beer and eating fattening food. Total buzz-kill)

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I know everyone is going to call sour grapes on me, but that was one of the least magnificent Super Bowls I’ve ever watched. Sure, it had a few big plays, but it just seemed like the Colts didn’t really have to do a whole hell of a lot to get the 29-17 win. It just seemed to me that the Colts dinked and dumped there way to a Super Bowl Championship against an offense (or maybe a QB) that didn’t have a chance of moving the ball.

Peyton Manning was named MVP for his brilliant 1 TD, 1 INT, 247 yard performance. Honestly, I think it’d be hard to pick one guy as MVP of this game, maybe Dominic Rhodes, (113 rush yards, 1 TD) or maybe even the Colts defense.

Lets be real, the Bears never had a chance to win this football game with Rex Grossman at the helm. This is something we’ve all known for most of the season, but we tried to ignore it once they Bears made the big dance in spite of him. Yeah, his 3 turnovers were bad, but it was more his lack of being able to make plays that turned the game.

So, now that the game is over, we give our high 5’s to the following:

Devin Hester opening the game with a 92 yard kickoff return for TD

Adam Vinatieri missing a chip shot field goal

Prince

Being told that Tony Dungy has gone his entire NFL career without saying a curse word
And our Down Lows

Rex Grossman

Colts not kicking a FG late in 4th quarter: Cost JC 50 bucks, as her square woulda been landed on in our squares competition

There ya go, prepare for an entire off-season (and probably the rest of your life) where you get to hear that Peyton Manning has now validated his career and his life in general.

Manning Wins Big One as Colts Beat Bears in Super Bowl

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Well, it’s Super Bowl Sunday and it’s time to determine who will win Super Bowl XLI. With the Super Bowl being the game most watched by “casual fans” I figure what better way to do this than give it to the casual fan.

A.T.: Colts

Lurch: Bears

Mike F: Colts

Chris: Bears

Roger: Colts

Random Bears Fan: Bears

Waffle House Lady: Colts

Ruben: Colts

Brian: Colts

Lora: Colts

Pops: Bears

Ajit: Bears

Tiffanie: Bears

Bryson: Undecided

Miranda: Bears

Brad: Bears

J.C.: Colts

Mike N: Bears

Tecmo Super Bowl: Bears

F**K Da Eagles Girl- Colts

That’s 9 votes for the Colts, 10 votes for the Bears, and one undecided, in what turned out to be a surprisingly close finish. I’ll go ahead and pick the Bears as well, 28-24, making the overall advantage 11-9 in favor of the Bears.

So there you have it. According to our 5 part series the Bears will be Super Bowl XLI Champions.

Venue: Bears

Special Teams: Bears

Tight Ends: Colts

Internet/Media Creativity: Colts

Totally Non Related People Picks: Bears

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This guy did a pretty nice job commentating Super Bowl XLI, Tecmo ‘91 style!  Thank god for Sweet Ron Morris!  File this one as a Bears pick!

Not to be outdone, Tony Dungy replaced the low scoring Peyton Manning with early 90’s passer…..Jeff George!  (CLASSIC)   This video is worth watching, if just for the final play alone.

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With the Bears holding a slim 2-1 lead, today’s match-up is of ultimate importance to the Colts. That being said, I figured I’d leave today’s face-off to the “internets”. That is, things I can find on the internet…creative ways for fans to support each team. The winner gets today’s category.

We’ll start with the Colts:

Dr. H has given us 3 youtube videos embracing Peyton’s jock, and given us all more reasons to pull for the Bears. If you haven’t seen them all they are as follows: Peyton Paradise, Damn it Feels Good to Have Peyton, and his latest entry, Dear Peyton. Dr. H slaps Bears fans with a hard right cross to start the fight, but Bears fans can fight back.

The Bears counter with several quick jabs: First they threw a Rexy Back, followed by this:

The quick counter jabs did surprise the Colts, but jabs don’t pack knockout power. So, the Colts loaded up again and fired back….with who else but Peyton Manning:

Mastercard, Mastercard, Mastercard, and of course:

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Having been hit with actual professional productions, the Bears were staggered….but not out. The Bears countered with Ebay Girl.

Unfortunately, Ebay Girl did not phase the Colts….because they aren’t into girls. Rather than sitting back and allowing the Bears to reload, the Colts quickly poured it on with various photos of the Manning Family:

The quick barrage of Manning photos would have been enough to put most teams away, but the Bears had one last trick up their sleeves…history:

Being hit by Ditka’s “super fans” and the ‘85 Bears put a pretty big scare into the Colts, and even had them staggering just a bit. However, the Colts knew head games when they saw them. The ‘85 Bears were no more, and they figured the super fans had died of heart attacks by now. The Colts countered with the biggest weapon in their arsenal….the super punch so to speak.

That’s right….the Colts have brought out Lil’ Ronnie!  First Lil’ Ronnie hit the Bears with the 2005 version of Super Bowl Bound:

The Bears stood dazed and confused…they weren’t quite knocked out, well, because this was from last year.  They weren’t going to let a 12 year old kid knock them out…..but a 13 year old:
Super Bowl Bound 2007 (the remix) sung by Lil’ Ronnie & the rest of the 31 South Entertainment Crew was more than the Bears could handle.

Well, that’s it folks.  Lil’ Ronnie and the 31 South Entertainment Crew have saved the day for the Colts.  Tomorrow will determine the winner of the Super Bowl match-up as we are now tied at 2.  Peace.

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In yet another greedy move the NFL has banned an Indianapolis church from broadcasting the Super Bowl.  Seems the church ran a promotion for a “Super Bowl Bash” and the NFL got wind of it.  The NFL got wind of it and demanded that the party be cancelled because the church was charging a fee(to be given to charity) and using the words “Super Bowl” in their advertising.

 

So, the church counter offered saying they wouldn’t charge anything and would drop the use of the forbidden words.  The NFL then rejected the churches idea at using a projector to broadcast the game saying it was against the law to show the game on a TV bigger than 55 inches.

 

The church pastor has pretty much said they won’t be showing the game now, but he feels it is sad that the church isn’t able to offer an alternative for people that want to gather in places other than bars.  The makes an exception for sports bars and other places that show games as part of their regular routine.

 

Just another example of the NFL being the greediest of the greedy.  Seriously, first it was games on NFL network….youtube videos getting removed and banned…..exclusive rights for video games and other NFL products…and now they are policing who can watch their product (on national television) and where.

 

I have a TV bigger than 55 inches.  Am I not allowed to sit in my house and watch the Super Bowl?  I’m sure once this story gets some press the league will back off and allow the church to throw their party, but the overall idea behind this story is appalling. 

 

NFL Won’t Let Church Show Game  (SI.com)

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A pair of bronze lions that stand guard in front of the Chicago Art Institute experienced a bit of a head problem this week. Evidently, officials tried to fit the lions with Chicago Bears helmets in honor of the Bears appearance in the Super Bowl. As they attempted to fit the first lion, the helmet broke…apparently the result of cold weather (and obviously a tight fit).

Never fear, these guys know what they are doing. They brought the helmets inside, resized them, and viola, lion helmets!

This isn’t the first time the lions have worn local sports gear. In 2005 they wore Chicago White Sox batting helmets, and in 1985 they wore Bears helmets fashioned from Weber grills. Hmmm, Chicago was granted with championships on both of those occasions.

Believe it or not, Ajit found this story on an art blog called Off Center.

Lions And Bears (Off Center)

A Pre-Super Bowl Wardrobe Malfunction (The New York Times)

Finally, on a more personal note this story reminds me of the man that cut Carolina Hurricanes jerseys off the statues at the State Capital during the Canes Cup Run last season.  I guess humans are off limits but not the king of the jungle.

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17 Catches for 281 yards.  Those are the numbers for the Colts leading receiver in the playoffs.  Marvin Harrison?  Nope.  Oh, ok Reggie Wayne.  Nah, still wrong.  Dallas Clark?  Yep, Dallas Clark has emerged as Manning’s go to man during the Colts Super Bowl push.

Clark had a bit of a down season this year, catching 30 balls for 367 yards and 4 TD while missing 4 games.  Despite those numbers, Clark has been THE MAN for the Colts during the playoffs.  Clark has exhibited an ability to get open, just behind the linebackers and catch Manning bullets in stride, often times in open field.  He also has the unique ability to line up wide, creating match up problems.  Of course, the Bears special set of linebackers will create a challenge for Clark, but he is definitely a clutch performer.  Combine Clark’s emergence with an inexperienced set of Bears safeties and you might have trouble for the Bears.  If Clark can find himself behind the linebackers while the safeties are cheating to the outside, big play opportunities abound.  Dallas Clark isn’t exactly a household name, but he’d become one if he picked up over 100 yards and a TD.  The Colts also have strong depth at tight end with Ben Utecht (37-377) and Bryan Fletcher (18-202-2).  Manning has shown confidence to throw to all three of these guys in any situation.

It would be wrong to act like the Bears didn’t have a solid tight end themselves.  In fact, Desmond Clark’s regular season numbers (45-626-6) dwarf those of Dallas Clark and Desmond was tied for the Bears lead in receiving TD’s.  However, Clark has a knack for being a bit of a hit or miss type guy.  Twice this season he caught 2 TD’s in game, but 5 times (including playoffs) he had just one catch.  It is worth mentioning that Desmond Clark is a very solid blocker as well, and does a nice job helping out with the Bears rush attack.  The other Bears tight ends, John Gilmore and Gabe Reid are not often involved in the passing game.

I know, I know.  You’re thinking that I have to dig this deep to find a Colts advantage?  Well, no I don’t, but the object of this series was to hit on some factors that aren’t in the forefront.  Things like “Manning is better than Grossman” are just too easy.  I believe Dallas Clark could be an x-factor for the Colts on Sunday, and I believe his match up gives the Colts an obvious advantage in this area.

That’s a win for the Colts, making things 2-1 in favor of the Bears.

If you get a chance, check out “Bear vs. Colt” and vote on who you want to win.

Venue: Bears

Special Teams: Bears

Tight Ends: Colts

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