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Super Bowl XLI: Bears vs. Colts(-7)

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Watched the game with Colts fans and most were upset that Manning won MVP. Everyone said it should have gone to Rhodes or Addai. I'd go with Rhodes looking at the stats he put up, but Addai easily could have been right there too. Manning...eh, not so much.

I'm glad the Colts won, though it didn't seem like that great of a game.
 
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All in all I'd have to say this was one of the most "blah" SB's I've seen. Maybe it was the weather, maybe that I really didn't care about either team...I don't know. I was basically just watching and waiting for Grossman to melt down, which he did.
 
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All in all I'd have to say this was one of the most "blah" SB's I've seen. Maybe it was the weather, maybe that I really didn't care about either team...I don't know. I was basically just watching and waiting for Grossman to melt down, which he did.
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I agree, it was way too sloppy for a SB. And i said the same thing about grossman to my wife.
 
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DDN

Colts Tame Bears for Super Bowl Victory

By BARRY WILNER
AP Football Writer
MIAMI ? Tony Dungy, beaming and sporting an NFL champions cap, waded through the mob on the soggy field until he found his quarterback, Peyton Manning. And there they stood in the rain, the winning Super Bowl coach and the MVP, finally savoring a moment that was a long time coming.
A wet and wild night of Super Bowl firsts brought Dungy, Manning and the Indianapolis Colts to the top of the NFL with a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday night.

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DDN

U.S. Troops in Baghdad Watch Super Bowl

By KIM GAMEL
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq ? U.S. troops in Iraq tuned out of the war and tuned in to the Super Bowl ? staying up late to watch the Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears and for just a few moments remind themselves of home.
Football fans of all ranks said they didn't mind staying up all night to watch the game as it was broadcast live ? at 2:30 a.m. Monday in Iraq.

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Tony Dungy Bests Protege Lovie Smith

By STEVEN WINE
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI ? Merely by stepping on the field Sunday, Tony Dungy made cultural history. A few hours later, he won the Super Bowl, too. Not bad for a day's work. Long saddled with a reputation as a coach who couldn't win the big one, Dungy shook that label when his Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17.
The biggest win of Dungy's career came against his close friend and protege, Bears coach Lovie Smith. They were the first black head coaches in the 41-year history of the Super Bowl.

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Manning the MVP of His Biggest Victory

By MICHAEL MAROT
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI ? Peyton Manning grabbed the Lombardi Trophy with a choke hold, hoisted it in the air with one hand and barely cracked a smile. His career-long journey toward a title finally over, Manning was already preparing for life as a champion.
"It's all happening pretty fast right now," he said after being voted the Super Bowl MVP in the Colts' 29-17 victory over Chicago on Sunday night. "I'm kind of ? this is just kind of how I am, I guess. I'm excited."

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DDN

Indianapolis Celebrates Super Bowl Win

By CLIFF BRUNT
AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS ? Hundreds crowded onto Monument Circle in subfreezing temperatures Sunday night in downtown Indianapolis to celebrate the Colts' Super Bowl victory.
Standing shoulder to shoulder on the steps of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, jubilant fans didn't seem to mind the cold ? not when there's a championship party going on.

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Grossman Falters When Needed Most

By RICK GANO
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI ? This was the Rex Grossman that the Chicago Bears and their fans feared. When the Bears needed a clutch throw to catch up in the fourth quarter, their quarterback couldn't connect.
Instead, Grossman threw a pair of interceptions, one that Kelvin Hayden returned for a touchdown, all but ending Chicago's chance to win the Super Bowl at rainy Dolphin Stadium.

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Manning Finally Wins the Big Game

By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Sports Columnist
MIAMI ? He did it on a night when the rain fell, the wind swirled and Prince not only sang about rain but was drenched in it. He did it when everyone around him seemed to have trouble holding onto the ball and his team fell into a familiar early hole.
It never was going to be easy for Peyton Manning. Somehow, it never is.

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Manning the man at last, with an MVP trophy to boot


Monday, February 05, 2007Michael Marot
Associated Press
Miami- Peyton Manning answered the final question.
Yes, he can win the big one - and yes, he can do it in a big way, too.
His career-long quest for a championship finally ended Sunday in Miami with an efficient performance against the Chicago Bears that added a Super Bowl MVP award to his long list of achievements.

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Addai-Rhodes combo runs Bears defense into a bog



Monday, February 05, 2007 Michael Marot

Associated Press
Miami- Joseph Addai and Dominic Rhodes split the carries all season.
On Sunday, they shared the credit for Indianapolis' first Super Bowl victory.
Addai played the role of setup man and Rhodes finished it off against the Chicago Bears, giving two-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning enough balance in rainy Miami to finally bring home the Lombardi Trophy.

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COLTS RINGING WET

Manning, Indy prevail in downpour
Monday, February 05, 2007Tony Grossi
Plain Dealer Reporter
Miami -- The wettest Super Bowl ever produced one of its sloppiest games, turning pro football's biggest game into a spectacle of turnovers and special-teams miscues.
While it rained on Peyton Manning's parade all day and night in south Florida, it didn't dampen his coronation as a champion.
Manning secured his first NFL championship in his ninth season by grinding the Indianapolis Colts to a 29-17 win over the clawless Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI in Dolphin Stadium.
 
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Canton

Vinatieri gets his fourth Super Bowl ring
Monday, February 5, 2007


MIAMI (AP) - A few days ago, someone asked Indianapolis kicker Adam Vinatieri to describe what the buildup to the Super Bowl is like.
"It's a three-ring circus," Vinatieri said.

Well, now it's a four-ring circus.

Vinatieri's first season with the Colts ended with a Super Bowl championship, his fourth to go along with three others from his days with the New England Patriots. He missed a 36-yard field goal Sunday, saw an extra-point hold botched and had a kickoff run back for a score, but the Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17.
 
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Colts have an edge with Addai, Rhodes
Monday, February 05, 2007
Lee Jenkins
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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KEVORK DJANSEZIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS The Colts? Dominic Rhodes bulls past Adewale Ogunleye, left, and Nathan Vasher of the Bears on a 1-yard touchdown run.


MIAMI ? Edgerrin James spent the past week in Miami, showing his former teammates his old hometown and presumably driving himself crazy with the thought of what might have been.
James was supposed to play in this game. He spent seven years as the starting running back for the Indianapolis Colts, endured all of their most agonizing playoff losses, and then left last offseason to sign with the Arizona Cardinals.
 
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