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

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Lima

Dungy, Smith are pioneers for minorities
BY LARRY GRAHAM - Jan. 30, 2007

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This will be an interesting couple of days.​

Black History month is around the corner. A Super Bowl featuring two black head coaches for the first time in history takes place Sunday.​

And I?m already sick and tired of the hype.​

Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are making history Sunday. Reading about it was interesting for a couple of days. Now, it?s just boring and repetitive.​

But that?s the news. Two black coaches in the Super Bowl.​

It?s being tabbed as one of the greatest days for black people since Jackie Robinson hit a home run against the color barrier in 1955. Then there are the comparison?s between the Super Bowl and John Thompson leading his team to a championship win in the NCAA tourney.
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[iambrutus]

500 on da bears

 

[daddyphatsacs]

My brain tells me that Indy will win this game, but my gut says never count out an underdog (with a good defense) in a Super Bowl.

........damn.......tough call here.

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

Manning Savors Shot at the Title

By STEVEN WINE
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI ? For 60 minutes the questions came at Peyton Manning, sometimes several at once, on topics ranging from his childhood to "American Idol" to Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
Facing a semicircle of reporters and cameramen six deep, Manning joked a little, reminisced a lot and seemed to enjoy his first Super Bowl media day.

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

Da Bears Are Still a Hit Years After SNL

By DON BABWIN
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO ? Sunday's Super Bowl has triggered questions that haven't been asked here in years. Like, if the Chicago Bears were 14 inches tall would they still win? And would a big bus loaded with Bears cross the finish line first in the Indianapolis 500?

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

Getting Inside a Great Receiver's Mind

By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
MIAMI ? Tick, tock, tick, tock. For 3,600 seconds Tuesday, reclusive Colts receiver Marvin Harrison sat patiently and fielded questions he wouldn't think of availing himself for on a normal day. But this is the Super Bowl, and this was media day. And only under auspices as grand as these would one of the NFL's best receivers consent to talk.

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

Column: Who Understands Tank Johnson?

By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Sports Columnist
MIAMI ? The gates had barely opened, and the crowd surrounding Tank Johnson was already eight sweaty journalists deep. We may not understand Johnson, something he was quick to point out several times over the next long hour. But he sure understands us.

 

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DDN

Column: Manning vs. Grossman a Contrast

By DAVE GOLDBERG
AP Football Writer
MIAMI ? One has been called Da Worst, the other is Da Man. Rex Grossman of the Bears vs Peyton Manning of the Colts in the biggest Super Bowl mismatch ever. Not close to being true, of course, but it's perception that counts.

 

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ABJ

Garza plays for Bears, his heritage

RICK GANO

Associated Press

MIAMI - Thousands will party this weekend in South Florida, a celebration that will stretch all the way to a tiny town in Texas, 15 minutes from the Mexican border. That's where Roberto Garza grew up. And now, he's in the Super Bowl.
His high school will hold a pep rally Friday. There will be a community gathering on Saturday, the day before Garza and the Chicago Bears play the Indianapolis Colts.

 

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ABJ

Colts ride Clark's quick recovery into Super Bowl

MICHAEL MAROT

Associated Press

MIAMI - Dallas Clark cherished every second of his interview session.
While he had to contend with the requisite interrogations regarding his no-stoplight hometown and his religion, the Indianapolis Colts' tight end viewed this experience as a luxury.
Two months ago, on a nationally televised prime-time game, Clark feared his season was over after Philadelphia's Sean Considine wrapped him up low. As Clark rolled over, he grabbed his right leg and writhed in pain before finally limping into the locker room.

 

[osugrad21]

Link

Stoic Dungy inspires others
Colts coach keeps emotions in check through tragedy and pursuit of title

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI - After his brother died in an auto accident last September, Reggie Wayne returned to the Indianapolis Colts to find Tony Dungy waiting to console him - as only a man who has been through his own personal tragedies can do.
"I was at the lowest point," Wayne recalled last week. "Just to hear it from someone who has been through it helps you a lot. Coach Dungy is a strong man - a strong soul. It was huge for me."

 

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Link

NFL ROUNDUP
Urlacher the monster of Bears' defense

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI -- Brian Urlacher was so at ease he slept on the flight to the Super Bowl. And when Sunday arrives, he'll make sure he tunes into his favorite morning fishing show on TV.

Just to sort of chill.

Once he hits the locker room to get ready for the biggest game of his life, Urlacher will eat a couple of cookies -- preferably chocolate chip. He'll cap his pregame routine by listening to some music.

 

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Link

GROSSMAN READY TO DEFY CRITICS AGAIN
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By John Pezzullo, PA Sport, Miami

The Chicago Bears were headed for a train Rex. Instead, they are in Super Bowl XLI.
Rex Grossman was not supposed to arrive at this destination. Sooner or later, the much-maligned quarterback would derail the Bears. Or so he was told by his critics.
"It bothers me at times, but really it's just part of being a quarterback," Grossman said.
"It's a situation where I've played bad and people are going to say negative things. I just didn't realise the exaggeration either way that comes with it."

 

[osugrad21]

Dispatch

Bears kicker doesn?t mind kitchen heat
Cooking helps keep Gould grounded, provides escape
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Karen Crouse
THE NEW YORK TIMES

GURNEE, Ill. ? If Robbie Gould was feeling the heat, he did not show it. Two days after kicking three field goals to help the Chicago Bears defeat New Orleans to reach Super Bowl XLI, Gould was standing over a gas stove, stirring alfredo sauce that was simmering in a pot.

 

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ABJ

Some Bears haven't forgotten their last meeting with Colts

TIM REYNOLDS

Associated Press

MIAMI - More than two years have passed, yet Chicago linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer has not forgotten what happened the last time his Bears met the Indianapolis Colts.
Nov. 21, 2004, at Chicago.
Peyton Manning throws for four touchdowns, the Colts pile up 486 yards, the Bears commit five turnovers and the final result is an easy 41-10 win for Indianapolis.
"We learned a lot of what not to do watching that tape, obviously," Hillenmeyer said. "They kicked our butts in that game, but we're a totally different team now."