I <3 the Colts

[sohotrightnow]

That is all. I don't have to listen to any Boston fans until April. Hooray!

[bste_lax]

That is all. I don't have to listen to any Boston fans until April. Hooray!

Get ready to hear the Super Bowl Shuffle about 235234234 times in the next 2 weeks.

After living with a Chicagoan in college and going to school with many, when winning, Bears fans are some of the most annoying I have ever found. And "when winning" is the key phrase in that last sentence.

[GrayBear]

This is a statement that can apply to anybody who takes their sports fandom too seriously. It includes Packers, Vikings, Pats, Cowboys (and some I'm forgetting) fans I have known, and isn't limited to pro sports (see, Notre Dame and, dare I say it, even Iowa and Illinois on occasion). Those who bask in the reflected fame of others' achievements to that extreme extent are indeed annoying, but it has little to do with what particular team you favor.

As for me, I was a Bears fan in the beginning, and I'm old enough to savor this a little bit--after all, I remember the Jim Dooley, Abe Gibron, Neill Armstrong and Jack Pardee days as well as the Ditka/Lovie Smith successes.

(If those names I just put out sound obscure, there's a good reason for that!)

[Brent Burns]

As for me, I was a Bears fan in the beginning, and I'm old enough to savor this a little bit--after all, I remember the Jim Dooley, Abe Gibron, Neill Armstrong and Jack Pardee days as well as the Ditka/Lovie Smith successes.

I believe Jack Pardee is still probably the only guy from a 6-man football team in Texas to ever play in the NFL. He was one of the Junction Boys under Bear Bryant at A&M. I still can vividly recall the picture of Jack Pardee in my dad's Aggieland yearbook.

Anyway, I'm a Patriots fan, and I salute and congratulate the Ponies, I mean, the Colts for winning the game and propelling the Indianapolis Colts as well as the City of Indianapolis into the Super Bowl. I just hope that the media does not make a big deal out of Dungy and Lovie as being the first African-American coaches to lead their teams to the Super Bowl.
However, we know that the media will do that anyway...

[StrykerFSU]

Good job by Manning, I didn't think he had it in him. He finally exposed the Patriots' secondary and how much they missed Rodney Harrison. The Pats D looked like a fraternity flag football team on a couple of those second half drives.

It also didn't hurt that apparently pass interference in the end zone only goes one way. Pat's guy face guards Colts' receiver making no contact with him at all and the ball bounces off the back of his shoulder...pass interference. Colts' DB face guards Pat's receiver and tackles him in the end zone and the ball falls incomplete...no pass intereference.

[Danny Hogan]

yeah i didn't think face-guarding mattered so long as there was no contact.

[CATLAX MAN]

It also didn't hurt that apparently pass interference in the end zone only goes one way. Pat's guy face guards Colts' receiver making no contact with him at all and the ball bounces off the back of his shoulder...pass interference. Colts' DB face guards Pat's receiver and tackles him in the end zone and the ball falls incomplete...no pass intereference.

The difference is that the Pat's guy made contact with the ball during face guarding which is a penalty. The Colts guy did not make contact with the ball......no penalty. The refs got it right.

[laxfan25]

This is a statement that can apply to anybody who takes their sports fandom too seriously. It includes Packers, Vikings, Pats, Cowboys (and some I'm forgetting) fans I have known, and isn't limited to pro sports (see, Notre Dame and, dare I say it, even Iowa and Illinois on occasion). Those who bask in the reflected fame of others' achievements to that extreme extent are indeed annoying, but it has little to do with what particular team you favor.

Living in the land of the Lions for the last 30 years - you don't have those worries here!

[Beta]

yeah i didn't think face-guarding mattered so long as there was no contact.

You can't completely face-guard the receiver. You have to "attempt to play the ball" more/less. Very discretionary call.

[Jay Wisnieski]

...Bears fans are some of the most annoying I have ever found. And "when winning" is the key phrase in that last sentence.

At least Bears fans are only annoying when they're winning...Cubs fans are annoying no matter what the Cubs' record is.

[bste_lax]

...Bears fans are some of the most annoying I have ever found. And "when winning" is the key phrase in that last sentence.

At least Bears fans are only annoying when they're winning...Cubs fans are annoying no matter what the Cubs' record is.

I will agree with that statement and I am a Cubs fan. Go to Wrigley this year and ask someone if they know who Ryan Theriot is and I am guessing they will say no then ask you where the beer line is.