History was made today as two black NFL head coaches have made it to the Super Bowl. The first was Lovie Smith of my Chicago Bears, and the other was Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts. Regardless who will win the Super Bowl, both coaches will come out as winners. Furthermore, both Lovie and Tony are long-time friends. It was funny to see the Bears pre-game show where the sportscaster asked Lovie and Sean Payton, the New Orleans Saints head coach, who would win the AFC Championship Game: The Indianapolis Colts or the New England Patriots? Lovie didn’t even take a split second to think. He quickly said with a confidant smile, “The Colts!”
For the first time since the 1985-1986 season, the Chicago Bears have advanced to the Super Bowl. And they’re going to win. Although I hate the Colts, I was rooting for them since New England is a much better team….and because the Bears have lost to the Patriots before this season. Just take a look at how the Colts have played the last seven games. Each time they win, it is by a very close call at the last minute. Even today, the Colts won by a game winning touchdown in the last minute. Sure they were down by 18 and managed to perform the biggest comeback in conference championship history, but the Colts are a shaky team. You can say the same about the Bears, but the Bears’ monkey wrench is only one person: Rex Grossman. And if Rex plays in the Super Bowl like he did today, Chicago is sure to come home with the trophy.
What the hell am I talking about? Of course the Bears will win. Urlacher, Benson, Hester, Moose, Tank, Jones, Tillman, Hillenmeyer, Kruetz, and the rest of the team led by Lovie will be unstoppable. After all, defense wins Championships and we’re the #1 defense in the league!
