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Dusting off a gimmick from last year, I am sharing with you the high (and low)-lights from Super Bowl week. You can find more Covering Super Bowl Coverage at (shameless self plug) the Best Bucs Blog. Enjoy.
Without a doubt, the biggest story this Super Bowl involves Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, the first two African-American coaches in the Super Bowl, good friends, yada, yada, yada. Every journalist worth their salt, and more than a few who are not, has covered the many different aspects of this story.
From stories about Dungy’s quiet demeanor, to the lack of black announcers on TV, to a Univision story on Lovie’s, uhmmm….confia en su equipo. Which I believe losely translates to something about the Sex Cannon landing in Miami. But what do I know, I majored in Sanskrit in college.
But if I can get back on track, both coaches share a common tie with, and because of, Tampa Bay. In 1996 the Bucs took a chance on unproven Steelers defensive coordinator Tony Dungy. Dungy, in turn, hired Lovie Smith that same year to be the linebackers coach. Before being hired Lovie had been the secondary coach at Ohio State. Now, a decade later the two former Buc coaches are making history.
Never before have I had a more difficult time deciding which Super Bowl team to root for. In lieu of a Buccaneer appearance I have typically rooted for the underdog or, alternatively, the team I hate the least. If I am still undecided after that, I root for the team with the hottest cheerleaders. Which is why I pulled for Dallas over Pittsburgh in 1996.
This Sunday I will root for da Bears, partly because of the high number of Gators on Chicago’s roster but mainly because I am a sucker for Chicago cheesecake. Who ya got in el Bowl del Super?
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January 31st, 2007 at 5:26 pm
… and you’re rooting for the Bears because Peyton is a wanker. Right?
January 31st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
TV comedian/talk show host Stephen Colbert has a recurring sketch about being afraid of bears. Now I see why…damn, those things are frightening.
January 31st, 2007 at 6:31 pm
mos def, mr. “cut that meat” is certainly no sexy rexy
February 1st, 2007 at 10:43 am
If only the presidential elections could be like this year’s superbowl….two teams that deserve to be there and I’d be happy if either one won.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:10 am
Peyton Manning is indeed a wanker.
Where’d you come up with that photo?
And, for all this talk about Dungy’s character, yadda yadda, which I really don’t doubt, the man attended Idlewild Baptist Church. Not exactly a paragon of tolerance, generosity or love of one’s fellow man, is that place. It’s a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, whose members 30 years ago would have sooner planted a burning cross on Dungy’s front yard than allowed him into their church. Times change, and all, but the SBC is aligned with Dobson, Falwell and a whole bunch of other people who wouldn’t know love if it hit them over the head.
I don’t think TD’s like that, but he may wanna rethink who he associates with. Just sayin’.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:14 am
P.S. - born in Chicago, attended UF during Spurrier’s first SEC title, and can’t wait to see Peyton Manning lose to an INCREDIBLE Bears team.
The Bucs should have held on to Thomas Jones, not that happy-footed felon Pittman. Dangit.
And Grossman may be inconsistent, but at least he’s not boring. I’d rather watch him than Brad Johnson any day. Grossman threw long more times in these playoffs than Johnson did the whole time he was a Buc.
February 1st, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Minnesota defensive coordinator, not Steelers.
February 1st, 2007 at 3:16 pm
the picture is of sarah spain, the bears fan of internet fame who first put herself on ebay as a date for anyone who had tix to the superbowl and then was given 4 tix to the super bowl because of her 15 minutes of internet celebrity.
and my mistake, dungy was the defensive coordinator at minnesota, he played defense for the steelers.