White Shogun
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What do you think about the Bears scheming to put Urlacher on Clark? Who wins that matchup? How important would that be to the outcome of the game?
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This is from Peter King's column on SI.com:
"Of the guys I've covered regularly in recent years, what's remarkable is the three players who stick out for their interest in constantly getting better and doing only what's best for the team. All three played this weekend. Manning. Tom Brady. Brian Urlacher. They love the game, respect the game, work at the game and treat other players with respect. It's what we all should be teaching our children, not that Reggie Bush crap we saw Sunday ... the pointing and taunting."
"Of the guys I've covered regularly in recent years, what's remarkable is the three players who stick out for their interest in constantly getting better and doing only what's best for the team. All three played this weekend. Manning. Tom Brady. Brian Urlacher. They love the game, respect the game, work at the game and treat other players with respect. It's what we all should be teaching our children, not that Reggie Bush crap we saw Sunday ... the pointing and taunting."
GWTJ
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I just read the article in SI about the Colts victory. Here's some caste highlights:
The title of the article and the caption underneath it:
"It'S Our Time</font>"
Against their New England nemeses, Tony Dungy's Colts at long last lived up to their promise. Now it's on to Miami-and a Super Bowl XVI showdown with the surging Bears.
Here's the first line of the article:
"In the bowels of what felt like a haunted house, at a defining moment for a city, a team and a franchise quarterback, The Indianapolis Colts looked to one man for salvation."
The article goes on to praise Tony Dungy for the first six paragraphs. And they are long paragraphs. When SI finally gets around to talking about the game, it is all about Tony Dungy outcoaching Bill Belichick. After a one paragraph summation of the 1st half, here are the next two paragraphs:
" The deficit called for adjustments, and Dungy and his assistants delivered. NE coach Bill Belichick, as his his custom, had devised a new wrinkle to throw at Manning, benching pass-rushing linebacker Tully Banta Cain, shifting veteran inside backer Mike Vrabel to Banta-Cain's outside spot and giving third year linebackerEric Alexander his first career start. The move put Alexander, who's speedier than Vrabel, on TE Dallas Clark and allowed the Patriots to disguise some of their zone coverages with man-to-man looks--a ploy that helped Samuel bait Manning into throwing the interception.
But Dungy proved that his mind is as robust as his heart. "Belichick gets all the credit for training smart football players," says SF 49ers backup QB Trent Dilfer, who played for Dungy in Tampa, "but Tony teaches football IQ as well as anybody in the NFL." Dungy's first move at halftime was to tweak Indy's predictable deployment of its Pro Bowl wideouts: Harrison on the right and Wayne on the left. Instead, the Colts sent Wayne into the slot, with third wideout Aaron Moorehead or Clark taking his place on the outside. This, said receivers coach Clyde Christensen, forced the Patriots out of their base 3-4 and into a nickel package that used a Cover Two scheme. With the corners playing press coverage, Clark and Wayne could exploit openings in the middle of the field."
The next few paragraphs talk about the 2nd half and give some props to the QB's in the game but Dallas Clark's great game never gets mentioned nor does Reche Caldwell's drops. After the recap of the 2nd half, SI gives two paragraphs to praising Manning, then gives the last three paragraph's to Dungy and what the game meant to him.
As far as pictures go, Manning got the cover, the article starts with a two page spread of the Colts scoring a TD when their center fell on the ball. The next page has a small picture of Manning clapping his hands and a small inset picture of Dungy. The Dungy caption read, "Everything Dungy did at halftime STEELED his men at a time when panic was a few bad plays away." There are two pictures that are full page pics. One is of Darrell Reid tackling Maroney and the other is of Reggie Wayne trying to run while Vrabel tries to tackle him.
In Dr. Z's forecast, he gives the Colts the edge in the Super Bowl but credits the Colts hurry up offense with beating defenses, not Manning.
The title of the article and the caption underneath it:
"It'S Our Time</font>"
Against their New England nemeses, Tony Dungy's Colts at long last lived up to their promise. Now it's on to Miami-and a Super Bowl XVI showdown with the surging Bears.
Here's the first line of the article:
"In the bowels of what felt like a haunted house, at a defining moment for a city, a team and a franchise quarterback, The Indianapolis Colts looked to one man for salvation."
The article goes on to praise Tony Dungy for the first six paragraphs. And they are long paragraphs. When SI finally gets around to talking about the game, it is all about Tony Dungy outcoaching Bill Belichick. After a one paragraph summation of the 1st half, here are the next two paragraphs:
" The deficit called for adjustments, and Dungy and his assistants delivered. NE coach Bill Belichick, as his his custom, had devised a new wrinkle to throw at Manning, benching pass-rushing linebacker Tully Banta Cain, shifting veteran inside backer Mike Vrabel to Banta-Cain's outside spot and giving third year linebackerEric Alexander his first career start. The move put Alexander, who's speedier than Vrabel, on TE Dallas Clark and allowed the Patriots to disguise some of their zone coverages with man-to-man looks--a ploy that helped Samuel bait Manning into throwing the interception.
But Dungy proved that his mind is as robust as his heart. "Belichick gets all the credit for training smart football players," says SF 49ers backup QB Trent Dilfer, who played for Dungy in Tampa, "but Tony teaches football IQ as well as anybody in the NFL." Dungy's first move at halftime was to tweak Indy's predictable deployment of its Pro Bowl wideouts: Harrison on the right and Wayne on the left. Instead, the Colts sent Wayne into the slot, with third wideout Aaron Moorehead or Clark taking his place on the outside. This, said receivers coach Clyde Christensen, forced the Patriots out of their base 3-4 and into a nickel package that used a Cover Two scheme. With the corners playing press coverage, Clark and Wayne could exploit openings in the middle of the field."
The next few paragraphs talk about the 2nd half and give some props to the QB's in the game but Dallas Clark's great game never gets mentioned nor does Reche Caldwell's drops. After the recap of the 2nd half, SI gives two paragraphs to praising Manning, then gives the last three paragraph's to Dungy and what the game meant to him.
As far as pictures go, Manning got the cover, the article starts with a two page spread of the Colts scoring a TD when their center fell on the ball. The next page has a small picture of Manning clapping his hands and a small inset picture of Dungy. The Dungy caption read, "Everything Dungy did at halftime STEELED his men at a time when panic was a few bad plays away." There are two pictures that are full page pics. One is of Darrell Reid tackling Maroney and the other is of Reggie Wayne trying to run while Vrabel tries to tackle him.
In Dr. Z's forecast, he gives the Colts the edge in the Super Bowl but credits the Colts hurry up offense with beating defenses, not Manning.
White Shogun
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I'm sorry, I just vomited in my mouth. Give me a sec..
I wonder why Mr. Dungy wasn't able to out-coach Belicheck in all those other playoff games?
Oh, I forget - his star quarterback choked in the clutch. Yeah, that must be it.
Colonel_Reb
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The way it is now, no win can ever be attributed to a white player and nothing bad can ever be attributed to a black player/coach. Same old BS, the DS of the CS.