"Blue Sunday" GO COLTS

The video above has nothing to do with this post, (it's an ad for Gatorade) other than it's a vid about the Colts that I found to be fiercely encouraging for the team. If you're quick, at the end you'll notice a fleeting reference to the Bears!



This song, linked to this article's title, arrived in our email recently - catchy...nice job from some familiar names in musical Indy.

espresso beans to...thanks dean!

>Then I found this article at Channel 8 WISH-TV's website about it. The article includesthis link to the music video to the song. It's a lot of fun living in this very excited and hopeful atmosphere. I've not heard even the most die-hard Bears fan - okay, i don't know any - say that the Colts CAN'T win.
Bob fromwatersblogged! posting from the West Des Moines Public Library, (wish there was some way to help)says he thinks the Bears can do it, and gives a rundown that sounds like a pretty fair parallel criticism of the Colts!

While the Bears' inconsistency (and especially that of Rex Grossman) justifies the status of the Colts as seven point favorites, if the Bears' defense plays the game it is capable of, they can shut down Peyton Manning and the Colts' offense. If.
After that, it comes down to Grossman. If "Good Rex-" the one who had the second most games with a QB rating of over 100 (seven of them) in the NFL this season- shows up, the Bears will win. If "Bad Rex-" the one who led the NFL in games with a QB rating of under ten (five of them) shows up, we're toast.
"Clutch Rex-" the guy who's been running the Bears' offense during the post season- shows up, we have a shot, especially if the D comes through. I think Jones and Benson will be able to run on the Colts.

I'm far less familiar with Bob's Bears than I am with the Colts, (and it's apparent the same is true of he and his team!)but I could literally repeat exactly what he says - swiching names where appropriate, and use the same couple paragraphs to describe the Colts. We also never know which team is going to show up, and when the "good" team shows up, is it the smash mouth defense that stops renowned running backs - or the laughing stock defense that wants to just watch their great QB in action? Is it the offense that operates with ballet level precision or the pretty good offense that gives you just enough?
I've said before that we've never seen as awesome a defense in Indy as we've been seeing though these playoff games. If those guys show up, Chicago may as well forfeit. But as I told my taunting daughter just before halftime during the AFC championship, the Colts best fifteen minutes in any game is in the 3rd quater. So we won't know until after half-time which ones are there!