A few small changes

After 24 hours of analyzing the Super Bowl XLI, I have come to the conclusion that the Bears would have won if…

Rex Grossman knew how to hold onto the football.

The kick coverage team knew how to hold onto the football.

The defense knew how to tackle the Colts running backs.

Tommie Harris and Mike Brown had been able to play.

Chris Harris knew how to play a Cover-Two defense.

Somebody had convinced Peyton Manning he was playing against the Florida Gators.

Rex had led the team to a TD after the Manning’s INT and put the Bears up 14-0.

The offensive game plan had involved Bernard Berrian.

The defensive game plan had involved sacking Peyton Manning.

The game had been only sixteen seconds long.

Ron Riviera forced Peyton to go deep in the rain instead of letting him throw four yard passes into the flats all game long.

Ron Turner had kept pounding the rock instead of putting the game in Grossman’s hands.

Rex had thrown a good pass to the sideline instead of throwing it up the field on the Kelvin Hayden pick.

Somebody had pushed Hayden out of bounds.

The Bears offense had converted some third downs.

The Bears defense had stopped the Colts from converting on third down.

The Colts had continued kicking the ball to The Windy City Flyer.

Kanye West and Common had done the halftime show.

The game hadn’t been in Miami. (Chicago teams tend to have bad luck when dealing with South Florida)

The game had been at Soldier Field

The Colts had drafted Ryan Leaf instead of Peyton Manning with the first pick of the ’98 Draft.


But with all that being said, I offer my congratulations to the Indianapolis Colts. Peyton Manning has always been one of my favorite players, so it’s good to see him finally win the big one. Marvin Harrison could go down as the greatest receiver of all-time, so he defiantly deserves a championship. And how can you not be happy for Tony Dungy? The Bears really have only themselves for this loss, despite what many fans are thinking. Now all they have to do is re-sign Lance Briggs, give Lovie a big time extension and get Rex some confidence and consistency, and Super Bowl XLII here we come.

Oh, and make sure Brian Urlacher isn’t on the cover of Madden. That doesn’t appear to be good luck.