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To: Q8tfreebe who wrote (147365)2/5/2007 1:13:24 AM
From: Jon Koplik  Read Replies (2) of 152472
 
football stuff -- good (short) wrap-up of Super Bowl .................................

February 4, 2007 11:15 p.m.

Colts Win Super Bowl XLI

Associated Press

MIAMI -- Purple rain at the Super Bowl. Golden memories for Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.

In a sloppy, rain-soaked NFL title game Sunday, the Colts defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17 behind 247 yards passing from Mr. Manning, the star quarterback who finally won the big one after nine record-setting seasons that were missing very little besides a championship.

In a good ol'-fashioned South Florida soaker -- the first Super Bowl to be played in the rain -- the football squirted loose and bounced all over the waterlogged field. It resulted in eight turnovers, including two late interceptions thrown by Chicago's Rex Grossman that sealed the game for Indianapolis.

It was a game of firsts: the first rainy Super Bowl and the first time an opening kickoff was run back for a touchdown when sensational Bears rookie Devin Hester sped downfield for 92 yards.

At halftime, Prince took to the stage and sang through the deluge -- the violet stage lights shining into the storm to make the perfect setting for his hit finale, "Purple Rain."

When the crazy evening was over, the Colts had brought the first NFL title back to Indianapolis since their late owner, Robert Irsay, relocated them there in 1984. Mr. Manning finally broke through. And the game and entire week served as proof that nice guys don't always finish last.

Thus ended a historic meeting between Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith of the Bears, the first black head coaches to lead teams to the Super Bowl.

Copyright © 2007 Associated Press
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