Comments on: Vindication Indeed http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/02/06/uncategorized/vindication-indeed/ A mere morsel of sports blogging. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Matt http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/02/06/uncategorized/vindication-indeed/#comment-106 Matt Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:53:54 +0000 http://www.charlieweisatemybaby.com/2007/02/06/football/nfl/vindication-indeed/#comment-106 You can add the "no one wants to see small market teams" nugget to the pile, too, as some 91 million watched sunday night, one of the largest audiences in history (I heard one report say it was the third largest watched broadcast ever, but I don't know if that is true or not). Not that Chicago is particularly small market or anything, but still. I had also meant to mention that it was perhaps the best possible conditions for proving just how valid this Colts win really is. It wasn't pristine conditions, far from it, and the Colts, a supposed finesse dome team, adopted the tried and true Bill Parcells method of winning Super Bowls... run the ball, control the clock, and punch the opposing offense in the mouth every time they dare to cross the line of scrimmage. In short, they played smashmouth football in the slop, and came out dirty, bruised, battered, and World freaking Champions... You can add the “no one wants to see small market teams” nugget to the pile, too, as some 91 million watched sunday night, one of the largest audiences in history (I heard one report say it was the third largest watched broadcast ever, but I don’t know if that is true or not).

Not that Chicago is particularly small market or anything, but still.

I had also meant to mention that it was perhaps the best possible conditions for proving just how valid this Colts win really is. It wasn’t pristine conditions, far from it, and the Colts, a supposed finesse dome team, adopted the tried and true Bill Parcells method of winning Super Bowls… run the ball, control the clock, and punch the opposing offense in the mouth every time they dare to cross the line of scrimmage.

In short, they played smashmouth football in the slop, and came out dirty, bruised, battered, and World freaking Champions…

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