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If I had a semblance of a sports gene I'd be looking for the Bears to go all the way, baby. Stay with Barack Obama's home team, I'm figuring. I don't like the Indianapolis Colts because you should never have to tap dance over seven syllables to say a football team's name. Plus I don't like Super Bowl games being played at Dolphin Stadium just because it's warm in Miami. If the guys who run things were men they'd have the game in some colder climate just for the sheer machismo factor. Girls go "ooohhh, I'm freezing"; guys shrug it off and soldier on.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 4, 2007 at 8:27 AM

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lazespud says ...

Wow. At least you're honest about not having a "sports gene," because you have managed to provide what is possibly the dumbest reason ever for not liking a particular sports team.

In the end, though, were on the same side. Go Bears!

Posted by lazespud at February 4, 2007 9:15 AM

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Dan Revill says ...

I'm sure I'd be just spitballing by saying that the reason for having the SB in a warmer city (or a Dome) is because it's a more controlled environment - you can't very well stage a half-time show effectively in the rain...it's not about being real 'men' Jeff - it's about the entertainment factor - and yes, for us sports nuts, a SB game in the snow would probably be quite fun to watch, but the corporations would probably cease to show up if they had to suffer through Chicago's cold for the biggest game of the year.

Posted by Dan Revill at February 4, 2007 9:17 AM

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nemo says ...

Hell, I've never given a damn about sports either, but I can still remember the shameful way the Colts sneaked out of Baltimore in the dead of night two decades ago. That's still reason enough to want the Colts to lose.

Aren't the Colts Condi Rice's favorite team? That's another reason that putting your money on the Bears is a safe bet. She's been wrong about everything else. Maybe she likes the Colts because that sneaking through the cover of night business reminds her of her employer and colleagues.

Posted by nemo at February 4, 2007 9:38 AM

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Josh Massey says ...

If I hadn't already been for the Colts before reading that, I would be now.

Choosing sports teams based on politics ... Wow.

Posted by Josh Massey at February 4, 2007 10:11 AM

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Hallick says ...

Except the Bears have a quarterback who's mental toughness could be rivaled by an unwaxed dixie cup.

Posted by Hallick at February 4, 2007 10:14 AM

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Hallick says ...

It's "whose" not "who's" isn't it?

(Hallick, whose grammatical toughness is struggling to free itself from the crushing weight of an unwaxed dixie cup)

Posted by Hallick at February 4, 2007 10:17 AM

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NYCBusybody says ...

It's amazing and a bit confounding to me that Wells can be snarky about the Super Bowl when he seems to spend every waking moment of his life right now thinking about The Oscars...one of the most useless, idiotic, who-cares ventures on the face of the planet. The TV ratings for the Oscars barely beat American Idol anymore...honestly, as Chris Rock said, who but gay men and women even watch it?

And it's not even defensible from a more-intellectual-than thou, "Super Bowl is for dumbasses and hicks" standpoint, because even Wells always argues that the Oscars are not intellectual enough, or even run by smart, X-factor types. So what gives with the interest in it?

Give me cheerleaders, football, and Peyton Manning anyday.

Posted by NYCBusybody at February 4, 2007 10:46 AM

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dixiedugan says ...

Rex does worry me some, and I do give Manning his props as one of the best quarterbacks current and possibly ever...I still have to go with the Bears. Close game though.

Ultimately if Samari Mike loves the Urlacher defense, then that's good enough for me.

Aladdin Sane - you are completely correct with your cold weather theory. Those pussies. I've had my jollies watching the hot house teams freeze their asses off, covered up to the gills while our brave tundra souls walk around with short sleeves.

Posted by dixiedugan at February 4, 2007 1:59 PM

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DarthCorleone says ...

NYCBusybody, I'd say the most glaring reason to compare the Super Bowl favorably to the Oscars is that the championship is quantifiable and not debatable. Sure, every once in a while you get a bad call from a ref in a football game, but the Oscars are all about subjectivity, politics, and favoritism.

Posted by DarthCorleone at February 4, 2007 2:26 PM

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Wrecktum says ...

Think how Jeff would feel if the San-Fran-Cis-Co-For-Ty-Nin-Ers were in the big game. He's have a seizure.

Let's pray that the Los-An-Gel-Es-An-Gels-Of-An-A-Heim will the World Series next year. Well's ensuing brain attack would end this wretched website for good.

Posted by Wrecktum at February 4, 2007 3:20 PM

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