2008 Woodie Awards
Student favorite wins Super Bowl XLI
Kasey Minnick
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Sports
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The Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Fla. hosted the two top teams in the National Football League on Feb. 4 at 6:25 p.m.: the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts. These two conference champions laid it on the line to take home the Lombardi trophy and Super Bowl XLI rings.
This Super Bowl marked the first time in history that a black head coach has ever made it to this milestone. Amazingly, there is not only one black coach, but two.
Lovie Smith of the Bears and Tony Dungy of the Colts couldn't be happier to be in this position and both know that their work is cut-out for them.
The National Football Conference champs, the Bears, have arguably the best defense in the league allowing 38.2 less yards on the season than the Colts. Defensive linebacker Brian Urlacher is one of the marquee players on the Bears defensive squad. On the season he has a total of 142 tackles and the Bears look to his leadership to hold the tough offensive game of the Colts to a bare minimum.
Not only can the Bears play the big "D", but they have Rex Grossman calling all of the offensive shots on the field. Grossman, a four-year player, has been criticized frequently throughout the season because of his strong weeks followed by shaky weeks. With 3,193 passing yards and 23 touchdowns, it all comes down to this one game to establish himself.
His close partner on the field, wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad, will need to have a big game to bring home the pride to Chicago. Muhammad has 60 receptions for 863 yards and five touchdowns.
Chicago knows they have to contain the No. 18 Colts star, who has 4,397 passing yards and 31 touchdowns, or they would have came down to Miami for nothing.
Bears coach Smith said, "I looked at 18 pages of Peyton Manning."
Manning has an offense in which he trusts, especially top-receiver Marvin Harrison. Thrown more to than the Bear's Muhammad, Harrison has 95 receptions for 1,366 yards and two touchdowns. The Colts offense doesn't only look to Peyton to throw the ball, but has a running game as well that the Bears are going to need to defend to a "T." Rookie Joseph Addai totaled 1,081 yards rushing for seven touchdowns.
This Super Bowl marked the first time in history that a black head coach has ever made it to this milestone. Amazingly, there is not only one black coach, but two.
Lovie Smith of the Bears and Tony Dungy of the Colts couldn't be happier to be in this position and both know that their work is cut-out for them.
The National Football Conference champs, the Bears, have arguably the best defense in the league allowing 38.2 less yards on the season than the Colts. Defensive linebacker Brian Urlacher is one of the marquee players on the Bears defensive squad. On the season he has a total of 142 tackles and the Bears look to his leadership to hold the tough offensive game of the Colts to a bare minimum.
Not only can the Bears play the big "D", but they have Rex Grossman calling all of the offensive shots on the field. Grossman, a four-year player, has been criticized frequently throughout the season because of his strong weeks followed by shaky weeks. With 3,193 passing yards and 23 touchdowns, it all comes down to this one game to establish himself.
His close partner on the field, wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad, will need to have a big game to bring home the pride to Chicago. Muhammad has 60 receptions for 863 yards and five touchdowns.
Chicago knows they have to contain the No. 18 Colts star, who has 4,397 passing yards and 31 touchdowns, or they would have came down to Miami for nothing.
Bears coach Smith said, "I looked at 18 pages of Peyton Manning."
Manning has an offense in which he trusts, especially top-receiver Marvin Harrison. Thrown more to than the Bear's Muhammad, Harrison has 95 receptions for 1,366 yards and two touchdowns. The Colts offense doesn't only look to Peyton to throw the ball, but has a running game as well that the Bears are going to need to defend to a "T." Rookie Joseph Addai totaled 1,081 yards rushing for seven touchdowns.
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