All I can say is that Indianapolis had damn well better win the Super Bowl this year - throwing away a perfect season must pay off this year, or I think we can finally put to rest this idea that Tony Dungy was a genius. Great man, yes. Great football coach - probably. But one Super Bowl ring while subscribing to this "big picture" philosophy - if you clinch early, rest the starters in preparation for a playoff run - when, really, the Colts should have had at least two and probably more championships in that span is an indictment of that philosophy.
It's common knowledge now that the year of the Super Bowl win was the year the starters played all the way through the final week of the regular season because nothing certain outside of a playoff berth was clinched. I can't think it's coincidence.
And there was a tiny part of me this afternoon secretly hoping that Peyton Manning would just tweak a knee or something on some loose turf while watching Curtis Painter play. Ultimately nothing significant, just a little sprain, but still a complete freak accident - and an entirely just one if you're going to just piss away a run at history.
I mean, how often do you get the opportunity to go 19-0? Something that no one in the history of the NFL has EVER done? "Perfection is not the goal," the Colts' braintrust says. "The ring is the goal."
Really? All well and good, but
(Editor's note: Effective immediately, the dark overlords/proprietors of Bramble Tamble are pulling Brandon G. from this blog for the remainder of the year. He's accomplished all that he's going to accomplish with this blog in 2009, and we'd rather not risk an injury to the person who, quite frankly, makes this blog go. We're thinking "big picture" here, and with a new year in front of us, we'd much rather have him fresh for a great run at Blog of the Year in 2010. And he can't do that with a brain sprain or carpal tunnel. In his stead, we're proud to offer My Son Cool's teacher.)
I hope that my students are enjoying their Crhistmas vaction!!!
It's common knowledge now that the year of the Super Bowl win was the year the starters played all the way through the final week of the regular season because nothing certain outside of a playoff berth was clinched. I can't think it's coincidence.
And there was a tiny part of me this afternoon secretly hoping that Peyton Manning would just tweak a knee or something on some loose turf while watching Curtis Painter play. Ultimately nothing significant, just a little sprain, but still a complete freak accident - and an entirely just one if you're going to just piss away a run at history.
I mean, how often do you get the opportunity to go 19-0? Something that no one in the history of the NFL has EVER done? "Perfection is not the goal," the Colts' braintrust says. "The ring is the goal."
Really? All well and good, but
(Editor's note: Effective immediately, the dark overlords/proprietors of Bramble Tamble are pulling Brandon G. from this blog for the remainder of the year. He's accomplished all that he's going to accomplish with this blog in 2009, and we'd rather not risk an injury to the person who, quite frankly, makes this blog go. We're thinking "big picture" here, and with a new year in front of us, we'd much rather have him fresh for a great run at Blog of the Year in 2010. And he can't do that with a brain sprain or carpal tunnel. In his stead, we're proud to offer My Son Cool's teacher.)
How about those Colts today! I thought that they would come out refreshed and beat the Jets!!! But they didn't!!. Opps!
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That's some funny shit right there, man.
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