Super Bowl XLI: Bears vs. Colts, Sun 2/4, 5:30 pm CT

[CaliforniaRaisin]

A little different topic and a little lighter subject-who do you think will provide the best quotes at media day? I could see this as one of the more boring media days, as neither team has too many big talkers. Does anybody agree?

 

Charles Tillman.

[goonys evil twin]

Did anyone listen to the Rex interview?

 

Yeah. Although I didn't pay close attention.

 

They talked about how stupid some people are (somebody apparantly sent an email about Grossman growing up a Colts fan and subconsciously wanting Indy to win). Grossman quote: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard", B&B reply: "You'll see a lot worse".

 

How was going out on the town this season? RG, "I was mostly under the radar since I'm not 6'10", but people would come up to me and say they have my back and still support him. It was nice to hear, but kind of strange since we were 12-2 or something."

 

Talk about how weird the week will be.

 

Not much else. Same old Rex really. He sounds confident, but a little annoyed.

[USSoccer]

Did anyone listen to the Rex interview?

 

Yeah. Although I didn't pay close attention.

 

They talked about how stupid some people are (somebody apparantly sent an email about Grossman growing up a Colts fan and subconsciously wanting Indy to win). Grossman quote: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard", B&B reply: "You'll see a lot worse".

 

How was going out on the town this season? RG, "I was mostly under the radar since I'm not 6'10", but people would come up to me and say they have my back and still support him. It was nice to hear, but kind of strange since we were 12-2 or something."

 

Talk about how weird the week will be.

 

Not much else. Same old Rex really. He sounds confident, but a little annoyed.

 

Can you blame him for being annoyed? The way this town has been you'd think we were 9-7 fighting for a wild card berth. I can't say I wouldn't be more egdy with the media.

 

I'm also digging his "No, thank you" response to questions about the whole pressure/controversy thing at his recent press conferences.

[Handlebar McSkullet]

Did anyone listen to the Rex interview?

 

Yeah. Although I didn't pay close attention.

 

They talked about how stupid some people are (somebody apparantly sent an email about Grossman growing up a Colts fan and subconsciously wanting Indy to win). Grossman quote: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard", B&B reply: "You'll see a lot worse".

 

How was going out on the town this season? RG, "I was mostly under the radar since I'm not 6'10", but people would come up to me and say they have my back and still support him. It was nice to hear, but kind of strange since we were 12-2 or something."

 

Talk about how weird the week will be.

 

Not much else. Same old Rex really. He sounds confident, but a little annoyed.

 

Can you blame him for being annoyed? The way this town has been you'd think we were 9-7 fighting for a wild card berth. I can't say I wouldn't be more egdy with the media.

 

I'm also digging his "No, thank you" response to questions about the whole pressure/controversy thing at his recent press conferences.

 

 

All this year has done has turned Rex Grossman into, 1a, of my favorite athletes. (1 is and will always be Woody)

[Butterscup1679666578]

A little different topic and a little lighter subject-who do you think will provide the best quotes at media day? I could see this as one of the more boring media days, as neither team has too many big talkers. Does anybody agree?

 

Charles Tillman.

 

Alex Brown seems like a talker too.

[USSoccer]

A little different topic and a little lighter subject-who do you think will provide the best quotes at media day? I could see this as one of the more boring media days, as neither team has too many big talkers. Does anybody agree?

 

Charles Tillman.

 

Alex Brown seems like a talker too.

 

I doubt you'll hear AB say anything remotely controversial or colorful.

[Jon]

The media and whatever crap they write isn't important. Crediting being called underdogs and the disrespect that may have received from the media as having any significant motivating factor that can make a difference in the game is a huge disrespect to the talent that the Bears have.

 

Certainly, but judging by Lovie, Urlacher and P-Nut's comments in the media, you can tell they relish proving everyone wrong.

 

How is it disrespect? Clearly the Bears had no motivation in the Packers game, and it cost them. Clearly they had a huge amount of motivation last week, and it propelled them a lopsided win. Those are just a couple of examples, but I think the right movtivation can maximize talent output, or lack of motivation can minimize it. I don't think that disrespects the talent of the team.

It's saying that they can't do it on their own talent, skill, motivation, and desire. That they need something extra. The Bears were playing for nothing in the final week of the season and were playing for everything in the playoffs. That's all the motivation they needed.

 

Keep in mind that the media loves to feel so important and they're the ones who continually bring up media-related questions in press conferences. And feeling a bit of redemption by rubbing it in the media's face after the fact doesn't mean that it played an important part in any victory.

 

The fact that the team admitted Lovie motivated the team by reading the names of all the experts that predicted the Bears would lose, and the score they predicted, tells me they used it as motivation.

 

It's not disrespect to say they used it as motivation. I think the Bears were clearly the most talented team in the NFC, but the question was whether or not they'd play at their best. Maybe they didn't need something extra, but they definitely used it.

I believe he read off the names of everyone in the roster after reading a sentence from various articles. So they did use it, but just about every team uses those kinds of motivation techniques to pump everyone up before the game, whether quoting specific articles or other so-called "bulletin board" material. Or they use other things. But it's all part of a rather generic pre-game pep talk and they're all used to it. Sure it may get them a little more angry than they otherwise would be, but they're professional athletes in a huge playoff game. They know how to mentally prepare themselves.

 

When you're in the middle of the third quarter, that doesn't have much of an effect. And I doubt it crosses anyone's mind during the game.

[Jon]

In case anyone wants to know how the tickets are divided up:

 

chicagosports.com[/url]"]The National Football League allots the Bears and Colts 17.5 percent of Dolphin Stadium's 70,000 seats—about 12,250 each.

 

Players on both teams get the opportunity to buy 15 tickets from that pot. The teams choose how they want to split the rest among staff, fans, sponsors and others, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

 

Nearly 35 percent of Super Bowl tickets go to the remaining NFL teams, with each player allowed to buy two.

 

The league keeps slightly more than 25 percent of the tickets, most of which go to sponsors, network partners and licensees. The host team—in this case the Miami Dolphins—gets the remaining 5 percent.

 

By the way, the cheapest ticket to sell on the secondary market was about $2,400.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

In case anyone wants to know how the tickets are divided up:

 

chicagosports.com[/url]"]The National Football League allots the Bears and Colts 17.5 percent of Dolphin Stadium's 70,000 seats—about 12,250 each.

 

Players on both teams get the opportunity to buy 15 tickets from that pot. The teams choose how they want to split the rest among staff, fans, sponsors and others, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

 

Nearly 35 percent of Super Bowl tickets go to the remaining NFL teams, with each player allowed to buy two.

 

The league keeps slightly more than 25 percent of the tickets, most of which go to sponsors, network partners and licensees. The host team—in this case the Miami Dolphins—gets the remaining 5 percent.

Not sure what happens to the remaining 17.5%.

 

By the way, the cheapest ticket to sell on the secondary market was about $2,400.

 

:?:

 

Bears: 17.5%

Colts: 17.5%

Remaining NFL Teams: 35%

NFL (for sponspors, network parners, licensees): ~25%

Dolphins: 5%

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Total: 100%

[Jon]

In case anyone wants to know how the tickets are divided up:

 

chicagosports.com[/url]"]The National Football League allots the Bears and Colts 17.5 percent of Dolphin Stadium's 70,000 seats—about 12,250 each.

 

Players on both teams get the opportunity to buy 15 tickets from that pot. The teams choose how they want to split the rest among staff, fans, sponsors and others, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

 

Nearly 35 percent of Super Bowl tickets go to the remaining NFL teams, with each player allowed to buy two.

 

The league keeps slightly more than 25 percent of the tickets, most of which go to sponsors, network partners and licensees. The host team—in this case the Miami Dolphins—gets the remaining 5 percent.

Not sure what happens to the remaining 17.5%.

 

By the way, the cheapest ticket to sell on the secondary market was about $2,400.

 

:?:

 

Bears: 17.5%

Colts: 17.5%

Remaining NFL Teams: 35%

NFL (for sponspors, network parners, licensees): ~25%

Dolphins: 5%

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Total: 100%

Hey. Already edited.

 

Went back and reread it. The writer left the each for the end. Very irresponsible.

 

Do you just hang around waiting for me to make a math error?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

How the hell did they let you graduate? From Northwestern, at that.

[Jon]

How the hell did they let you graduate? From Northwestern, at that.

Hey, if it wasn't for your laid-back UCLA attitude, you'd have gotten to the post before my edit was in.

[UMFan83]

MOD FIGHT!

[da bears]

I saw a quote on the Chicago Bears message board that Reggie Miller said that all the pressure is on Rex Grossman, NOT Peyton Manning. If someone can explain this to me, I'm all ears.

[soccer10k]

MOD FIGHT!

 

I bet Jon is still bitter that Raisin passed him in total posts.

[Jon]

How can the Colts possibly stop a receiver with these kinds of powers?

 

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

[wekse]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

 

 

they re-aired it at 7 too....i dvr'd it.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

 

 

they re-aired it at 7 too....i dvr'd it.

 

Yeah, I'm doing the same.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

 

The Bears win.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

 

The Bears win.

 

You sure? I hope the Bears not being able to get 7 in the red zone here doesn't come back to haunt them. :x

[David]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

 

The Bears win.

 

You sure? I hope the Bears not being able to get 7 in the red zone here doesn't come back to haunt them. :x

 

Is it an NFL Replay re-air? W/all the extra NFL Films goodies and stuff?

[wekse]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

 

The Bears win.

 

You sure? I hope the Bears not being able to get 7 in the red zone here doesn't come back to haunt them. :x

 

Is it an NFL Replay re-air? W/all the extra NFL Films goodies and stuff?

 

 

yes

 

 

and in watching, i wish TJ would run downhill like he did sunday all the time

[BigSlick]

They're re-airing the NFC Championship on NFL Network right now. :)

 

The Bears win.

 

You sure? I hope the Bears not being able to get 7 in the red zone here doesn't come back to haunt them. :x

 

Is it an NFL Replay re-air? W/all the extra NFL Films goodies and stuff?

 

 

yes

 

 

and in watching, i wish TJ would run downhill like he did sunday all the time

 

I wish I had NFL Network to watch that. I'm contemplating torrenting it and the Seahawks game.

[Butterscup1679666578]

I saw a quote on the Chicago Bears message board that Reggie Miller said that all the pressure is on Rex Grossman, NOT Peyton Manning. If someone can explain this to me, I'm all ears.

 

I would like to be explained why the hell someone asked Reggie Miller a football question.