With 3 seconds remaining in the Super Bowl and clinging to a 1 point lead, Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning took the final snap from center. The Chicago Bears looked glumly at the clock, their season apparently ending in a hard-fought football game that could have gone either way.
Why did Peyton Manning do it ?
What happened next will forever go down in football lore.
As Manning prepared to kneel with the ball, and as the Gatorade tank was ceremoniously poured on Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy head, the storied quarterback suddenly stood upright and said “What the f**k am I doing here?” Inexplicably Manning tossed the ball up in the air nonchalantly and trotted to the sideline.
In the ensuing mad scramble by the remaining players on the field, Bears defensive lineman Tank Johnson emerged from the sea of humanity with the ball. As he lumbered down the sidelines with an assortment of tiny Colt receivers on his massive back, 53 yards of destiny produced the winning touchdown.
What a finish! Who will ever forget it?
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February 3rd, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Now who is going to believe that? Certainly not me. I am not that gullible. Besides, I know the Final Score:
Bears 41
Colts 13
This is not really a prediction, since earlier in the week I was visited by the Ghosts of the Chicago Bears Past, Present, and Future in a dream. I peeked at the final scoreboard while the Spirit of the Chicago Bears Future was dragging me around Miami. That was a mistake - no real suspense in watching the game for me now.
Anyway, the whole Dickensian tale is linked below, but will probably only be understood and appreciated by Bears fans:
“Da Bears Song in Prose - Being a Ghost Story of the Superbowl”
February 4th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Don’t laugh. It might happen. Just like Granada might have taken American students hostage unless Reagan clobbered them.
Because this might happen, every realist must bet on a Bears victory.
February 5th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Any advice or predicitons in this thread by anyone claiming to be me (while not denying or confirming the possibility that they may or may not have been written by me) was posted while I was in a state of temporary insanity. Legal and medical documentation available on request. Any and all posts and comments while I was in this state are now formally declared inoperative. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this difficult time. I am feeling better now.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:36 am
This advice is really going to help, thanks.