God Chooses Colts Over Bears

Super Bowl XLI was the first epic clash between God and him/her/itself. As impossible as it may seem, you have to remember that this is God we’re talking about and anything is possible… with the exception of world peace, poverty, and a cure for AIDS. But other than that God can do anything. Ok I digress a little.

Every Super Bowl has a behind the scenes story and this one was no different. Both coach Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are African-Americans aka black. Why the media refers to them as African-Americans is just annoying. That’s like calling me a European-American. Technically it’s true I guess, but how far back do you go? My family has been in the United States for several generations. I’m just a white American. If you go back far enough, we all came from Africa. So aren’t we all African-Americans then? Damnit, I’m digressing again.

The other thing these coaches had in common was their devotion to Jesus Christ and his father (God). The media tried to stay away from that aspect, but the coaches and owners sure didn’t. After the Colts won, their owner, Jim Irsay, credited God with the victory! He said:

Now there’s an awful lot of shining glory, even more than last time up here. But we’re giving it all to God again because that’s what got us here … sticking together and believing that we could, and I know God has looked after us on this journey and bonded us into such a tight family.

How interesting is this! So why did God look after the Colts and not the Bears? Both coaches are Christians. Is God picking favorites or is he from Indianapolis? Or maybe Tony Dungy just prayed more efficiently. But Lovie Smith is no slacker. He claims to have a very good relationship with Jesus:

My relationship, first, is with Jesus Christ, and he is the center of my life. I try to live a Christian life. I would like for players to know my faith based on what they see on a day-to-day basis.

Well said Lovie, but you need to really work on that relationship a bit more. God clearly likes the Colts more. If he didn’t the game would have been a tie :)

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Tommy says:

February 5, 2007 at 11:31 am

This is why I’ll always be a baseball fan. Sure there are Christian players, surely a majority. But they don’t go on about it all the damn time.

I spent over 12 hours in airplanes yesterday, but it was still more fun than watching the Super Bowl. (Last watched a Super Bowl in 1976.)

Your Father says:

February 5, 2007 at 12:20 pm

It has been shown that there is a statistical correlation between atheism and intelligence, and I think this is a very fine case of the opposite implied point. All I’m saying is, professional athletes aren’t the brightest group.

By the way, anyone ever see the commercial with that douchebag basketball player (I have no idea which one as I don’t watch it) who sits on a stool and thanks god for the entire thing. If anyone ever made a commercial like that saying god didn’t exist or something like that, they’d receive thousands of death threats. I wonder how many he received from us immoral atheists.

I think wordpress is eating my comments…

DeusExMichael says:

February 5, 2007 at 12:41 pm

“I would like to give all the credit to God, without him I wouldn’t be here today. It wasn’t the decade of training, or my mom and dad giving up their weekends and evenings six nights a week to get me to practice, or the 5 hours a day in the gym, or the driving voice of the fans that fill this stadium rooting for me and my team. Nope, just the efforts of God. Oh yeah, and props to my homeboy Jesus.”

itanshi says:

February 5, 2007 at 12:43 pm

was there a time someone thanked satan? i know i heard it somewhere

i’m just waiting for the pasta

devon says:

February 5, 2007 at 1:01 pm

Overheard last night on the Bears sideline:
“We would have won if Jesus hadn’t made me fumble.”

Alcari says:

February 5, 2007 at 1:46 pm

well, it’s a good thing that Mr. Deity knows the answer. hear him explain this whole issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF–G1zmyTw

atheist says:

February 5, 2007 at 3:44 pm

To do Itanshi a favor:
THANK YOU SATAN!
THANK YOU SATAN!
THANK YOU SATAN!

Besides, I would also like to thank the Klingon War Gods for making Germany the handball world champion.

jew_boy_420 says:

February 6, 2007 at 9:58 am

God did NOT choose. See the press conference here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF–G1zmyTw

Michael says:

February 6, 2007 at 10:28 am

Sports wierdos thanking jesus or god whenever they win just hits a nerve with me. I can’t believe any adult intelligent enough to tie their shoes can’t see the pure unadulterated stupidity in that. If there were a god IT (it would have no need a gender either) couldn’t care less if you won a stupid game. You aren’t important enough to warrant the effort.

On the hyphenation thing. I agree with you completely Gasmonso. I just don’t do it. You are either an American or you are not. You can be anything you want to me, except a stupid ass hyphenation. Call yourself black, brown, negroid, sweet sweet chocolate, I don’t care. But don’t marginalize the gift your ancestors suffered to give you (granted, against their will): Citizenship in this country. Hell, I am a cracker. A honkey. Call me what you will, but don’t hyphenate me either.