Chicago headed to the Superbowl!

MonsieurEvil · January 2007

<div class="IPBDescription">And shades of '85 ahead?</div>Bears 39, New Orleans 14. They looked great even with Grossman firing on two cylinders (but heck, he's only an inline-4 anyways; it's all about the D).

<a href="http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=270121003" target="_blank">Recap</a>

Could be a repeat of Superbowl XX too, the way things are looking with New England. 7-3 as I write this, but Colts are looking wienerish.

<i>Bear down, Chicago Bears, make every play clear the way to victory;
Bear down, Chicago Bears, put up a fight with a might so fearlessly.
We'll never forget the way you thrilled the nation with your T-formation.
Bear down, Chicago Bears, and let them know why you're wearing the crown.
You're the pride and joy of Illinois, Chicago Bears, bear down. </i>

MonsieurEvil · January 2007

Did I say 7-3? Ten minutes later it's 21-3. Indy is getting their guts stomped out...

Now instead of the Bears fight song, I must switch to the Superbowl Shuffle. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

<i>(CHORUS)
We're the Bears Shufflin' Crew.
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you.
We're so bad we know we're good.
Blowin' your mind like we knew we would.
You know we're just struttin' for fun
Struttin' our stuff for everyone.
We're not here to start no trouble.
We're just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.

Well, they call me Sweetness,
and I like to dance.
Runnin' the ball is like makin' romance
We've had the goal since training camp
To give Chicago a Super Bowl Champ.
And we're not doing this because we're greedy.
The Bears are doin' it to feed the needy.
We didn't come here to look for trouble,
We just came here to do
The Superbowl Shuffle.

This is Speedy Willie, and I'm world class.
I like runnin', but I love to get the pass.
I practice all day and dance all night,
I got to get ready for the Sunday fight.
Now I'm smooth as a chocolate swirl,
I dance a little funky, so watch me girl.
There's no one here that does it like me,
My Superbowl Shuffle will set you free.

I'm Samurai Mike. I stop 'em cold.
Part of the defense, big and bold.
I've been jammin' for quite a while,
Doin' what's right and settin' the style.
Give me a chance , I'll rock you good,
Nobody messin' in my neighborhood.
I didn't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just came to do the Superbowl Shuffle.

(CHORUS)
I'm the punky QB, known as McMahon.
When I hit the turf, I've got no plan.
I just throw my body all over the field.
I can't dance, but, I can throw the pill.
I motivate the cats, I like to tease.
I play so cool, I aim to please.
That's why you all got here on the double,
To catch me doin' the Superbowl Shuffle.

I'm mama's boy Otis, one of a kind.
The ladies all love me
For my body and my mind.
I'm slick on the floor as I can be.
But ain't no sucker gonna get past me.
Some guys are jealous
Of my style and class.
That's why some end up on their (bleep).
I didn't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just get down to the Superbowl Shuffle.

They say Jimbo is our man.
If he can't do it, I sure can.
This is Steve, and it's no wonder.
I run like lightnin', pass like thunder.
So bring on Atlanta, bring on Dallas.
This is for Mike and Papa Bear Halas.
I'm not here to feather this ruffle,
I just came here to do
The Superbowl Shuffle.

I'm L.A. Mike and I play it cool.
They don't sneak by me 'cause I'm no fool.
I fly on the field and get on down.
Everybody knows I don't mess around.
I can break 'em, shake 'em,
Any time of day.
I like to steal it and make 'em pay.
So please don't try to beat my hustle,
'Cause I'm just here to do
The Superbowl Shuffle.

(CHORUS)
The sackman's comin', I'm your man Dent.
If the quarterback's slow,
He's gonna get bent.
We stop the run, we stop the pass.
I like to dump guys on their (bleep).
We love to play for the world's best fans.
You better start makin'
Your Superbowl plans.
But don't get ready or go to any trouble,
Unless you practice
The Superbowl Shuffle.

It's Gary here, I'm Mr. Clean.
They call me "hit man"
Don't know what they mean.
They throw it long and watch me run.
I'm on my man, one on one.
Buddy's guys cover it down to the bone.
That's why they call us the 46 zone.
Come on everybody, let's scream and yell.
We're goin' to do the Shuffle,
Then ring your bell.

You're lookin' at the Fridge,
I'm the rookie.
I may be large, but I'm no dumb cookie.
You've seen me hit, you've seen me run.
When I kick and pass, we'll have more fun.
I can dance, you will see.
The others, they all learn from me.
I don't come here lookin' for trouble,
I just came here to do
The Superbowl Shuffle!
</i>

Yes, this passed for rap in 1985. In fact it actually made it to #41 on the Billboard charts and got a Grammy nomination. More on this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbowl_shuffle" target="_blank">here</a>

TychoCelchuuu · January 2007

They give Grammys for spelling your name right on the "Application To Win a Grammy" form.

pardzh · January 2007

Although I wish Tom Brady would die in a fire, he will still kick the snot out of Da Bears. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

(WTB Superbowl Ring for Peyton, PST)

Lt_Patch · January 2007

Bah, when will you yanks learn. American "football" is nothing on good old Rugby. Our lads don't wear none of this prissy body armour that you wimps do, no helmets, no gloves, nothing.
They don't stop for a breather every 10 or so seconds, and there's no different teams for attack and defence.

That said, some of the tackles that you yanks do look pretty meaty. And yes, I am the kind of person who would watch that crap for the tackles, or watch NHL hockey for the fights <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

pardzh · January 2007

Woot, suck 2 point conversion, you dirty New Englanders!

MonsieurEvil · January 2007

To you Pardzh, I say 'bah'. Brady is going to spend the game looking out his earhole and wondering what the license plate was on the human growth hormone-injected truck that ran him over.

Not that I am mixing metaphors.

Right on time Lt: every American Football post attracts an outraged limey complaining about helmets. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> Rugby players are little itty bitty gals compared to football players. Hence the gear - if rugby players had 280 pounds of muscle that does the 40 yard dash in 4.7 seconds come crashing down on them with no rules about tackling and hand placement, they'd wear helmets too. They're different sports - like formula racing versus bicycles, one requires more safety gear.

Yes... I am mean. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />

Dang it's close now. I thought NE was going to bulldoze them but Colts have stayed in it.

Scythe · January 2007

Yeah! I love football! What about that last game eh? Damn refs! Paid off by the democrats, for sure. That one penalty near the line? That one? Yeah, that was bullpoo.

Go team!

--Scythe--

P.S. All I know about Chicago is what I learned from Blues Brothers and Microsoft Midtown Madness.

P. P. S. S. Gridiron players wear all that crap to make themselves feel big and tough. No other reason.

sawce · January 2007

Da Bears.

semipsychotic · January 2007

Intercepted! Indy wins!

MonsieurEvil · January 2007

Holy damn, Colts come back and win it in the last minute - and with Brady throwing an interception to kill his own team's chances. Definitely not what I expected.

Gonna be crazy in the midwest for the next two weeks...

Scythe, you goon. You aren't allowed to have two guys grab you by the neck and hurl you to the ground in rugby.

pardzh · January 2007

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MonsieurEvil @ Jan 21 2007, 10:20 PM) [snapback]1600798[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'>
Holy damn, Colts come back and win it in the last minute - and with Brady throwing an interception to kill his own team's chances. Definitely not what I expected.</div>
Friggin' awesome comeback by the Colts, loved it.

Zig · January 2007

the differences in physical contact between the two sports can be easily found by looking up

"best rugby tackles"
and
"best football tackles"

on youtube, googlevideo, dailymotion, or any video site of that nature.

here, i'll do it for you.

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=PN9VUStB6zM" target="_blank">best rugby hits</a>
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ck6w86LnGOQ" target="_blank">nfl's greatest tackles</a>

rugby is a great game, sure.. but the american economy pours into football what the rest of the world devotes to soccer. the result is a culmination of breeding, training, and sometimes roiding, to bring you the strongest and most agile <b><u>ENORMOUS</u></b> human beings in sports. the rules of football narrow the effective playing field and the focus of the defense, if possible, is immediate head-on collision. each play involves less back and forth action and oftentimes results in a sudden STOP of momentum.

put all this together and... well. that's what you get. harder hits.

<b>edit:</b> a lot of people just don't understand or take into account that the training (especially the plyometrics and resistance exercise) that professional football players do strengthens all aspects of their bodies versus these impacts. biologically. their body is more ready to withstand that kind of stress than that of an untrained person. if an everyday guy took a hit like that, not only would he be unable to simply get up and keep playing, he would probably be bedridden for some time due to contusions, bruises, etc.

AnarkiThreeXSix · January 2007

Hm, I'm not much into sports but those videos do show a pretty considerable difference ~_^
American football tackles do look like they have more oomph in them, whereas those rugby chaps look like they just fall down o_o

Now everybody here is going to be yelling about the bears all day around chicago >_<

eediot · January 2007

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MonsieurEvil @ Jan 22 2007, 01:12 PM) [snapback]1600781[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'>
Right on time Lt: every American Football post attracts an outraged limey complaining about helmets. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> Rugby players are little itty bitty gals compared to football players. Hence the gear - if rugby players had 280 pounds of muscle that does the 40 yard dash in 4.7 seconds come crashing down on them with no rules about tackling and hand placement, they'd wear helmets too. They're different sports - like formula racing versus bicycles, one requires more safety gear.
</div>

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_hqosNvv5E" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_hqosNvv5E</a>

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddMrsSLmxLQ" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddMrsSLmxLQ</a>

Different games, but all good.

Edit: Zig, wait, are actually defending these people in american football? I fail to see how the american vid outdoes the rugby vid. They're so protected by padding that it's not worth considering for their level of playing.

Depot · January 2007

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lt_Patch @ Jan 21 2007, 08:48 PM) [snapback]1600777[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'>
Bah, when will you yanks learn. American "football" is nothing on good old Rugby. Our lads don't wear none of this prissy body armour that you wimps do, no helmets, no gloves, nothing.
They don't stop for a breather every 10 or so seconds, and there's no different teams for attack and defence.

That said, some of the tackles that you yanks do look pretty meaty. And yes, I am the kind of person who would watch that crap for the tackles, or watch NHL hockey for the fights <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
</div>
Once again patch ya needen't poke your nose in a thread where ya know absolutely nothing about. We don't care HOW you Brits play rugby, this is a Superbowl thread.

That being said, the Colts will trounce on da Bears (unless they get Mike Ditka back!) <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" />

MonsieurEvil · January 2007

Wow, nice finds Zig. Those are brutally awesome. Just look at the differences in the players too - a football quarterback would be like a gigantor in rugby, and the QB is a little wienie compared to an offensive lineman.

Depot, you nubcaek - Bears defense trumps all. I say Beaaaarrsss... 137 to 3.

<img src="http://i1.tinypic.com/oaxbv4.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

pardzh · January 2007

Psh, Grossman will choke and [<span style="color:#663366">Superbowl XLI Ring</span>] will finally drop for Peyton.

MonsieurEvil · January 2007

Puuuh-lease. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /> While I fully admit that Grossman is no Joe Montana, you saw how things went last night with an ineffective Bears QB. Brees spent the whole game on his butt or watching fumbles, sacks, and an interception. Let's remember here that New Orleans was a 7 point favorite going into the game, and they lost by 25 points.

Allow me to demonstrate what you will see at the superbowl:

<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tiny.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::onos::" border="0" alt="tiny.gif" /> << <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tiny.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::onos::" border="0" alt="tiny.gif" /> << <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tiny.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::onos::" border="0" alt="tiny.gif" /> <<
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Save me jeeebus!!!

Depot · January 2007

I'll give da Bears credit for their Big D, but is it enough to stop peyton Manning?

Nawwwwwww, only the Jaguars can do that!

Zig · January 2007

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(emperor_awesome @ Jan 22 2007, 04:40 AM) [snapback]1600884[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'>
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_hqosNvv5E" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_hqosNvv5E</a>

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddMrsSLmxLQ" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddMrsSLmxLQ</a>

Different games, but all good.

Edit: Zig, wait, are actually defending these people in american football? I fail to see how the american vid outdoes the rugby vid. They're so protected by padding that it's not worth considering for their level of playing.
</div>

the padding protects from breaks and direct bone-on-bone impact, and not much else. if you don't see the difference now, you probably never will.

ignorance is bliss. /me pats you on the head

pardzh · January 2007

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Zig @ Jan 22 2007, 07:26 PM) [snapback]1601001[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'>the padding protects from breaks and direct bone-on-bone impact, and not much else. if you don't see the difference now, you probably never will.</div>

Indeed.

I'm sure anyone talking trash about pads/helmets has never gotten a finger crushed between two facemasks.

Or taken a helmet to the chest on a cold day.

MrMojo · January 2007

colts 14 - bears 10

eediot · January 2007

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Zig @ Jan 23 2007, 11:26 AM) [snapback]1601001[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'>
the padding protects from breaks and direct bone-on-bone impact, and not much else. if you don't see the difference now, you probably never will.

ignorance is bliss. /me pats you on the head
</div>

Sorry, don't quite believe that one.

<img src="http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9242/bubbleboy9vk.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

Who wants to watch that for an hour? PASS.

404NotFound · January 2007

Not to glorify it, but hits in american football are in no way wussy or overly padded. Some serious stuff can happen.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Quh63kQBUk" target="_blank">This</a> is from a game that I was at a few years ago. Our QB totally wrecked Minnesota's safety. Career ending. Still injured.

Times i'd get a close seat you could hear the players hit into eachother, it's actually a bit scary.

Zig · January 2007

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(emperor_awesome @ Jan 22 2007, 05:01 PM) [snapback]1601016[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'>
Sorry, don't quite believe that one.

<img src="http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9242/bubbleboy9vk.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

Who wants to watch that for an hour? PASS.
</div>

sigh. troll.

torque · January 2007

My Chargers didn't make it. What do I have to live for now?!

Although.. at least New England didn't make it in. Good job, Colts!

Revlic · January 2007

There's a reason football players wear padding.

A hardline tackle can generate a very lethal velocity.

Infact before padding there was a astounding number of casualties in American Football. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

MonsieurEvil · January 2007

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=T2Yo5dHpPtY" target="_blank">I think this sums it all up</a>

<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />

Chicago headed to the Superbowl!

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