{"id":3072,"date":"2007-02-05T09:28:17","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T09:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/02\/obligatory-super-bowl-post.html"},"modified":"2007-02-05T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T09:28:17","slug":"obligatory-super-bowl-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/02\/obligatory-super-bowl-post.html","title":{"rendered":"Obligatory Super Bowl post"},"content":{"rendered":"

The question is…did our schools have a two-hour delay today because it’s really cold or because the administrators decided it would be nice to sleep late after a night of celebration in Colts Nation?<\/p>\n

Hmmm.<\/p>\n

(Of course, Archbishop Buechlein was ahead of the curve on this one, announcing last week that Archdiocesan schools would be closed today.)<\/a><\/p>\n

(Many more stories on the game – pre-game – from the Archdiocesan paper linked here<\/a> including a story on Fr. Peter Gallagher, the team’s chaplain)<\/a><\/p>\n

So anyway, what I think is interesting, in the brief hours since the game ended – and even in the build-up, is that gradually, what took center stage, were the coaches. Post-game, perhaps because there were no real outstanding performances on the field in the muck. Class and character can win – a good message. As Dungy said:<\/a><\/p>\n

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"I’m proud to be the first African-American to win this," Dungy said. "It means an awful lot to our country. But Lovie Smith and I want to be known as Christian coaches doing it the Lord’s way, showing we can win."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And what of this "Lord’s way" in a commercially-driven mode of entertainment? It’s a discussion that’s been raging<\/a> over at Get Religion <\/a>every time someone over their posts on the matter. Is the "Lord’s Way" to separate ourselves from the excess of something that’s only a game, or to be a part of it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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