Speaking of Super Bowls...Tony Dungy, the first Black Head Coach to win a Super Bowl retired recently at the age of 53. Dungy coached the 2007 Super Bowl champion Colts to their first super bowl victory since being in Indianapolis(they were formally the Baltimore Colts and they won Super Bowl V). Dungy is said to have wanted to retire by age 50, and is said to have made the decision to spend more time with his family and "this was the right time to do it".
In December 2005, his son, James, committed suicide while attending school in Tampa. Tony left the Colts for one game, then received the game ball from his players after they made a goal-line stand to beat the Arizona Cardinals in the season-finale. The Colts' season ended two weeks later with a shocking loss to eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Colts' quarterback, Peyton Manning took the MVP of that Super Bowl XLI under Dungy & the following year his brother, Eli Manning won that same MVP honor as he quarterbacked the New York Giants to a Super Bowl victory over the then undefeated New England Patriots last year in XLII. Dungy's son, Eric, is a high school senior and Dungy would like to accompany him on college visits(let's hope for Eric it doesn't turnout like that Raven Symone & Martin film smh we know Tony is a Christian family man and he means well).
How ironic it is that Arizona vs. Pittsburgh could very well be the event for Super Bowl XLIII. We will certainly see and update you after this weekend's NFC & AFC championship games. It would be nice to see Pittsburgh Steelers win though. They're the only team of the remaining four(Philadelphia Eagles & Baltimore Ravens the other 2) that has a black head coach (who was Dungy's defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Bucs). Also ironic that Dungy's 3 year playing career in the NFL started with the Pittsburgh. The Steelers also boast the league's number 1 defense. They say defense wins championships. Looks like the "Steel Curtain" may be making a reconnection to the glory days of old( this is the nickname for the Steelers defense during the 1970s dynasty which won four super bowls: IX, X, XIII,& XIV). My quick prediction is that whomever wins that "defensive battle" between Steelers vs. Ravens wins the Super Bowl.
In December 2005, his son, James, committed suicide while attending school in Tampa. Tony left the Colts for one game, then received the game ball from his players after they made a goal-line stand to beat the Arizona Cardinals in the season-finale. The Colts' season ended two weeks later with a shocking loss to eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Colts' quarterback, Peyton Manning took the MVP of that Super Bowl XLI under Dungy & the following year his brother, Eli Manning won that same MVP honor as he quarterbacked the New York Giants to a Super Bowl victory over the then undefeated New England Patriots last year in XLII. Dungy's son, Eric, is a high school senior and Dungy would like to accompany him on college visits(let's hope for Eric it doesn't turnout like that Raven Symone & Martin film smh we know Tony is a Christian family man and he means well).
How ironic it is that Arizona vs. Pittsburgh could very well be the event for Super Bowl XLIII. We will certainly see and update you after this weekend's NFC & AFC championship games. It would be nice to see Pittsburgh Steelers win though. They're the only team of the remaining four(Philadelphia Eagles & Baltimore Ravens the other 2) that has a black head coach (who was Dungy's defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Bucs). Also ironic that Dungy's 3 year playing career in the NFL started with the Pittsburgh. The Steelers also boast the league's number 1 defense. They say defense wins championships. Looks like the "Steel Curtain" may be making a reconnection to the glory days of old( this is the nickname for the Steelers defense during the 1970s dynasty which won four super bowls: IX, X, XIII,& XIV). My quick prediction is that whomever wins that "defensive battle" between Steelers vs. Ravens wins the Super Bowl.
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