Why is it that after a great weekend of NFL games, that created some great story lines heading into Super Bowl XLI, the one thing I hear on sports radio Monday morning is Reggie Bush pointing at Brian Urlacher, somersaulting into the endzone and dancing? What a big non-story.
Bush got caught up in the emotion of making a huge play in the NFC Championship on the road against the conference's toughest defense. He outran an entire team and juked Danieal Manning out of his cleats. A player is allowed to show some emotion after a potential momentum-turning play in the Conference Championship. And altough the point back was showing up the Bears, I considered it more gamesmanship than anything else. And everyone loves to say, "Barry Sanders would never do that" blah blah blah. Not everyone is Barry Sanders. Everyone reacts differently to different situations. I challenge any competitive person to act completely rationally in that situation. I wish more people could grasp the idea of "heat of the moment."
And besides he apologized for his actions, not that he needed to.
I just think it's a little sad that some media members try to make this a story when we saw a weekend where: Peyton Manning reached the championship, 2 black coaches make the Super Bowl, the Bears return to the Super Bowl, Tom Brady failed in a comeback attempt... you get the point.
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