Rex Grossman decided to lay an egg in the Super Bowl. The biggest game of the year, the biggest game of his career, the biggest game he will ever play, and Rex Grossman decided to quite simply take a dump. There is no excuse. There is no reason. He flat out, shit the bed. What the hell is that?

I’m not saying I expected Rex Grossman to go out and have a Joe Montana type performance, but I didn’t expect him to do what he did. I didn’t expect Grossman to just throw up the worst passes in Super Bowl history. I didn’t expect him to make piss poor decisions all day like it was his job. In short, I didn’t expect him to play like Rex Grossman. We’ll just say that his performance looked like typical Rex Grossman. To put it into perspective, the Sportable staff spent a few minutes discussing whether he would start on our respective pop warner teams. The conclusion? He wouldn’t start for all of us.

I don’t know why I suddenly expected Grossman to find a new level and play to it, he hasn’t done anything to prove that he can. The fact is simple. Rex Grossman should not be the starting quarterback for any NFL team, ever. The guy makes bad decisions, makes even worse throws, and admits that he doesn’t always give 100%. Now I ask you, what the hell kind of quarterback is that?

A quarterback is supposed to be a leader. He is supposed to command the team. That’s probably the exact opposite of what Grossman did. Grossman should be ashamed, it is his fault that the Bears lost the Super Bowl. This was a great team, if they had a halfway decent quarterback, they would have won this thing.

We’ve given you our input on the game today. Now it’s time to watch it. We’ll be taking the remainder of the day off to tend to our Super Bowl bashes and maybe get some golf in before kickoff. We’ll be back with you Monday with recaps and insight from the game. We’ll also talk about commercials and Prince’s performance. Enjoy Super Bowl Sunday.

1. Peyton Manning. When you have the best quarterback in the world leading your team, it really helps your odds of winning. Manning has proved year in and year out that he is amongst the leagues best, and despite the skill and talent on the Chicago defense, I expect him to have a big day.

2. Adam Vinatieri. You name someone else you’d rather have as your kicker in the super bowl. Scott Norwood? No thanks, I’ll take Vinatieri. If it comes down to it, this guy is going to nail the game winning kick, and for that matter, every other kick.

3. Defense. With Bob Sanders to come forward and stuff the run, this defense is much improved. Add to that the speed rush ability of Dwight Freeney and you’re spelling a possible long afternoon for Rex Grossman.

4. Marvin Harrison/Reggie Wayne/Dallas Clark. This is a direct coorelation back to reason number one. The Colts just have too many receiving threats for a good quarterback (see: Peyton Manning) to hit. They’re going to be pressing this Chicago defense all day.

5. Tony Dungy. In case you didn’t know, Tony Dungy is black, and the black head coaching community is due.

1. Good Defense>Good Offense: Remember Super Bowls XXXVI and XXXVII? In both games, a powerful offense came into the game as favorites. The St. Louis Rams in 2002 and the Oakland Raiders in 2003 both lost to a defensive powerhouse. They always say “Defense wins Championships” and I’m a firm believer in it. The Colts’ offense struggled against physical defenses all year.

2. You Expect Rexy to Shit the Bed: Has there ever been a more criticized Super Bowl quarterback than Rex Grossman? Trent Dilfer sucked but everybody had already processed that information and moved on. But Grossman has been a media punchline the past couple weeks. Sure, I’ve bashed him a lot because he’s looked awful a lot this year. But in the playoffs, he has one turnover. You would have thought Rex Grossman has the six interceptions this postseason and not Peyton Manning.

3. Devin Hester is an X-Factor: I don’t like the term but I have to go with it. Hester can change this game in an instant. I think points will be at a premium here; I really expect this game to go under the total of 48. That’s why field position is so important. Ellis Hobbs torched the Colts for over 200 return yards in the AFC Championship and he’s nowhere near the returner that Hester is. Hester had 6 touchdown returns this year, an NFL record. There’s a reason this Bears team averages the same number of points per game as Indianapolis. Hester is a big part of it, as is that stingy defense.

4. The Weather Sucks: The forecast in Miami is calling showers. That favors a physical team, that favors the Bears. I really like the running back platoon of Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson. If the ball is slippery and the field is wet, that takes Indianapolis’ speed defense out of its element. Chicago is used to playing in crappy weather but Indianapolis is used to the friendly confines of the RCA Dome. We saw how the dome team from Nawlins fared vs. Chicago a couple weeks back.

5. Lovie Smith is black: It’s time for the black coaching community to get a Super Bowl ring. Lovie will do the trick today.

The other day, I tuned into Cold Pizza to watch some coverage of the Superbowl and see if they had anything interesting to say. They didn’t. How desperate for material are these shows and why do they continue to break down everything related to the Superbowl even if it’s completely irrelevant.

According to the media, the Bears have an advantage on the Colts because they scored higher on the Wonderlick test. Does that even count for anything? Vince Young bombed his Wonderlick test, but I’d say he’s turned out to be pretty good thus far. Peyton Manning scored incredibly high on his, and Peyton is also doing pretty well in the NFL. Conclusion: the Wonderlick doesn’t mean a damn thing.

Another great segment that I saw while watching the overhyped machine that is ESPN was a guy throwing knives to predict things in the Superbowl. Seriously, a guy throwing knives. How, in any way, does a guy who wears a blindfold and throws a knife at a board full of predictions have any sort of credibility. That’s not picking winners for a game, that’s blind luck. Literally.

I’m thrilled for the Superbowl and I think it’s gonna be a great game. I, however, don’t care what Superbowl party K-Fed is going to be at and I definitely don’t care what a guy hucking blades at a wall thinks. Sunday needs to hurry up and get here.

If you have any plans of flying in or out of Miami Florida on Sunday evening, you better check yourself. There will be a no-fly over zone surrounding Dolphins Stadium, so don’t intend on getting a peak of the action from the air.

The no-fly over zone consists of 10-mile radius around the stadium with an elevation border of 18,000 feet. There will also be another no-fly zone that circles Dolphins Stadium at a 30 mile radius; but it can be accessed as long as your in constant contact with air traffic controllers within the Miami area.

Now if for some reason your in the air on Sunday evening in the no-fly over zone without permission you will be shot down, probably immediately, by one of these. The ammo by the F-16 and F-15 Fighter Jets would likely consist of something from this selection or this. Plus you probably won’t live long enough to feel these creeping up your ass either.

Not to sound like a crazy bastard or anything, but I dare some idiot to challenge the U.S. Air Force. If someone is crazy enough to take flight, he will be first on my list of idiots that I want to see get terminated. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see. On a more serious note, if anyone plans anything tricky an armada of F-16 and F-15 jets will be ready to strike any aircraft that seem suspicious.

There will be a formal fly-over right before the Superbowl by the Air Force Thunderbirds team, but after that you won’t even find a blimp in the sky.