It's All Grossman's fault

Tonight the Bears lost to the Colts in the Superbowl. This is disappointing on at least two levels.

1. Fact: Superbowl MVP Peyton Manning is a whiny choke artist, and seeing him fail again would have been great. Also, he donates to Republicans.
2. I live in Chicago, and therefore the Bears were my choice.

The consolation prize for the distraught Bears fan is that the team is still quite good, it's really just one guy's fault. Grossman. With even a moderately competent quarterback, one who could have gotten a first down at some point in the second quarter for example, the Bears would have walked away with this one.

Sure, the stats show that he was 20-28 with 1 TD and 2 INTs, but he really played much worse than that. Raw numbers just can't capture the futility that is running ten yards back of the line of scrimmage and falling down by yourself twice on consecutive plays.

But the real highlight of the game came before the opening whistle, when Billy Joel sang our national anthem. It was enough to bring a tear to the eye of even the least patriotic/biggest terrorists among us. Fortunately, through the miracle of Youtbe, the video of Joel's rendition has already been made available. Enjoy.