Coming back from an opening kick-off return for touchdown and an early interception, the Indianapolis Colts have won Super Bowl XLI in convincing fashion, 29-17. Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy finally have earn their Super Bowl rings!

In a sloppy, exciting, rainsoaked NFL title game Sunday, the Colts defeated the Bears 29-17 behind 247 yards passing from Manning, the star quarterback who finally won the big one after nine record-setting seasons that was missing very little besides a championship.

It was a surreal scene for the NFL's showcase game, played indoors or in perfect weather for almost all of the previous 40 years, but not this time.

In a good ol'-fashioned South Florida soaker — the first Super Bowl to be played in the rain — the football squirted loose and bounced all over the waterlogged field. It resulted in eight turnovers, including two late interceptions thrown by Chicago's Rex Grossman that sealed the game for Indy.

And it has just been announced that Peyton manning is the MVP of this year's game! Another well-deserved honor for the league's most dominant quarterback.

To me, though, the most interesting moment were the words by Tony Dungy, when there was an attempt to turn this victory into something about race. He brought it all into perspective -- and paid tribute to opposing coach Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears -- by noting that it was about showing that you can win coaching the Lord's way.

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