Is it just me or is this Pats/Colts game getting comically blown out of proportion, it’s practically being billed as “the game to end all games” (at least until they meet again in the playoffs). The intense media hype has started to remind of the Captain Ivan Drago vs. Rocky Balboa fight in Rocky IV. The Colts are Rocky, beloved by America and the current “champ”. The Patriots are the evil and seemingly unstoppable force that is Ivan Drago. Even the Cowboys fit in as America’s darling, Apollo Creed, that everyone hoped could expose some weakness in the Patriots but deep down we knew they were doomed. As we all saw, the Patriots “went Drago” on the Boys and shattered their dreams in disturbing fashion which caused a collective NFL gasp, “"He is not human, he is a piece of iron".
Although Mick didn’t make it all the way to Rocky IV, there are many parallels that can be drawn from him to Tony Dungy. Both look dangerously unhealthy but still manage to motivate and teach their pupils in a quiet, reserved style. While, Bill Belicheck and the Russian trainers share the same “winning is all that matters” mentality and are willing to do anything to achieve that goal.
I can almost picture Freeney running off after a third down sack sometime early in the Nov 4th game and all the coordinators are spilling onto the field screaming, “You see? You see? He's not a machine, he's a man, he's a man!”
But what I can’t seem to figure out is who will have the “If I can change, you can change” moment.
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Ivan Drago should flip the coin before the game, and the refs whistles should be replaced with audio recordings of “I must break you” and “If he dies, he dies”.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, that if I can change, and yous can change, everybody can change!
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