Undefeated Seasons

So why all the big deal and hub bub about the Colts deciding they don't care about going 16-0? Why does it matter? The answer is it doesn't not one little bit. The only thing that is important is winning the Super Bowl. It doesn't matter if you go 8-8 during the regular season or if you 16-0. The Championship is the same regardless of how many wins you have, the super bowl ring looks the same, the Champagne tastes just as sweet. The Colt's had nothing to gain by playing their starters and going 16-0 and everything to lose. They could have lost Peyton Manning, it is football and anything can happen at any time. If that happened they might as well just forfeit. And for what? The Colt's had already secured home field, so what else was there? The fans at the game that boo'd the team should be ashamed of themselves, because they sure as hell would have lit Jim Caldwell up if they had suffered a catastrophic injury that cost them a chance at a championship. In fact Jim Caldwell was in a complete no-win situation. If he pulls his starters and rest them then he gets blasted, if he plays his starters and one gets injured then he gets blasted by the press. He chose the right answer in choosing the solution that gets him blasted by the press but doesn't cost his team a chance at winning the championship. In fact I feel terribly sorry for poor Jim Caldwell, if he was Tony Dungy he wouldn't be facing nearly as much criticism. Tony Dungy was in the exact same situation as head coach of the Colts and he did the exact same thing, yet most of these same fans and critics that are yelling at Caldwell complimented him about his savvy coaching and ability to keep focused on the target. I know, I am a Colt's fan and I remember it well. Basically the bottom line is the fans and media need to quit their bitching. Winning the division and locking down homefield early gives the team the right to rest their starters, why should the Colt's squander that advantage over some useless thing like an undefeated season?