[frog_jerk_2004]

"Well, the larger meaning is that we've kind of stepped over the negative stepping stone of people saying that an African-American quarterback can't lead his team to a Super Bowl.

What about Doug Williams and the Redskins?

Isn't this what Rush was talking about during the whole McNabb MNF thing?

[bikepacker67]

The Keystone State should feel honored.

They will be the "doormen" opening the limo for the two teams that will be in the Superbowl.

Brady poise versus Vick improvisation. Should be a great 39 (prime number SB's are always interesting).

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Isn't this what Rush was talking about during the whole McNabb MNF thing?

My thought precisely. Everybody has an interest in a black quarterback succeeding (why, I can't say, unless they're closet bigots who see something novel in a black man successfully playing the position), and McNabb shows himself to be something of a hypocrite by indulging in the same thoughts for which he condemned Limbaugh. (I'll still be rooting for him, though.)

[swilhelm73]

Why does the MSM obsess so over skin color?

When the Falcons beat my Rams, I didn't see Vick as a black quarterback, but as a super talented SOB who beat the living daylights out of my team's defense.

[ShadowDancer]

I thought civil rights were about being treated equally? If that's the case, why should he think this game so special because he and Vick are black? They should just be QB's.

[mountaineer]

Go Steelers (a team not obsessing over skin color).

[Rodney King]

I hope they both lose.

[conservlib]

African Americans are already OVER-REPRESENTED as quarterbacks in the NFL in comparison to their fraction in the US population. Hence, any BS about color in football is just that, BS!

[petercooper]

Falcons 33
Eagles 24

[NeoCaveman]

What about Brady and Rothlisberger. I guess they just aren't the "right" color.

[NeoCaveman]

What about Doug Williams and the Redskins?

Is he a Republican? I don't know. Maybe that's why he's no longer black

Isn't this what Rush was talking about during the whole McNabb MNF thing?

This is exactly what Rush was talking about.

[Libertarian4Bush]

michael vick is a quarterback?

[SJSAMPLE]

So it's special because they're black?
I guess Rush was right. Race is important to the sporting press.

[Intolerant in NJ]

... we've kind of stepped over the negative stepping stone of people saying that an African-American quarterback can't lead his team to a Super Bowl...if that was supposed to be a slap at Limbaugh, it was misdirected - Limbaugh never said that no black QB would ever get to the Superbowl, only that McNabb was over-rated by the press because they were heck-bent to see black QB's succeed - but for two bizarre plays last Sunday, when Moss headed to the bench instead of sneaking to the sideline for a fake field-goal attempt which migh have provided the Vikings another TD and when a vicious tackle threw the ball right into the hands of Freddy Mitchell watching the play in the endzone for a TD, McNabb would be holding forth from his living room rather than the Eagles interview room - we'll see how he does this Sunday.....

[usadave]

It did not take any prompting for Donovan McNabb yesterday to mention an aspect of Sunday's NFC Championship game that makes him swell with pride. Tucked within the Eagles-Falcons matchup is a meeting of two African-American quarterbacks, McNabb and Michael Vick.

And it gives me great pride that two white quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger, will be starting in the AFC Championship game.