The question is…did our schools have a two-hour delay today because it’s really cold or because the administrators decided it would be nice to sleep late after a night of celebration in Colts Nation?

Hmmm.

(Of course, Archbishop Buechlein was ahead of the curve on this one, announcing last week that Archdiocesan schools would be closed today.)

(Many more stories on the game – pre-game – from the Archdiocesan paper linked here including a story on Fr. Peter Gallagher, the team’s chaplain)

So anyway, what I think is interesting, in the brief hours since the game ended – and even in the build-up, is that gradually, what took center stage, were the coaches. Post-game, perhaps because there were no real outstanding performances on the field in the muck. Class and character can win – a good message. As Dungy said:

"I’m proud to be the first African-American to win this," Dungy said. "It means an awful lot to our country. But Lovie Smith and I want to be known as Christian coaches doing it the Lord’s way, showing we can win."

And what of this "Lord’s way" in a commercially-driven mode of entertainment? It’s a discussion that’s been raging over at Get Religion every time someone over their posts on the matter. Is the "Lord’s Way" to separate ourselves from the excess of something that’s only a game, or to be a part of it?