Master Index of Archived Threads


Colts vs. Da Bears

patona314 Jan 21 2007 10:24 PM

Unitas vs. Ditka............can't wait

cooby Jan 21 2007 10:28 PM

I can't either, it's going to be a great game!

Frayed Knot Jan 21 2007 10:31 PM

If you're waiting for those two to suit up then waiting is about all you're going to do. In a way I've been pulling for Manning if only to shut those up who assume that not winning a handful of games is a proof that he can't. On the other hand, the carpet-bagging Irsay family can rot for all I care.

patona314 Jan 21 2007 10:35 PM

did you notice how they gave eli a 3 second shot in the luxury booth w/1 minute to go... ouch

KC Jan 21 2007 10:36 PM

>>>Unitas vs. Ditka<<< Unitas died, Ditka does a dumb tv gig.

Frayed Knot Jan 21 2007 10:39 PM

Besides, Unitas never played for Indianapolis and as soon as the Colts left Baltimore they lost the right to claim that part of the franchise's heritage as their own AFAIC.

patona314 Jan 21 2007 10:39 PM

patona314 Jan 21 2007 10:52 PM

KC wrote: >>>Unitas vs. Ditka<<< Unitas died, Ditka does a dumb tv gig. don't kill my buzz dude

Edgy DC Jan 21 2007 10:55 PM

Actually, I think Unitas explicity disassociated himself from the franchise, even going so far as to ask that all his records be stricken from teams' books. I don't know if Robert Irsay honored his wish. Peyton Manning sure has done his part, though.

patona314 Jan 21 2007 11:14 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Actually, I think Unitas explicity disassociated himself from the franchise, even going so far as to ask that all his records be stricken from teams' books. I don't know if Robert Irsay honored his wish. Peyton Manning sure has done his part, though. no offense edgy, i could give two hoots about unitas/irsay/baltimore/indianapolis/cleveland/baltimore again... i just want this really cool playoff run to last for one more game.. go blue

Frayed Knot Jan 21 2007 11:18 PM

A number of the old Colts disavowed any connection to the Indy variety - especially after Irsay's comments were along the lines of; 'it's not your team it's mine'. Of course Unitas was bitter about a number of things in connection to football after his career was over, particularly over health issues stemming from his time in the league and the poor care his union & the league provided.

Willets Point Jan 22 2007 02:37 AM

Edgy DC Jan 22 2007 07:33 AM

patona314 wrote: ="Edgy DC"]Actually, I think Unitas explicity disassociated himself from the franchise, even going so far as to ask that all his records be stricken from teams' books. I don't know if Robert Irsay honored his wish. Peyton Manning sure has done his part, though. no offense edgy, i could give two hoots about unitas/irsay/baltimore/indianapolis/cleveland/baltimore again... i just want this really cool playoff run to last for one more game.. go blue You introduced it. What a performance by Steve Fuller.

MFS62 Jan 22 2007 09:28 AM

As a Jets fan, I dislike the Pats. OTOH, I have a healthy respect for them and want to see the best AFC representative in the Super Bowl. And I'm still not sure if the Colts will be able to carry the AFC banner to victory. I hope they can. Later

metsmarathon Jan 22 2007 10:05 AM

i'll be rooting for a good game out of both quarterbacks, however resulting in a win by the colts. and as such, i'll be deathly afraid of the combination of the bears' running game and the colts' run "defense"

Vic Sage Jan 22 2007 12:40 PM

football season ended when the Jets lost. However, i was happy to see Manning win for the same reason as FKnot. I hate the whole "choker" bs, when people (ie, the media) make assertions about a person's character based on his performances in a limited sample of games. I'd like to see him win the SB for the same reason... to watch all these a-holes backtrack on their assessments of Manning.

Edgy DC Jan 22 2007 12:49 PM

Well, duh, you know how this is done. This doesn't disprove their assessment. You will see those same journalists write this week that his current performance either means (a) he's matured and overcome the accuratelly assessed character flaws he displayed earlier (we're witnessing this beautiful thing before our eyes), and/or (b) them doing their job by reporting on his character (the more outlandish ones will write and say this) actually drove him his to his new level of performance. His triumph is actually a reflection of thie efforts.

KC Jan 22 2007 12:54 PM

I want to see Manning get picked four times and sacked eight before my second helping of six foot hero. Go Bears!

sharpie Jan 22 2007 12:59 PM

My brother in law is a huge Bears fan. Robert Irsay vs. the Old Lady. Chicago (the city) vs. Indianapolis (the city) This one is easy: Go Bears.

metirish Jan 22 2007 01:03 PM

There's a lot of talk and there will be a whole lot more about how two balck head coaches get to coach in the super bowl,to me that's a rather sad commentry on the NFL that it's considered a big deal...welcome to 2006...

Rockin' Doc Jan 22 2007 01:19 PM

My wife met Walter Payton numerous times while we lived in Chicago. We proudly display a Sports Illustrated with Payton on the cover that he autographed for my wife. In honor of Walter Payton and my 4 years in the great city of Chicago, I say, "Go Bears!"

ScarletKnight41 Jan 22 2007 03:49 PM

Now THIS is a true fan (and a good wife) - ]Early labor so husband can watch Bears Associated Press PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. - Nine months pregnant and married to a fervent Bears fan with tickets to Sunday's NFC Championship game, Colleen Pavelka didn't want to risk going into labor during the game against the New Orleans Saints. Due to give birth on Monday, Pavelka's doctor told her Friday she could induce labor early. She opted for the Friday delivery. "I thought, how could (Mark) miss this one opportunity that he might never have again in his life?" said Pavelka, 28, from the southwestern Chicago suburb of Homer Glen. At 10:45 p.m. Friday, Mark Patrick Pavelka was born at Palos Community Hospital after close to six hours of labor. While her husband watched the Bears play the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field Sunday, Colleen planned to watch in the hospital with the baby wrapped in a Bears blanket - a Christmas gift from his grandmother. The couple named Mark after his father, who wore a "Monsters of the Midway" shirt during the delivery. "If he wasn't born by Sunday and the Bears won, I would have named him Rex," after Bears quarterback Rex Grossman, joked Mark Pavelka, 28. Mark is the couple's second son.

Edgy DC Jan 22 2007 04:47 PM

]Due to give birth on Monday, Pavelka's doctor told her Friday she could induce labor early. Or... he can deal. Or he can tape. Or he can deal and tape.

KC Jan 22 2007 04:50 PM

Refreshing to see a nice woman with her priorities straight.

soupcan Jan 22 2007 04:57 PM

I'm listening to WFAN and just heard a great Super Bowl trivia question: There are four universities in the United States that have produced one U.S. President and one Super Bowl winning quarterback (not necessarily a Super Bowl MVP but the winning team's QB). Name the university, the president and the quarterback.

Edgy DC Jan 22 2007 05:01 PM

The US Naval Academy; James Earl Carter; Roger Staubach.

soupcan Jan 22 2007 05:13 PM

That's one. Three more.

KC Jan 22 2007 05:17 PM

That's the only one I woulda got.

soupcan Jan 22 2007 05:18 PM

Of the remaining three, one of them is easy the other two, not so much

Willets Point Jan 22 2007 05:43 PM

I'm guessing University of Michigan, Gerald Ford, and Tom Brady. That's probably the easy one if correct.

soupcan Jan 22 2007 06:32 PM

Two down, two to go. Yeah I considered that one the easiest because of Ford being in the news recently and Brady being the contempoary 'Super Bowl QB'.

Edgy DC Jan 22 2007 07:21 PM

I used to be bang-up at knowing presidential schools (but not Heisman quarterback schools). Going by memory, nobody else recent seems to have come from a Heisman-quality school, their undergrad schools either being too academically elite or too obscure: Bush II: Yale. Clinton: Georgetown. Bush I: Yale. Reagan: Eureka College. Nixon: Whittier College (though accepted to Havard). Johson: Southwest Texas State Teachers College (best. alma mater. ever.) Kennedy: Harvard (started at Princeton). Eisenhower: USMA. Truman: Didn't need no freaking college. Roosevelt: Harvard. That's where I run dry. Wilson? Hoover?

Willets Point Jan 22 2007 08:03 PM

I figured one out with a little research. Since that's kind of cheating, I'm going to put it in small print at the bottom of this post. Don't look if you want to figure it out for yourself. You need to go back further, much further for one of your Presidents, Edgy (although the SB-winning QB is of very recent vintage and the President and the QB have the same first name). Miami University, Benjamin Harrison, Ben Roethlisberger

soupcan Jan 23 2007 09:41 AM

Buzzzzzzzz. Time's up. Here are your answers: Michigan - Ford & Brady Navy - Carter & Staubach Stanford - Hoover & Plunkett Miami (OH) - Benjamin Harrison & Roethlisberger

Frayed Knot Jan 23 2007 10:27 AM

Y'mean they ask that question thinking that there might be someone on the planet who actually knows all four answers - particularly the Harrison/Roethlithberger one? The only good thing, I suppose, is that it wasn't one of the questions where Russo (with the answer in front of him) tells the contestants how easy it is as I'm guessing that he's probably never heard of Benjamin Harrison (and it's only 50/50 on Herbert Hoover).

Nymr83 Jan 23 2007 11:19 AM

There is no way Russo knows that Harrison OR Hoover were presidents, I don't think I'd give him the benefit of the doubt on any pre-WWII president whose face isn't on our currency. I tried calling WFAN once to chew him out, but didn't get through. They were talking about Carlos Delgado (when he first became a Met) and they didn't know that Puerto Ricans don't vote for president of the United States.

Centerfield Jan 24 2007 03:20 PM

Elway also went to Stanford didn't he?

soupcan Jan 24 2007 03:51 PM

That's right! Nice catch CF. Or should I say 'FO 8'?

cooby Jan 28 2007 08:48 PM

Excuse my pride by posting this here. I do have a few quotes to quibble with, which I have bolded, but all in all, I have to agree that Robbie's a good kid and I wish him all the best... Clinton County Native Gets Super Support Friday, January 26, 6:02 p.m. By Norm Jones (WNEP) Nearly everyone in Clinton County has come down with a case of Robbie Gould fever. They're ready for their favorite hometown kicker to play in the NFL's biggest game of the year. Before he was Robbie Gould, the All Pro, Super Bowl bound, game-winning place kicker for the Chicago Bears, he was Penn State Nittany Lion place kicker Robbie Gould. And before he excelled as a Lion Gould was the pride and joy of the Central Mountain Wildcats*, selected to play in the Big 33 game. There is little doubt Gould's home town is behind him. Mill Hall Elementary schoolers celebrated Robbie Gould Day. His mom teaches at the school so Robbie has visited before. "He has come to our school so many times to help us understand how important hard work and determination are," said Gould's mother, Cheryl. Students wore their best Bear jerseys and Penn State duds, offering a few cheers for the 24-year-old kicker. At Central Mountain High, students were decking the halls with posters and pictures, displaying Gould's high school football jersey alongside his Penn State and Chicago jerseys. "It's pretty cool and how many schools can say they have a kid playing in the Super Bowl, and making an impact, hopefully. This is really special for the school, the community, to friends, to everyone around this place," said Steve Turchetta of Central Mountain. It's very special for another guy named Robbie Gould. He also goes by "Dad." "So elated that the community has really gotten behind us and Robbie and all that," the proud father said. The older Gould said his son is humble and works hard at his game; a pro athlete who always has time for a handshake and a hello. "He wants to talk to everyone from the janitors to the administration, the owners. He's just a happy go lucky guy. That's part of his success," Gould said of his son. As you might have guessed Robbie's mom, dad, brother and sister will be in Miami at the Super Bowl in nine days. If you're wondering if the Gould's have any extra tickets, the answer is no. *Truthfully, everybody who knows him is stunned, not because he is not good, but because of the strange journey to get to where he has gotten. Robbie's a good example of sticking to your dreams

Frayed Knot Jan 29 2007 10:01 AM

I turned on ESPN's SportsCenter briefly this morning just as several talking heads were immersed in a discussion about whether the Bears arrival in South Florida on Sunday gives them an advantage in the game over the Colts on account of the fact that they aren't expected to arrive until sometime today ... which immediately served to remind me of why this is one of my least favorite weeks in the sports calendar.

Johnny Dickshot Jan 29 2007 10:12 AM

I can't think of any good reasons not to have played the Supe yesterday... other than it giving me another week to buy chips.

Willets Point Jan 29 2007 12:10 PM

Some Bears fans are total dicks.

metirish Jan 30 2007 10:53 AM

A huge part of me would love to see Grossman have the game of his life Sunday and shut up all those that say he's rubbish..it's not like mediocre QB's haven't won the super bowl before.

metirish Jan 30 2007 12:38 PM

James Lawton is one of the most respected sports writers in Britain but I'm not sure what to make of this... ] James Lawton: Dungy and Smith breaking colour bar closes one of sport's shoddiest chapters The unthinkable happens on Sunday when Dungy and Smith pull the strings Published: 30 January 2007 Good guys are not supposed to win but finish last on the American gridiron, especially if they work on the touchline as head coaches, and even more especially if they happen to be black guys. This makes the historic collision of Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears in this Sunday's Super Bowl in Miami something more than cause for a routine double celebration. Between them, and with much brilliance and steadfastness, and in Dungy's case despite the most appalling personal tragedy, they have closed, quite officially and irrevocably, one of the shoddiest chapters in all of sport. Long after the great baseball player Jackie Robinson raced across the colour line in 1946, the National Football League operated a prejudice that was supposed to be as subtle as it was insidious. In fact, it was never less than a sinister shadow over the Super Bowl, the monster event billed as one of the great days in the life of the world's most powerful nation, so compelling that it was always thought that, if the Soviet Union was ever to attack, it would do so on the day America was glued to the couch. Scarcely more than a quarter of a century ago there were three great taboos in the NFL - and one unthinkable proposition. The unthinkable happens on Sunday when Dungy and Smith pull the Super Bowl strings, the first two black coaches in place to take a congratulatory phone call from the President. The taboos were in force in three positions on the field of play: centre of the offensive line, middle linebacker and, most importantly, quarterback. A black player could not be a quarterback because it would interfere with a majority American dream ... quarterbacks were exclusively white. Centres could not be black because it would involve the quarterback in an impossible indignity. He would have to reach down between a black man's legs to collect the ball. Middle linebacker was the defensive position carrying most authority. You had to be officer material, or put another, largely unspoken, way, you had to be white. Though he never speaks of it now, the old quarterback controversy surely ticks away at the back of Dungy's psyche. He was a record-breaking quarterback for the University of Minnesota, but when he played for the all-conquering Pittsburgh Steelers he figured only with brief distinction in the most glamorous position, and that was when the celebrated Terry Bradshaw and his back-up were injured. Mostly Dungy played as a safety, a key defensive position in Pittsburgh's famed "Iron Curtain". It was fine for black players to populate the trenches of the game, as linemen in all positions but centre and as running backs and linebackers and safeties and cornerbacks. As late as the mid-Eighties there were still poignant examples of the colour line, and one of them was a fine quarterback out of Texas, Roy Dewalt. He was a tall, brooding, rather sad-faced figure who, after playing brilliantly for his college team, was drafted into the NFL by the Cleveland Browns - but as a running back. The fact he had a throwing arm that could have doubled as a howitzer did not impress the Browns. They had noted his ability to run out of the pocket, to scramble vital yardage in tough situations. Cleveland offered Dewalt good money but he turned it down, electing instead to play for the British Columbia Lions as a quarterback. Said Dewalt: "Cleveland offered me a good contract and the money was a little tempting, but then I thought about it and said to myself, 'Hell, no, I'm a quarterback, that's the job I was born to do.' I went to Canada because people up there were saying, 'We like what you can do on the field, we think you're a fine quarterback.' I never really heard what Cleveland thought of me as a quarterback, and I didn't have to ask the reason for that. My ambition now is to prove myself not only a good quarterback but a great one. Maybe one day it will be different. Maybe one day an NFL club will come to me and say, 'Hey, we want you to play quarterback.' That would really be neat. It would be so good going home on my terms." Dewalt never did. He had to content himself with a superlative display in the final of the Grey Cup, Canada's rather pallid version of the Super Bowl, and then watch quarterbacks like Warren Moon and Doug Williams, who shared his determination to play in their best position, gradually beat down resistance with the power of their arms and the sharpness of their vision. On Sunday, Dungy and Smith represent a triumph of fortitude at the end of a troublesome road. They also send a reproach to Paul Ince, who recently implied he was a victim of prejudice in English football when he failed to land the manager's job at Wolves. Ince, who played for, among others, West Ham, Manchester United, Internazionale and Liverpool, and captained England, was never barred from any position on the field because of the colour of his skin. Dungy's trials have included the death of his son, James, in the most tragic circumstances in 2005, when a coroner decided that the boy, who had had drugs problems, had taken his own life. Dungy stepped down briefly from coaching the Colts, who were poised to make the Super Bowl, to be with his wife and family, but he returned to the football challenge with all his old flair, particularly in the matter of organising defence. Smith is eager to pay tribute to Dungy's quiet but insistent work for black football men. Smith, who was nicknamed Lovie after his beloved great aunt Lavana and was a ferocious linebacker for his Texas high school Big Sandy, recently aligned himself with Dungy's reflective style, something of a contrast with that of the father of the hard-driving genre, Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers, of whom it was once said by a former player, "At least coach Lombardi never played favourites - he treated us all like dogs." Said Smith: "I think a lot of young coaches coming through the ranks have a picture of how a coach should be and I think what Tony showed me was that you don't have to act that way." Dungy has always been comfortable in his own skin. He says: "I know I probably didn't get a couple of jobs in my career because people could not see my personality or the way I was going to do it ... for your faith to be more important than your job, for your family to be more important than that job. We all know that's the way it should be, but we're afraid to say that sometimes. Lovie's not afraid to say it - and I'm not afraid to say it." Outside of some Midwestern blue-collar sports bars, the Super Bowl verdict is surely already in. It is that the winner is the big, rough cynical game that has shed finally at least one reason for shame http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article2198435.ece

Edgy DC Jan 30 2007 12:47 PM

I've not been following the NFL, but... That's a little overstated, and maybe more than a little, isn't it?

metirish Jan 30 2007 12:53 PM

] Centres could not be black because it would involve the quarterback in an impossible indignity Unless the NFL was full of racist QB's I can't believe that line above.

metirish Feb 03 2007 07:14 PM

He'll regret this one day http://www.biggestbearfan.com/

cooby Feb 03 2007 11:16 PM

What time does the game start?

Edgy DC Feb 03 2007 11:30 PM

Jnathan Richman tells me to root for New England.

MFS62 Feb 04 2007 08:18 AM

="metirish"] ] Centres could not be black because it would involve the quarterback in an impossible indignity Unless the NFL was full of racist QB's I can't believe that line above. Because the center also calls the blocking assignments for the offensive line (as the QB does for the play), maybe it was similar to thoughts about intelligence at the time. But that stereotyping cut both ways. A also remember that a big deal was made about Kent McCloughan because he was the only White corner-back in football. (IIRC he played for the Chargers in the days of the old AFL) Later

Edgy DC Feb 04 2007 08:23 AM

Jonathan, it's Colts vs. Bears, but he don't listen.

Frayed Knot Feb 04 2007 11:16 AM

cooby wrote: What time does the game start? The game starts at 6:30 although the pre-game stuff will start ... well hell, it started about a week ago Tuesday

cooby Feb 04 2007 12:04 PM

That doesn't sound too bad...early enough that you can watch all of it, yet late enough that the laundry should all be done

metirish Feb 04 2007 12:08 PM

I've the laundry in the dryer.....I've had a busy sports day already..Ireland versus Wales in 6 Nations Rugby..Ireland won,now Manchester United versus Tottenham Hotspur.

cooby Feb 04 2007 12:08 PM

My, you must have gotten up early!

metirish Feb 04 2007 01:39 PM

Very wet in Miami right now,forecast for the game is 70 and showers...

metirish Feb 04 2007 02:03 PM

Six years later and this still gives me chills...perhaps not the emotional impact of watching live that day but close.....

ScarletKnight41 Feb 04 2007 02:39 PM

Humorist Dave Barry is [url=http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/]blogging from the Super Bowl[/url] today.

Frayed Knot Feb 04 2007 03:31 PM

I'm successfully keeping my streak of not watching any pre-game crap going for another year. I liked Phil Mushnick's comment in today's NYPost; that they've got these pre-game shows longer than the game itself but still have to obscure some of the early action because they never seem to find the time to announce the starting lineups until after the game has already started. I'd like to see some heavy rains at some point during the game, not so much for the game itself but to see some non-fans in expensive seats or some silly half-time acts get all soaked.

metirish Feb 04 2007 06:19 PM

Someone shoot Billy Joel now.....damn but that was brutal.

metirish Feb 04 2007 06:52 PM

This game is becoming a comedy of errors...

metirish Feb 04 2007 08:14 PM

Prince is some gutair player....

cooby Feb 04 2007 08:22 PM

Prince is great; I've always liked him. Daughter called just as he was stepping onstage, so I muted it. What did he sing?

seawolf17 Feb 04 2007 08:23 PM

Did Prince just sing a Foo Fighters song!?! Dude can wail. Sound was a little off, but I dug it.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 04 2007 08:35 PM

He started off with Let's Go Crazy. The Foo Fighers song was Best of You. He finished with Purple Rain. There were two or three other songs - I was paying half attention because I was playing Sorry with MK. But it was a good set.

seawolf17 Feb 04 2007 09:02 PM

Let the record show that the "Mr. Turkeyneck" FedEx Ground commercial had me laughing so hard I was crying.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 04 2007 09:14 PM

I'm always a sucker for the Bud Light ads. I loved the one with the axe murderer <g>

ScarletKnight41 Feb 04 2007 09:33 PM

From the Dave Barry Blog - ]UPDATE: They need to show Rex a picture of what color uniform his team has on.

metirish Feb 04 2007 10:00 PM

Well that was a bit of a damp squib....

metsmarathon Feb 04 2007 10:05 PM

i liked grand theft cola

seawolf17 Feb 04 2007 10:06 PM

Grand Theft Cola was a winner also. Congrats to Peyton and the Colts.

cooby Feb 04 2007 10:28 PM

The Bears didn't have the ball much, did they?

metirish Feb 04 2007 10:32 PM

cooby wrote: The Bears didn't have the ball much, did they? no they didn't,and as Simms pointed out when they did they couldn't run it....I feel bad for Grossman.....

cooby Feb 04 2007 10:36 PM

Not making excuses, but that rain had to affect the game. Though Peyton had to play in it too. The Colts played a good game, they deserved the win, no question about it. Tony Dungy's a good man, no way you can root against him. As for commercials, I don't remember any of the ones you folks mentioned above!

Nymr83 Feb 04 2007 10:41 PM

Grossman put the ball up for grabs too much. the bears suck. i hate football sometimes. edit: I'm Roberto Alomar, can i spit on people for the next 20 posts?

sharpie Feb 04 2007 10:44 PM

Other Prince songs were Proud Mary and All Along the Watchtower. IMO the best halftime show ever.

cooby Feb 04 2007 10:53 PM

That had to be good!

KC Feb 04 2007 10:56 PM

Prince didn't suck, I was shocked watching him play guitar like that. He got some jeers at the party I was at, but they were unwarranted ... good show.

patona314 Feb 04 2007 10:56 PM

it's over johnny... lets strap on the cleats and play some friggin baseball. the next two weeks are the worst. i'm pickiing n.c., florida, wisconsin and pittsburgh for the final 4.

DocTee Feb 04 2007 11:01 PM

Grossman lollipopped more than a coupla throws there-- my buddy said he "got under more balls than a midget hooker."

metirish Feb 05 2007 09:01 AM

I'm no expert but I would have thought Jeff Saturday could/should have been MVP......and at least two other guys before Manning.

TransMonk Feb 05 2007 11:25 AM

I can't remember a Super Bowl where the halftime show trumped both the game and the commercials. Prince just schooled anyone who has ever played a halftime show before. That's how it's done...great live guitar, great live vocals, in a driving rain no less. As for the ads: I'm still surprised at America's affinity for talking animals and animals that take on human qualities.

Edgy DC Feb 05 2007 12:01 PM

Prince is wonderful Prince is spectacular. But there's plenty to take issue with in such an act. Dealing with time limitations by forcing six songs into the space of two got Michael Jackson rightly criticized, and it's criticism Prince shouldn't be immune from after cutting from the intro straight to the climax on every song. Cutting straight to the climax is bad. And I know my wife will suport me. But seriously, folks, the cavorting twin sluts was pretty comical.

MFS62 Feb 05 2007 12:07 PM

I wonder what would have happened if the rain had shorted out his equipment (guitar, mic, amps). The artist formerly known as "the artist formerly known as Prince" did a great job considering the time limitation and weather he was operating under. Later