{"id":196,"date":"2007-02-05T01:55:08","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T08:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/redemption-for-the-indianapolis-colts-at-super-bowl-xli\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T22:32:08","slug":"redemption-for-the-indianapolis-colts-at-super-bowl-xli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/redemption-for-the-indianapolis-colts-at-super-bowl-xli\/","title":{"rendered":"Redemption for the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy make it to the big game and come away big winners! Congratulations to the entire Colts team and the wonderful city of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img alt=\"Colts Win Super Bowl 41\" hspace=\"7\" src=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Colts_Win_Super_Bowl_41.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having grown up in India my sports roots are in <a href=https:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/cricket\/other_international\/india\/default.stm\">Cricket<\/a> and <a href=https:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/default.stm\">Soccer<\/a>. But I have grown to love American Football in my years of living here in the US (probably has something to do with going to <a href=https:\/\/www.osu.edu\/\">Ohio State<\/a> for <a href=https:\/\/fisher.osu.edu\/\">MBA school<\/a> and OSU having such a strong college football team).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My MBA internship was at Delco (General Motors) in <a href=https:\/\/www.cityofkokomo.org\/\">Kokomo<\/a>, Indiana and since then I have followed the <a href=https:\/\/www.colts.com\/\">Colts<\/a> and like the rest of their fans have grown used to hopes raising through the regular season only to be bitterly dashed during the NFL playoffs. Not this year!<\/p>\n<p>I am happy for Peyton and his coach, without a doubt two of the most deserving winners. It was truly team work that triumphed with every part of the team delivering the goods when push came to shove (not just today but through the playoffs as well).<\/p>\n<p>I&nbsp;want to touch on one aspect of all this. If nothing else Indy&rsquo;s win today proves that you can be nice and win. There is no humbler person than Coach Dungy, he does not bark, he does not scowl, he does not swear at the officials, he is not aggressive. He is calm, he is focussed, he inspires his team, he is very competitive, he wants to win. <\/p>\n<p>Nice guys can win, being nice and competitive can work together, <i>life is not a zero sum game<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p><center><b>_________________________________________________________ <\/b><\/center><br \/>\n<P><strong>PS:<\/strong> This is a <strong>web analytics blog<\/strong> and this is a rare off-topic post. <\/p>\n<p>But if you are visiting for web analytics content, here are the top five posts on this blog in the last eight months of its existence (measured simply by number of <em>page views<\/em>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<p># 1: <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2006\/10\/seven-steps-to-creating-a-data-driven-decision-making-culture.html\">Seven Steps to Creating a Data Driven Decision Making Culture<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p># 2: <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2006\/05\/the-10-90-rule-for-magnificient-web-analytics-success.html\">The 10 \/ 90 Rule for Magnificent Web Analytics Success<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p># 3: <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2006\/09\/how-to-choose-a-web-analytics-tool-a-radical-alternative.html\">How to Choose a Web Analytics Tool: A Radical Alternative<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p># 4: <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2006\/06\/top-ten-signs-you-are-a-great-analyst.html\">Top Ten: Signs You Are A Great Analyst<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p># 5: <a href=https:\/\/www.kaushik.net\/avinash\/2006\/06\/data-quality-sucks-lets-just-get-over-it.html\">Data Quality Sucks, Let&rsquo;s Just Get Over It<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always please share your feedback via comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy make it to the big game and come away big winners! 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