Dungy Puts His Faith Above His Race

Rush Limbaugh had some interesting things to say about the coaches of Superbowl LXI. I suspect this is stuff that won't be mentioned anywhere else. When I did a Google search of the words superbowl, 2007, coaches, christian the first 10 returns were Christian sites; interesting that not a single mainstream media outlet's reporting made it in that short list ("what media bias?").

Dungy Puts His Faith Above His Race

Last night, in front of the world, when handed the Vince Lombardi Trophy, Tony Dungy, the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, offered one of the most important and inspiring statements ever made in such a context. Think about it. Listen to this. It was unique.

DUNGY: I'll tell you what. I'm proud to be representing African-American coaches, to be the first African-American to win this. That means an awful lot to our country. But again, more than anything -- I said it before -- Lovie Smith and I are not only the first two African-Americans, but Christian coaches showing that you can win and doing it the Lord's way. We're more proud of that.

RUSH: "More proud of that." One of the things I said last week: this Super Bowl had a lot of firsts in it. The first two black coaches and so forth, yes, but the first two confessing, witnessing Christians who were good friends in the Super Bowl. Dungy said he was proud to be a Christian coach, mentioning the strong faith of not only himself, but Lovie Smith, the coach of the Bears. They won the way the Lord asked them to. These remarks were, I think, the mark of a true person of faith, because for such people their religious identity transcends their race or their politics or their gender, every other distinguishing feature. It's clear from the way that Dungy lives his life and the kind of person he is that his distinguishing feature is indeed that he's a Christian . . .