Fishing from my stream of consciousness:

*Sports Take: Not many people took us up on our offer to predict the final score of today’s Super Bowl between Indianapolis and New Orleans.

This was a far cry from the requests for opinions on Brett Favre or great high school basketball players.

Bryan, via e-mail, is backing the Colts.

“I think the Colts will win even if Freeney will play or not,” Bryan wrote. “They have Raheem Brock as a good backup and the Colts defense will still pressure (New Orleans quarterback Drew) Brees and the Saints and he will make mistakes. (Colts quarterback) Peyton (Manning) has been there before and I think experience will triumph over the team that should not have beaten the Vikings.”

Facebook friends John, Thomas and Patrick agree with Bryan while Karl has the Saints winning, 35-24.

Connections

Both Super Bowl rosters are dotted with players with some connection to Kenosha.

A sampling:

*Colts’ coach Jim Caldwell has ties to this town as both a player and a coach as previously reported in this column. As a player at Beloit High School, Caldwell victimized Tremper and Bradford in his senior season of 1972. On Sept. 16 in Kenosha, Caldwell scored on a 9-yard run in Beloit’s 21-13 win. Two weeks later, Caldwell reached the end zone on a 30-yard interception return in Beloit’s 31-0 home win over Bradford. Caldwell’s third stop in his journey to his current job was a one-year stop in 1981 at Northwestern, where Tremper graduate Marc Hujik was a running back.

*Speaking of Northwestern, Colts defensive lineman Jon Gill, Saints tackle Zach Strief and Saints assistant coaches Bret Ingalls and Aaron Kroemer all toiled at “Camp Kenosha” at UW-Parkside between 2000-2004. UW-P has been the home of NU’s preseason training camp since 1992.

*Banquets and fundraisers brought Saints safety Darren Sharper and Colts’ backup quarterback Jim Sorgi to Kenosha. On Sept. 7, 2004, Sharper took part in the Mary Lou Mahone Foundation fundraiser at Bristol Oaks.

Four years later, Sorgi was a guest at Holy Rosary Sports Night after he had completed his career at Wisconsin.

*Saints defensive back Usama Young was a defensive back when St. Joseph graduate Adrian Davis had his best game for Northern Illinois.

On Oct. 22, 2005, Davis victimized Young and host Kent State for 252 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Young, a freshman at the time, was credited with two tackles but none on Davis.

Want to see more? Check out our Web site after the game on Sunday.

Contact David Marran at dmarran@kenoshanews.com.