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Cris Collinsworth Wore a Super Bowl Ring ... But He Never Won a Super Bowl

Posted Dec 24, 2007 3:46PM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Bengals, NFL Video, NFL Media Watch, Cincinnati

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The ultimate symbol of success for an NFL player is a Super Bowl ring -- the ring that signifies that the wearer was on a championship team. But players on the team that loses the Super Bowl usually get a conference championship ring, too. And last night on NBC, Keith Olbermann poked fun at Cris Collinsworth for wearing his conference championship "Super Bowl" ring after losing in Super Bowl XVI:

I have to say, Olbermann is right on that one. You don't go around referring to a piece of jewelry as a "Super Bowl ring" unless you got it for winning a Super Bowl. In fairness, it wasn't actually Collinsworth who referred to that ring as a Super Bowl ring. But I'm glad Jerome Bettis put Collinsworth in his place by showing him a real Super Bowl ring.

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Tags: Cris+Collinsworth, CrisCollinsworth, Jerome+Bettis, JeromeBettis, Keith+Olbermann, KeithOlbermann

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-24-2007 @ 5:39PM

carl said...

so they jumping on a guy for something he never said it was? What a guy cant be proud of getting there? why give it out then? Bettis better give his to those refs

12-24-2007 @ 5:38PM

Itza Minkman said...

Leave Scarecrow Colinsworth alone -- how would you feel if had to wear a shirt with the hanger still in it?

12-24-2007 @ 8:59PM

Dave said...

If your team makes as far as the conference championship, you have every right to be proud of that ring. Leave Chris alone.

12-24-2007 @ 9:54PM

Dave Berry said...

I remember Chris as being a tough skinny receiver

12-25-2007 @ 5:14AM

Jake said...

Leave it to a jerk like Olberman tostart some crap like that.Collingsworth has more class in hifanny than Olberman could come up with in a year.

12-26-2007 @ 10:06AM

Hollywood Ron said...

Keith Olbermann is a failure as a news commentator, so it's only right he mocks those who have actually been successful. How quickly he returned to sports when his news show tanked.