A Super Super Bowl
I watched the game at the West Dade Moose Lodge. Hot Dogs, brats, meatballs, and lots of other bar foods. The crowd was good and most everybody wanted Atlanta to beat the New England Patriots. Another Miami benefit was being able to sit outside close to a keg that would be paid for from the proceeds of the usual 50/50 raffle which accompanied most large lodge events.
Atlanta started out strong, New England has no running game and Brady threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown.
As the scores changed the names of the folks who were alive in the $1, $2, and $5 pools where you could by a square and hope the score at the end of each quarter would land on your numbers and there would be an envelope with your name on it at the end of the game.
At the half the Falcons lead 21-3. It was really their game to lose. I figured the Pats would rally and make a game of it but they would run out of time. I started wondering about "One beer Al" and his over/under bet on the total number of points scored in the game. He hoped it would be less that 59 points.
The commercials throughout the game were not very memorable but I tried to pay attention. I thought Lady Gaga started out slow trying to channel Kate Smith and Woodie Guthrie, but her its were high energy toe tappers for a different generation. As I age I'm almost ready to admit that youth is better off being served rather than thinking they should sit down and shut up.
The 2nd half was all New England. Brady was on fire and his no name receivers caught the un-catchable. Atlanta could only muster seven points and really missed their opportunity to ice the game when they did not try a field goal when the opportunity presented itself. The Pats even got a two point conversion to tie the game. The fifty first Super Bowl would go into overtime tied 28-28.
Who would have ever bet that the game was decided by a coin flip that New England would win, to start overtime while the high scoring Atlanta offense would sit on the sidelines for a chance to win that never happened.
Final score 34-28 and I must admit that Tom Brady is the best quarterback in fifty one years of Super Bowls.
Atlanta started out strong, New England has no running game and Brady threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown.
As the scores changed the names of the folks who were alive in the $1, $2, and $5 pools where you could by a square and hope the score at the end of each quarter would land on your numbers and there would be an envelope with your name on it at the end of the game.
At the half the Falcons lead 21-3. It was really their game to lose. I figured the Pats would rally and make a game of it but they would run out of time. I started wondering about "One beer Al" and his over/under bet on the total number of points scored in the game. He hoped it would be less that 59 points.
The commercials throughout the game were not very memorable but I tried to pay attention. I thought Lady Gaga started out slow trying to channel Kate Smith and Woodie Guthrie, but her its were high energy toe tappers for a different generation. As I age I'm almost ready to admit that youth is better off being served rather than thinking they should sit down and shut up.
The 2nd half was all New England. Brady was on fire and his no name receivers caught the un-catchable. Atlanta could only muster seven points and really missed their opportunity to ice the game when they did not try a field goal when the opportunity presented itself. The Pats even got a two point conversion to tie the game. The fifty first Super Bowl would go into overtime tied 28-28.
Who would have ever bet that the game was decided by a coin flip that New England would win, to start overtime while the high scoring Atlanta offense would sit on the sidelines for a chance to win that never happened.
Final score 34-28 and I must admit that Tom Brady is the best quarterback in fifty one years of Super Bowls.
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