Sunday, February 3, 2013

Super Bowl in Review


Earlier this evening the Super Bowl was played. It is one of the most watched events on television, both for the game, and the commercials. In my opinion the commercials this year were not nearly as good as they should have been, or have been in the past. They rarely made me laugh, and only one or two actually made me say, “Now that was a good commercial.” I was rather disappointed; I’d give the commercials an overall grade of a C-. Aside from the commercials, and power outage, I really enjoyed the Super Bowl.
Yes you read that right…a power outage. Shortly after halftime a little more than three fourths of the stadiums electricity went out. There was a 37 minute delay as we all waited for play to resume. The outage did nothing but help the San Francisco 49ers. The Ravens ran the opening kickoff after half back 109 yards for a touchdown. That gave the Ravens a 28-6 lead, and they showed no signs of letting up. This is when the lights went out. Killing almost all of the momentum Baltimore had. The 49ers came out of the delay and scored 17 to come within five points of the Ravens. The 49ers now had the momentum, and what looked like a potential blowout, has been made into a great game.
In the fourth quarter teams traded six points. Near the end of the quarter the 49ers were down by five inside the red zone. They threw a floater into the end zone…incomplete. It appeared the receiver was held, but there were no flags. All the Ravens had to do was get a first down and run out the clock. They failed to do so and were forced to punt. On the snap the punter ran around in the end zone killing ten seconds then stepped out to give the 49ers a safety. The Ravens now had to kick the ball away, up by three with two seconds left. The 49ers failed to run it back and so the AFC Champion Baltimore Ravens and older brother John Harbaugh will be bringing the Lombardi Trophy home to Baltimore. (WC 360)