Remember in Angels in the Outfield how we learned God can’t help decide championships? Well the Cardinals put all their eggs in the God basket. When, as Christopher Lloyd so aptly pointed out, championships have to be won on their own. This is why they lost. Of course, if Cardinals fans had simultaneously performed an awkward angel arm-waving motion, that might have helped too.
Seriously, though, the Super Bowl was actually entertaining. How bout that? Always fun to choke on your own words...
Quite frankly I'm very pleased the game proved me wrong. I didn't expect it, but I hoped for a good game. As far as fourth quarters go, you’ll be hard pressed to find one more interesting; although, I’m no
t going to toot the “best Super Bowl ever” horn quite yet.
We should have known we were in for a good fourth quarter, though. I mean, after the awful batch of commercials, and three quarters of garbage football, we had to get some entertainment out of the night.
Through three quarters it appeared the game would, in fact, be a dud. The highlights to that point were seeing James Harrison possibly unconscious after sprinting 100 yards, watching a koala bear get punched in the face, and constant “penetration” jokes spurred by John Madden’s lack of a vocabulary. Needless to say, things were looking grim.
By this point, the Cardinal’s bandwagon was officially empty.
The fourth quarter, however, changed everything. It gave us everything we could hope for as a sports fan: a thrilling comeback by the underdog, several big plays, and a last minute drive to win the game. I will say, though, I feel a little cheated we didn't get the last ditch Hail Mary from the Cardinals. I mean you have to at least take a second look at Warner’s fumble, right?
As someone that had no vested interest in either team, the fourth quarter turned out about as well as possible. Even if the Steelers were unable to score on their final drive, the ending would have made up for the rest of the game. Fitzgerald’s two touchdown catches will mostly be forgotten now, but those two plays were amazing at the time.
The Cardinals comeback was more than anyone could have asked for. And, after spending two weeks berating the two teams and spouting off how about how boring this Super Bowl would be, I must hang my head in shame.
The only thing missing was a stadium full of awkward angel arm waving.
Seriously, though, the Super Bowl was actually entertaining. How bout that? Always fun to choke on your own words...
Quite frankly I'm very pleased the game proved me wrong. I didn't expect it, but I hoped for a good game. As far as fourth quarters go, you’ll be hard pressed to find one more interesting; although, I’m no
t going to toot the “best Super Bowl ever” horn quite yet.We should have known we were in for a good fourth quarter, though. I mean, after the awful batch of commercials, and three quarters of garbage football, we had to get some entertainment out of the night.
Through three quarters it appeared the game would, in fact, be a dud. The highlights to that point were seeing James Harrison possibly unconscious after sprinting 100 yards, watching a koala bear get punched in the face, and constant “penetration” jokes spurred by John Madden’s lack of a vocabulary. Needless to say, things were looking grim.
By this point, the Cardinal’s bandwagon was officially empty.
The fourth quarter, however, changed everything. It gave us everything we could hope for as a sports fan: a thrilling comeback by the underdog, several big plays, and a last minute drive to win the game. I will say, though, I feel a little cheated we didn't get the last ditch Hail Mary from the Cardinals. I mean you have to at least take a second look at Warner’s fumble, right?
As someone that had no vested interest in either team, the fourth quarter turned out about as well as possible. Even if the Steelers were unable to score on their final drive, the ending would have made up for the rest of the game. Fitzgerald’s two touchdown catches will mostly be forgotten now, but those two plays were amazing at the time.
The Cardinals comeback was more than anyone could have asked for. And, after spending two weeks berating the two teams and spouting off how about how boring this Super Bowl would be, I must hang my head in shame.
The only thing missing was a stadium full of awkward angel arm waving.
-Juice
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