So I decided to cover the Super Bowl for my next blog, kind of. See, it seemed like I covered everything but the actual game. However, I won’t bore you with the details in live time. Instead, I will bore you with the notes that I took during the day until the game of the game. Ahhh…that’s better. This is the same article that appeared in The Retriever Weekly on 2/9/10. Read on and enjoy.
12:50 PM- Daybreak. It’s a morning tradition to roll over, look out the window, and say “It’s going to be a good day.” Sunday was different, however. This wasn’t just any Sunday, this was Super Bowl Sunday. Today marks one of the two best unofficial holidays known to man, the other being Free Pancake Day at IHOP. I calmly laid my head back down to reflect on the significance of Super Bowl Sunday.
1:06 PM- My reflection ended up turning into a 16 minute nap. Even on weekends, it’s hard to resist extra minutes of rest. Anyway, from training camp to the Championship games, a team works, bleeds and sweats their way through a season in order to reach this day, the pinnacle of the year for the football community. The Saints and the Colts have proven themselves worthy and now have a shot to preserve themselves in football immortality. This is the stuff that athletes live for.
2:30 PM- My four suitemates and myself are all attempting to plan the menu for the evening by thinking about what places are going to be delivering and if we will have a way to go into Arbutus to hit up Papa John’s or Dominos.
2:49 PM- The consensus is Pizza from Papa John’s because a big pizza for 10 dollars is too good to pass up. We have no idea who will show up to the place for the game but just in case we are the prime location for Super Bowl viewing, we might need a lot of food for this one. Estimated time of departure: about 4:30 PM.
3:30 PM- In preparation for the biggest game of the year, the gang and I decide to sit down and watch some pre-game coverage so that way we can get even more hype than we already are. Larry Fitzgerald is doing an on field demonstration and that brings back memories of last year. Last year’s Super Bowl will be hard to top, but I naturally have an optimistic view of what will happen this year. We also agreed that Pierre Garcon will indeed be putting on for Haiti. That makes for a great story.
5:02 PM- Roadtripping time. However, in order to get to the fun part, work has to get done first. Since the Super Bowl comes in the midst of a big snowstorm. We had to dig out my friend’s car in order to pick the pizzas up. This didn’t come easy for the six person workforce that was assembled though. When we couldn’t even figure out how the reach the car without stepping thigh deep into snow and ice, it figured to set the tone for the job that was ahead of us.
5:25 PM- Now we all know that UMBC has a reputation of being the school that is open in rain, shine, tornado, or any other natural force that finds a way to come towards the school. In order to make sure that school would all kinds of open on Monday. The snow plow came through and splashed the workforce with wet snow while we were working to unearth the car from under its snowy grave. Thankfully, a bulldozer came by and made our job really easy by pushing all the snow that was in back of the car a bit further down the circle to make getting out of the spot a bit easier. Road trip to get pizza begins…and so does the hype.
6:09 PM- A text message from UMBC tells me that school is closed tomorrow. While a part of me is distraught, I have a feeling that I will be ok.
7:04 PM- Obviously I skipped the kickoff. Sue me. However, this review wouldn’t be a Super Bowl journal without touching on the commercials. I must say that the T-Pain commercial was awesome. I wish Jim Nantz and Phil Simms would commentate the rest of the Super Bowl with autotune.
7:20 PM- There is always one guy who has to be the one who pulls for the other team. Sitting in a pro Saints room with about 12 people and 11 of them were pulling for the Saints. The lone Colt supporter made it clear which side he was on. It’s too bad because he got drowned out when the Saints did something positive. There was enough food for everyone and there was still a whole pizza uneaten. I must say that that makes for good hosting.
7:33 PM- A Drew Brees pass to Marques Colston has the Saints inside the 5 yard line and the room is loving it. This had me break into a Scrubs like daydream for about 10 seconds which made me think that football is a great way to build community. Some girls even came in and watched the entire game after openly admitting that they didn’t even like football. I found it to be a great way to bond with those around me. All that was imagined all that in about 10 seconds.
8:00 PM- Halftime begins and surprisingly, not one left. I will say this: I could care less about The Who because they aren’t exactly in my demographic. However, the lights were pretty. Halftime is a total buzz kill for those diehard football fans.
8:22 PM- The second half begins with an onside kick? Really? How screwed up is that? That’s the first time I’ve ever seen that though. I think that Mike Tomlin is kicking himself wherever he is right now because his idea worked a lot of better when someone else tried it.
8:28 to 8:38 PM- A Saints TD brought the room to euphoria. Ten minutes later, the Colts scored one more time to take the lead. The one Colts fan is the only one talking at that point.
8:56 PM- There is 15 minutes left until a champion is crowned. This game isn’t exactly the greatest game, but it’s still pretty good. I must say that I’m satisfied.
9:15 PM- Peyton and Eli Manning’s face of despair is amazing to see because I’m not a fan of either of them. I love to see the two of them lose and this is no exception. I’m loving this Super Bowl, because it has a better ending than the one three years ago that saw the Colts win the big game.
9:21 PM- Question- Why would a rooster lay eggs? I understand the point that Denny’s is trying to get across but roosters don’t lay eggs. Now that we realize that the chicken empire is safe, they need only worry about Chic-Fil-A and their endless supply of chicken. Nonetheless, recurring chicken commercials are funny to me. Denny’s takes the commercial title for this year for me.
9:24 PM- A pick six ends puts the game out of reach for Indy and Peyton has plenty of reason to be kicking himself until August. I’m happy because New Orleans seals their win and gets their first ever championship. As for Indy, I can’t exactly reprint what I think about them. Something about it being offensive. Oh well, that a wrap for a great day for New Orleans and myself.