Forget 40B or Austin Street. What’s your prediction for Sunday’s Super Bowl game? Winner gets, well, Village 14 bragging rights.
Don’t know anything about football? Some say lack of knowledge has never been a requirement here. Just guess and know that sticking to multiples of seven and three often helps.
Hawks 27 – Pats – 20
2 field goals for each team.
Patriots 34 — Seahawks 30
Patriots 21 – Seahawks 17
No clue. I’ll find out when Downton Abbey is over, I guess. Or maybe peek at Twitter.
Julia, I can believe you’re so blase about the Super Bowl. From everything I’ve heard it’s a really big deal that New England made it to the bowling championship this year.
It should be noted that over 600 million viewers were projected to watch the Premier League Chelsea Vs. Man City today, while only 115 mill are projected to tomorrow. Pretty crazy considering the Premier League game was a just a normal regular season game.
*to watch the Superbowl tomorrow
My family will be watching, but I won’t. I’ll be thinking of Mosi Tatupu, Junior Seau, Mike Webster…
WHAT I SEE IN MY CRYSTAL SUPER BOWL!
An oblate spheroid, tossed and run, gets Pats a count of six.
Then they kick it in the end zone, this time between the sticks.
Another score, a touchdown, with extra point just in,
So Quarter 1 will just be done and looks like Pats will win.
In Quarter 2, Pats lose 1st down and Hawks fly down the field
to make a touchdown (extra point), the battle now is sealed.
Fourteen-seven in the heat, that spheroid, once oblate,
Begins to lose turgidity and slowly to deflate.
The score is 14-7 still, when half-time show is done,
But footballs, now reflated, are tossed and caught and run.
In Quarter 3 we gasp to see a train add to the count
As Brady fakes and passes to the Locomotive Blount.
First 3, then 4, and field goal kick that almost doesn’t make,
Brings 31-7. But the Pats begin to break.
The Seahawks intercept the ball, run 60 yards to score,
Then kick the extra point, for 31 to ten plus four!
Oh, Quarter 3, is misery to Patriotic Fans
As they watch the ball return to fall in Seahawks’ taloned hands.
The Pats still have their 31, but Hawks have 28.
A field goal’s worth is all that keeps our team from losing face!
We reach for snacks and stretch our backs and quarterback the day.
When Belichick astounds us all with one more unknown play
He just re-read the playbook. Pats play what he has read:
“An eligible receiver can bounce pigskin off his head.”
It’s called complete, when Edelman deflects it with a bonk
And watches as it’s carried by defensive end: Go Gronk!
It’s 38-28. The kick is good once more.
For Super Bowl X-L-IX, that is the final score!
Pats 16-7
27-23 Pats
@sallee – with such a detailed play-by-play I guess I don’t have to bother watching the game now.
Patriots 28 – Seahawks 10.
@Jerry: didn’t mean to spoil it for you, but Greg asked!
I predict multiple snarky text messages from my brother in Schenectady about Brady and Bellicheck.
I will respond effectively by reminding my brother that he lives in Schenectady.
28-24 Pats
I’ll be grocery shopping. Absolutely the best time all year to go to the store – it’s empty, the employees are bored and happy to see someone. It’s become my annual ritual.
That may usually be true @mgwa but judging by the pre-Super Bowl/snow storm crowd at Wegmans today, there may not be anything left by tonight.
While you’re all waiting for the kickoff – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feuNeJewzDo&t=1m1s
@Greg – I’ll just have to risk it. Fortunately, I’m not looking for party foods 🙂
Today everybody seemed to be buying chips and salsa for tonight and eggs, bread and milk for tomorrow’s French toast.
Coveia and Team Ruff in the Puppy Bowl!!
We helped her rescue, Operation Education (http://www.opedanimalrescue.com/), get off the ground. Daughter of a feral mom, great dog, wonderful adopters!
And the Patriots in the SuperBowl, too.
At end of 1st quarter, Sallee’s play-by-play is right on the money.
Hope you all are having fun. I’m happily listening to Ron Della Chiesa’s Strictly Sinatra while I wait for Downton Abbey.
I care a lot about who wins elections, so it’s very restful not to really care about who wins sporting contests! Although I hope the Pats win since it will make people I know happy. 🙂
Congratulations Gail for predicting the exact score!!!!!
Go Girl Gail!
Gail Spector….clearly the smartest person in the (virtual) room. Wonder who came second closest?
Yay Gail!
I hope your Bookie doesnt skip town.
I can’t wait to predict the results for the next municipal election!
Wow, Gail (and Greg was close). My prediction was 27-20, so not nearly as impressive (and would have lost the O/U for you degenerate gamblers out there). What a game.
THE BUTLER DID IT!!!!!!! What a game!