If you don't know, I LOVE sports, but I looooooooooooooovvvvveeeeee me some NFL. There is something about that sport that literally gets my blood going and really excites me, that I don't get from other sports that I watch. Regardless of what team is playing, I can scream as if I am a fan of that team. But I digress, we are here to recap the Super Bowl, which by now has probably been dissected in several different ways, but you now get to hear from one of the best ;)
So, Saturday I posted my predictions regarding the Super Bowl-- Not to toot my own horn, but toot toot! I was on point with my predictions!
The recap.... In what could be considered the biggest blowout in this decade the Seattle Seahawks provided a butt whoopin' of the Denver Broncos beating them 43-8. WHAT?!
When I was thinking about this post I was trying to figure out if there would be any highlights to share about the Broncos. You know most often when you recap you are playing the top 5 plays of the game, and in this game those top 5 plays literally come from the Seahawks on all sides of the ball.
But let's start- THE GOOD:
When I wrote my post I predicted the following-
When you add it up, what the teams have to compensate for, lean more towards the Broncos having to do more work with their defense than the Seahawks having to improve in any specific areas.
And I was right. If you read further in my blog, I noted that the Seahawks have played with a different style than the traditional NFL. The entire season and these last two weeks, the conversations have been experience over youth. The Seahawks are a young team, with a young QB and Pete Carroll as their coach. They were not good enough to be the best in the west... blah blah blah. But it this non-traditional play that makes them a force to be reckoned with.
While I gave the Broncos areas of strength- Peyton Manning and his offensive options, I knew that the Broncos overall would have to compensate for more to even up the competition then the Seahawks would. Yes, the Broncos had the number one offense, but the Seahawks had a QB who can be their biggest strength and at times their biggest offensive weapon.
Furthermore, let's talk Defense. When you match Defense to Defense, you know Seattle has it. As much as I would have loved for Champ Bailey to get a ring, his defense is not enough to play the speed that is the Seahawks Offense. Sure as heck was not the case when they left more than 30 pts on the board (a few of those points came off of defensive plays).
Another Good- which should actually be called GREAT was Bruno Mars' performance.
People have been knocking Bruno as the halftime show since it was announced. But I stood strong in knowing that he would not disappoint. If you have not yet listened to Unorthodox Jukebox, you need to! That album is amazing and really straddles various genres and artists.
For me Bruno did not disappoint. What disappointed me was the little faith the rest of the Super Bowl fans and those who don't know Bruno had in him. I wasn't all too excited about the special guest appearance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, because it left doubt in my mind that the halftime show couldn't stand alone with Bruno alone. The performance though was seamless and the two artist/groups did amazing.
THE BAD:
Besides the game, what viewers tune in for are the commercials. And let's just say the commercials this year were lacking. I learned something however, this year. Apparently, the commercials that air in particular areas are based on marketing strategies. So for some reason, in DC at least- the Super Bowl Commercials were what I called #TheYearofTheCar! every commercial was about a car. I think the only "normal" commercial was the M&M commercial-- and can we talk about how Yellow M&M is not the same voice it has been for a while.
THE UGLY:
Unfortunately- all around Denver! The first snap that Peyton got and really the first play to start the game results in a Safety. 12 seconds in! and then it just went down hill from there. Where I disagree with commentary is that people put a lot on Peyton to control the pace of the game. The reality is that Seattle's Defense was just better at reading the ball, INT throughout the game. Pressure and not allowing many 3rd down conversions. The Broncos were not even able to get into field goal position for much of the game.
There came a point when I tweeted the following:
I know what happened... #Eli made a wish that HE was playing in the #SuperBowl#FreakyFriday #SportsGeek
What I had predicted in terms of the excitement of this game fell short--- "to say that this game is not going to be fun is an UNDERSTATEMENT! This game is going to take the cake, I hope, in all things Superbowl. "
This game was a dud. One team came to show up and even though I anticipated that the Broncos were going to lose, I didn't know they were going to lay down and die the way they did. For a large part of the game, I was getting frustrated EVERY time the Seahawks scored and I was rooting for them! There was even a point that the group I was watching the game with began fact checking the last time a Superbowl resulted in such a wide margin. Then we started fact checking if a Superbowl had ever ended with a team not scoring. There was a HUGE sigh of relief in my group when the Broncos finally put some points up. But by that point we knew the game was over and it wouldn't have made that much of a difference anyway.
Additionally, the Ugly consisted of commentary following one commercial that wasn't about Cars- Coke produced the following commercial
To "Well... I won't be drinking #coke anymore. We speak English in the #USA. Get over it."
Um, for anyone who watched this commercial and felt the sentiments above, you have misjudged and MISSED the point of the commercial. This commercial accurate depicts how beautiful America is because of it's diversity. I think it was a brilliant display and unfortunately instead of being celebrated, those of us who are marginalized or saw the value in the commercial are sadly reminded how ignorant many of us still really are.
So at the end of the day, how did Superbowl 48 match up? To be honest, completely uneventful. I will be happy when May gets here and a new season can begin, because the big Superbowl game for me was the NFC Championship. This "real" Superbowl left me wanting more...
That's all she wrote folks... While football season might be over, I am a sports fan in general so stick around and keep up with my posts.
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