MVP Manning steps up to win elusive Super Bowl for Indy
Dan Ketchel
Issue date: 2/5/07 Section: News
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The American tradition of watching the Super Bowl is more than just a football game, more than the start-studded after parties and more (but not by much) than the commercials. My version of the "highlights" will most certainly not be the same ones you see of the game on SportsCenter, but they definitely aim to please.
2:30 PM - The Pepsi pre-game show begins on CBS. This means four hours of overdone analysis by supposed football experts. Not to mention, Pepsi has paid CBS to utter their company's name every time they go in and out of commercial for four hours. I bet they're really going to feel the effects of that advertising tactic.
6:00 PM - I tear myself away from the MSJ to run home. Festivities have begun at my house where I enjoy the first of many root beers (I'm almost 21), plenty of pizza, baked salami, and a variety of homemade goodies.
6:30 PM - Billy Joel sings the national anthem. He looks sober, which makes him less of a man in my book. I get another beverage and hope that he gets a few cocktails to warm up. After all, he is the piano man.
6:42 PM - Devin Hester runs back the opening kickoff for a touchdown for the first time in Super Bowl history. I acknowledge that history has been made before my eyes; I then refill my foamy beverage in the hopes that Indianapolis will bounce back quickly.
6:58 PM - Reggie Wayne is wide open for a 53-yard pass. He scores to put Indianapolis within one. A botched snap makes Vinatieri miss the point after. This mistake is made possible by the weather in Miami, where it is raining pretty hard and the wind looks horrendous. First reason why Detroit is a better Super Bowl city than Miami: Ford Field is indoors.
7:11 PM - My drinking has hit a plateau. I can no longer chug but I am still able to hypothesize that Chicago will not score an offensive touchdown this game. Peyton fumbles the football, the Bears get a long running play, and Sexy Rexy throws a 6-yard touchdown pass to quickly kill my theory. 14-6 Bears.
2:30 PM - The Pepsi pre-game show begins on CBS. This means four hours of overdone analysis by supposed football experts. Not to mention, Pepsi has paid CBS to utter their company's name every time they go in and out of commercial for four hours. I bet they're really going to feel the effects of that advertising tactic.
6:00 PM - I tear myself away from the MSJ to run home. Festivities have begun at my house where I enjoy the first of many root beers (I'm almost 21), plenty of pizza, baked salami, and a variety of homemade goodies.
6:30 PM - Billy Joel sings the national anthem. He looks sober, which makes him less of a man in my book. I get another beverage and hope that he gets a few cocktails to warm up. After all, he is the piano man.
6:42 PM - Devin Hester runs back the opening kickoff for a touchdown for the first time in Super Bowl history. I acknowledge that history has been made before my eyes; I then refill my foamy beverage in the hopes that Indianapolis will bounce back quickly.
6:58 PM - Reggie Wayne is wide open for a 53-yard pass. He scores to put Indianapolis within one. A botched snap makes Vinatieri miss the point after. This mistake is made possible by the weather in Miami, where it is raining pretty hard and the wind looks horrendous. First reason why Detroit is a better Super Bowl city than Miami: Ford Field is indoors.
7:11 PM - My drinking has hit a plateau. I can no longer chug but I am still able to hypothesize that Chicago will not score an offensive touchdown this game. Peyton fumbles the football, the Bears get a long running play, and Sexy Rexy throws a 6-yard touchdown pass to quickly kill my theory. 14-6 Bears.
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Andrew
posted 2/08/07 @ 6:34 PM EST
This article disheartened me quite a bit, not because of the rampant drinking chronicled (we are all adults here, more or less) or the relatively dull recap of the game. (Continued…)
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