It’s that time again! The biggest American futbol game of the year!
Up tonight: Superb Owl 53:
AFC champs New England Patriots (record 11-5), led by QB Tom Brady:
Versus NFC champs Los Angeles Rams (record 13-3), led by QB Jared Goff:
Current score: Patriots 13 to Rams 3!
First quarter: Patriots start, Tom Brady gets intercepted! But Rams don’t make much progress. Ball is kicked away. Patriots get within far field goal range, miss! Rams still don’t make much progress. Patriots back on offense. Close but no cigar! NO score and the first quarter ends!
Second quarter: Patriots finally win a field goal! Rams up now. Nope, no score. Patriots have ball back! No score. Rams have the ball back! No score. Patriots have the ball! A VERY long final 2 minutes, and the first half is over, still 3-0! “Second lowest score in Superb Owl history”!
Half time: Seemed kind of lackluster to me, although I liked the light effects! Anyone else want to discuss the half time show or commercials?
Third quarter: Rams start. Go nowhere. Kick the ball to the Patriots. Fair catch. Edelman catches and runs 27 yards, longest play of the game on either side so far! But still could not score. Over to the Rams. No score. Over to the Patriots. Somebody move the ball please? Nope, back to the Rams. Finally! A field goal! Patriots back to moving the ball (we hope). Nope! End of third quarter!
Fourth quarter: Patriots have the ball. Go nowhere. Rams now have the ball. Go nowhere. Patriots have the ball. Finally! Touchdown!! And extra point! Rams have the ball, it’s very noisy! About 6.5 minutes left to go. Rams take it almost all the way to goal. And the Patriots intercept! Pats have the ball back. Two-minute warning! And a long field goal by the Pats! 1:13 left. They’re talking like the game’s over. Come on, Rams! Nope. Long field goal attempt. And the Rams miss! Ball back to the Patriots for one more snap (5 seconds left!). Of course nothing happens. It’s over. FINAL: Patriots 13, Rams 3.
It’s difficult keeping up with the game and commercials and this blog (not to mention eating adequate junk food for the occasion!), so please comment on anything I miss! I’ll update the diary as needed. Also, please feel free to comment about anything else if it gets boring! This is an open community thread.
NOTE: Please feel free to NOT watch the game and instead follow our summary of it here! We’ll lower their ratings!! ;-)