The season we had just completed had a lot of highs and lows. Seattle wasn't supposed to do as well as they did and just and just squeaked into the playoffs. I was glad we made it to the playoffs just to throw off the rest of the NFC teams who also made it. We were one and done against the stupid 49ers but glad they lost to the Eagles later on. I didn't want to see a 49er or a Tampa Bay Superbowl. The Superbowl match up I wanted to see, the Bills and Eagles, instead we got the Chiefs and Eagles.
Ben and I decided we'd host the Superbowl again at our house, for the third time, even though our main TV stopped working and had to use Erika's German TV. We invited the same people, as usual, and Erika and Zac decided not to come, as usual. I decided to make pulled park sliders with various types of chips, Trish brought a fruit/veggie platter, and I also made some football dirt cups. Josh brought some sort of beer sliders and Mom made some of her sugar cookies. It was quite the spread of food.
I had to go to the party store to get football table covers since that is the only places that has them. I couldn't seem to find them at any other store which sucked. I hated driving over to the west side. I had all of my decorations and food. Ben and I spent some time rearranging the house, vacuuming and getting things ready to go.
I also had a fun idea that we were going to try with this group of people. Each year after I joined UR at work, we've been doing Superbowl shape up and you earn squares to a grid. You fill in the squares and before the game you choose numbers 0-9 and fill them in on the top and bottom and then fill in your teams. Typically, this is a gambling game but at work we earn squares (I won in 2018), and I didn't want people to bring money, so we just drew them out of a hat and filled them in. Whoever won each quarter won a football related prize. It was pretty straightforward but knew I had to explain it to everyone once the game started. Of course, Ed made it a big deal and wouldn't shut up about it. He kinda ruined it for everyone.
Everyone arrived around 2:30 and we all ate, talked about Fantasy Football, hung out and watched some of the commercials. Several people got up a couple times to grab more food or drinks. I was hoping the game would be a good game. I am still disappointed the Bills weren't in it. Instead, we had to watch Patrick Mahomes limp around and Jalen Hurts possibly reinjuring his throwing shoulder. The silver lining to all of it was that didn't matter who won because a WSU Cougar got a Superbowl ring out of it.
I pulled for the Eagles because they were part of the NFC and I wanted Gardner Minshew to get a Superbowl ring. Plus, it's been a while since the Eagles won. I think everyone was kinda over the Chiefs and Mahomes but both teams featured a Kelce brother, so the media made a big story out of that and their mom. I just wanted it to be a good game without any weird stuff. I know the NFL still doesn't know what a catch is but it's the Superbowl...come on!
It started out pretty even keel in Phoenix, Arizona when the first quarter came to an end 7-7. There was more defense played rather than the exciting offense. The fans wanted to see a quarterback battle and we weren't getting one. I did realize that it was the first quarter, and everyone had to get settled in.
In the second quarter the Eagles took a 14-7 lead with a 45-yard touchdown pass from Hurts to AJ Brown. That got the crowd going because that's what people came to see. We were hoping Philly's defense would hold up and not allow the Chiefs to score on their next drive. They held them but, on the Eagle's next drive, the ball was fumbled, and Kansas City capitalized on the mistake tying the game at 14. Ughh. The Eagles were able to take a 21-14 lead, Mahomes hurt his high ankle sprain and was not able to do anything and the Eagles were able to take a 10-point lead into halftime with a field goal. We were all hoping that the Chiefs would have to put int their backup quarterback because it wasn't looking good for Mahomes.
The halftime entertainment was Rhianna and no one in the house was into her music so it wasn't all that exciting for us. In fact, we thought it was a dud of a halftime performance and someone else could have been chosen. The last few halftime performances have been kinda crappy in my eyes. Bring back the rock and roll music!
The third quarter opened up with a Kansas City touchdown, from the gimpy Mahomes, which closed that 10-point gap down to three. We all didn't think he'd be back in the game but with a bunch of tape, probably some pain injections and some adrenaline, he was out there relying on his team to make plays for him. I wish the Eagles defense played better. There were several times they had them on third and long and then let them get the yardage they needed to keep going. So frustrating. The Eagles got a good run going but was promptly stopped, but managed to get three points out of it, keeping a six-point lead at the end of the third.
This was getting too close for comfort. The fourth quarter opened up with another Chief's touchdown. The Eagles were letting Kansas City's offense do whatever they wanted and now lead the game for the first time 28-27. Philly was forced into a three and out and made a bad decision on the punt. It was returned to the 5-yard line by the Chief's special teams. It looked like the Eagles were falling apart. Of course, they scored on the next play with a short touchdown pass and an extra point conversion. They now led the Eagles 35-27.
Hurts led his team down the field and scored a quick touchdown followed by a 2-point conversion which tied up the game at 35 all. This was shaping up to be an exciting end to the game...at least we were hoping for some excitement. Sadly, the game ended on a controversial holding call which gave the Chiefs an opportunity to win the game with a field goal. Superbowl's should never end on a controversial call. Final score was 35-38. Not the worst Superbowl but another disappointing one.
Everyone waited patiently for me to circle our winners on the grid. The winner of the first quarter was Dad (7-7), the second quarter was Amy (4-4), the third quarter was Josh (1-7) and with the correct final score in the 4th was Mom (8-5). Now that I have played this game with my family, I will try and have better prizes next year. I sent some leftovers home with everyone, people picked up their stuff and thanked us for a lovely evening. I also promised everyone we'd have a better TV next time too.
Ben and I put the tables, the food and chairs away, I vacuumed really quick and then spent the next few hours finishing up laundry, chilling and getting ready for the upcoming work week.
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