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Now that the commercials are over, trophy is raised and the confetti is dropped, the realization sets in. Football season has come…and gone. But boy, did we go out with a bang!
Super Bowl XLIX will go in the books as one of the greatest ever. So the AGSH team has put our heads together to give you a rundown of we remember most about this classic.
Sonja Greenfield
There were a few memorable moments during the Super Bowl:
1. Kerse’s Catch. Almost another catch to ruin Brady’s Super Bowl.
2. Matthews coming from a Foot Locker to almost being Super Bowl MVP. That was the type of story that Seattle Fans and the media were just ready to embrace! But I think they’ve already embraced the man!
3. The outrage of Seattle Fans who want Bevell fired. Yes, I understand that you should have given the ball to Lynch. However, to be fired? I don’t know….Just seemed a bit much. But I understand, emotions run high.
4. The last one, was Tom Brady jumping up and down like an 8 year old on Christmas Morning. From watching him at Michigan Stadium, to watching him win ring #4, that’s great!!!
Congrats To The New England Patriots on the great win!!!
Matt Sprayberry
The thing that I will remember the most about Super Bowl 49 is how the Seahawks straight up gave it away. It’s really lousy when one of the best Super Bowls I’ve ever seen is decided by a stupid play call by Pete Carroll. There is no reason why you don’t hand the ball off again to Marshawn Lynch. Did Carrlol not realize that Belichick had not called a timeout and had basically given up!? Baffling call.
Greg Greenfield
Like everyone else I’ll always remember the curious play call that ended Seattle’s shot at a repeat, but that won’t be the only thing I’ll remember. Seattle’s clock management on the final drive was the real game ending mistake. The two burned timeouts on the last drive prevented the Seahawks from stopping the clock after the turnover on the Patriots 1 yard line. The first one came after an incomplete pass, no excuse to not be able to get the play in on time in that situation. The second was after Kearse’s ridiculous catch inside the 5. After a long completion you have to be ready to get to the line. With all three timeouts the Seahawks still have a shot even after the turnover. Small things like that are usually what separates winning and losing in big games.
Brittany Bonner
Now that it is all over I remember most the terrible call to make a short pass that turned into an interception that lost the Super Bowl. I want to remember the great catch that defied logic and would have been “game winning”, but no, I remember most that the Seahawks lost in a way that baffled. The last seconds of the game were an embarrassment; from the interception to the fight that followed…I’m still shaking my head.
Keith Harkins
As far as Super Bowls go, this was pretty entertaining. Granted, ANYTHING would have beaten last years boring pounding of Denver at the hands of Seattle. But this year had a bit of everything. The game came down to the very end with the obviously questionable call to throw a quick slant with 20 seconds left in the game instead of handing the ball off to one of the most unstoppable running backs in the game. Pete Carroll’s logic for the call made sense. I don’t agree with it but it made sense. And if the pass is a foot to Russell Wilson’s right, it’s caught for a touchdown and not nearly as many people question it. And for those of you saying Pete should be fired, shut up. It’s a great idea to fire a coach who went to the Super Bowl two years in a row, nearly winning both and who has done nothing but win since he got to Seattle. Just calm down, people. Then the “brawl” at the end just kind of put a sour note on a really good game.
We also had the ultra creepy nationwide commercial with ghost kid that will be the subject to many a meme and twitter joke (already has, actually). Then there was the halftime show. Katy Perry came in riding a giant lion/tiger Power Ranger Zord while wearing Will Ferrell’s outfit from Blades of Glory. Or maybe it was a giant bag of spicy Cheetos. I’m not sure. Then she jumped into some sort of weird beach scene with land sharks (calm down, Ole Miss fans), depressed alive beach balls and dancing trees. Everyone checked their drinks to make sure that they were, in fact, not spiked or that they had mistakenly done LSD. It all wraps up with surprise (not so surprise) visits from Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott and The More You Know star. It all reminded me of the weird opening Olympic ceremonies from Beijing and Sochi. It was a good halftime show but I’m personally hoping for a Prince/Lenny Kravitz tag team half time show.
Veair Green
I will never forget the motivational Microsoft commercial. It showed 5- year old Braylon O’Neill, who has prosthetic legs, playing sports and enjoying life like a normal kid. Very touching.
But let’s get to the brass tax. As my counterparts stated, everyone will remember that last Seattle play when Malcolm Butler picked off Russell Wilson’s slant pass to Ricardo Lockette. But the part I will remember the most is an undrafted rookie from the state of Mississippi coming through in the clutch. Way to represent!
