Super Bowl XLIX: gambling god, part two

No Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V on this because I called the ending of the Super Bowl almost completely wrong two weeks ago - I had the Seahawks falling behind and then coming back instead of the Patriots - but I did call a final score of 27-24, New England, so I'll take the outright, the cover and the ever-elusive over for a very successful 3-0 gambling night that does nothing to alleviate the disgusting result. Off by a point! I have no idea where that came from.

As for Tom Brady's third Super Bowl MVP, I guess his numbers snuck up on me, because I wasn't impressed all that much with him, especially because of the two ugly INTs. But, 74% passes completed, 4 TDs, over 300 yards, hard to deny. I voted for Julian Edelman, 9-109 with the game winning pushoff touchdown. And congratulations to Danny Amendola for his TD catch.

Darrell Bevell's going to be roasted in Seattle forever for calling the slant at the goal line. Well, he didn't botch it any worse than I would have; I was looking for New England to let Seattle score on purpose so they could get the ball back with plenty of time. Well, that's why Belichick has the rings (plus, he cheats) and why I'm a microblogger for a team whose owner doesn't want to stay around any longer than he has to. The NFL can stop kicking me in the balls any time it wants to, btw.

Anyway, where was I. Oh, yeah. Russell Wilson's throw on that play didn't look all that great, though it may have looked that way to me because Malcolm Butler jumped it so well. Butler had a case for MVP, because he prevented a game-winning TD twice. There was the Mike Jones-esque goal line play to save it, and he made the hidden play of the game a couple of plays earlier. That was the long ball that bounced off Jermaine Kearse half a dozen times for the catch that really had you thinking the Patriots were destined to lose. But when Kearse realized he could still get up and run, Butler stuck with the play and downed him at the 5. 75% of the DB's in the league (100% of Rams DBs) would have thought the play over and inadvertently let Kearse score.

It's pretty amazing Seattle got so far with a receiver corps as bad as they have. When your best WR is the guy you had to get to quit his job at the Foot Locker, it's time to think about signing and drafting Wilson some decent targets.

At the end of the game, that was totally a false start by the New England center when they called Michael Bennett offside. Richie Incognito used to get called for a whole lot less than that massive head bob Stork made without snapping the ball.

Oh, well, as Belichick would say, we're on to the offseason.

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