So what to do?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Ask myself: Is \u201cMy Team\u201d IN THE GAME? Does \u201cMy Team\u201d have a legitimate chance to win the game? IF the answer is yes, \u201cMy Team\u201d was in the game and yes \u201cMy Team\u201d had a legitimate chance to win the game, then if \u201cMy Team\u201d loses the game, that is going to be as good-as-it-gets for me!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n – – – – – – – –<\/span><\/p>\n Patti and I watched the game with Michael, our friend and ally here in Lake Havasu City. By text messaging, Gord and Tom watched it with us.<\/p>\n I “charted the game” so I could really “get into it”, so I would stay seated and stay focused. Often (usually) I am up and I am down during sporting games on T.V.<\/p>\n I DO NOT expect you to be able to read my notes. But you get the idea, I was INTO this game.<\/p>\n The First Half<\/p>\n The Second Half.<\/p>\n – – – – – – – –<\/span><\/p>\n SUPER BOWL FIFTY SEVEN (aka SUPER BOWL LVII)<\/p>\n The Kansas City Chiefs vs the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n I kind of, sort of, but it was not life-or-death, wanted the Philadelphia Eagles to win the game.<\/p>\n The First Half.<\/p>\n The Chiefs kicked off to the Eagles. The Eagles went down field and scored a touchdown. 7 – 0 Eagles “My Team”. The Eagles kicked off to the Chiefs. The Chiefs went down the field and scored a touchdown. 7 – 7 tie score. The 1st quarter ended. In the first minutes of the 2nd quarter the Eagles scored. 14 – 7. Then came a “turning point”<\/em><\/span> in the game. The Eagles quarterback fumbled the ball (almost handed it over to the Chiefs) and the Chiefs picked it up and scored. 14 – 14. Then the Eagles scored 21 – 14 and at the end of the 2nd quarter kicked a field goal.<\/p>\n Eagles 24 – 14 at halftime. This was “looking very good” to me. I took a 25 minute nap. Patti and Michael watched the halftime show.<\/p>\n The Second Half.<\/p>\n The Eagles kicked off to the Chiefs and BAM ! It was suddenly 24 – 21. The Eagles kicked a field goal 27 – 21 Eagles. Looking good at the end of the 3rd quarter.<\/p>\n Fourth and final quarter. The Chiefs scored a touchdown at the beginning of the quarter and for the first time in the game were ahead 27 – 28 Chiefs. BAM the Chiefs scored again. 27 – 35 Chiefs. With 5:15 left in the 4th quarter, the Eagles scored a touchdown. 33 – 35 Chiefs. Then the Eagles went for a 2 point conversion and successfully got it! 35 – 35 tie game.\u00a0<\/p>\n So here we were, nearing the end of the 4th quarter, and the score was tied. Sports Fans it doesn’t get much better than this. The game is tied 35 – 35. All “My Team” had to do was stop the Chiefs and then win the game with a last minute score.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Eagles failed to stop the Chiefs who kicked a field goal with 8 seconds remaining in the game.<\/p>\n Final Score : Kansas City Chiefs 38 – 35 Philadelphia Eagles.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Kansas City Chiefs deserved to win the game because they WON the game fair and square. Tom thought the Chiefs had some assistance from the referees!<\/p>\n – – – – – – – –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And, except for an outright win, it doesn’t get much better than this. “My Team” was IN the game, to the very end, and could have (maybe should have) won the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n Michael thanks for hosting us.<\/p>\n Gord and Tom thanks for texting with us.<\/p>\n Smiles ..<\/p>\n Cap and Patti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Party’s Over It’s Time To Call It A Day\u00a0 They’ve burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away Ah Yes Sports ! 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