{"id":183,"date":"2008-02-04T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2008\/02\/04\/superbowl-in-beijing\/"},"modified":"2008-02-04T23:41:50","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T07:41:50","slug":"superbowl-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2008\/02\/superbowl-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbowl in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a game! SuperBowls historically are boring. Guacamole, tortilla chips, pizzas, and, of course, lots of beers kept us in the game. SuperBowl party is as much as an excuse to ignore all social or dietary rules as a serious sport event.<\/p>\n

This one is different, a nail biter, a shouter, a surprise, and worth every guacamole and chips. I carefully computed the time difference and woke up early searching for the game. ESPN, Star Sports, or other usual US channels all doing something else. Eventually, I found a Japanese channel that carried the game live.<\/p>\n

Here I am, watching SuperBowl at 6am with Japanese commentaries with a tolerating and wife trying not to wake up.<\/p>\n

Contrary to its name, American Football is really closer to Rugby than Soccer. The objective of the offending side is to advance the ball until it enters the end-zone. It has 4 opportunities to move forward 10 yards. If successful, it gets another 4 chances. Otherwise, it must yield the possession of the ball to the other side.<\/p>\n

The players wear protective gears underneath the uniforms to make them look super-humanly strong. The helmets and the general atmosphere make it like a battle.<\/p>\n

And a battle it was. New England Patriots entered the game with a historical perfect record of 18 wins and zero losses. Tom Brady, its quarterback, is experienced and in his prime. The game looks all but claimed before it started. Soon, Patriots was ahead 7 to 3. It looks like another boring game.<\/p>\n

By the 4th quarter, New York Giant scores a touch-down and was ahead 10 to 7. No problem, Tom Brady coolly threw a touch-down and New England was ahead, again, 14 to 10. New York had less than 3 minutes left. Quarterback Eli Manning needed to score, quickly. He used up all 3 time-outs, miraculously connected with his wide receivers, and dramatically made a touch-down with 35 seconds left for Tom Brady to perform his magic. He needed more than that and left Arizona without a SuperBowl ring.
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