Superbowl - Ravens Fly as Beyonce Soars

I'll be the first to admit I haven't watched too much football this season. After I get home from work on Sunday evening at about 7.30 my fiance and I usually have dinner before I fall asleep on the couch halfway through a movie, which limited my football watching opportunities. I always kept up to date via the absolutely amazing NFL.com, but up until last night, I hadn't watched a game in its entirety. I've always had a soft spot for the 49ers. It goes back to when Channel 4 used to show highlights every week in the early 90s, and as the 9ers were pretty decent back then, I went with them. I even have a personalised 9ers shirt that the missus bought me for my birthday a few years back, when I still had hair. I've trained with the Cork Admirals a few times as well. I love the game - I just don't always have the time for it. So with the 9ers in the Superbowl looking for their 6th title, I made it a mission to stay up for the whole thing. I went to bed after work and slept until 10.30. I got up and made a massive pot of coffee, drank it, and waited for the game to begin. My heart sank a little as the Ravens raced into a big lead and the 9ers struggled on offence, the usually unflappable Colin Kapernick suddenly looking like the rookie quarter back that he is. But as I started tweeting on our @bigredbench Twitter account, I believed. The biggest deficit overturned in Superbowl history was 10 points. This would be the greatest Superbowl comeback of all time. Alas, it proved not to be. After the game took a half hour break to let the wonderful Beyonce strut around the Superdome field (video below) the 9ers returned to the field, kicked off, and promptly allowed a 108 yard kick off return. Great. Then the lights went out (I was slightly disappointed it didn't result in the appearance of the Undertaker). The game was delayed. I toyed with the idea of going to bed, but with the amount of caffeine I had imbibed to stay awake, that was never going to happen. The third quarter was great from a 9ers perspective, but some effective time management from the Ravens in the fourth, a four and out for the 9ers in the red zone and then that INGENIOUS intentional safety play by the Ravens meant they held on to win. I sighed a little, and tried to sleep. It didn't happen. DAMN YOU CAFFEINE.