Super Bowl

Sadly, this NFL season has come to a close, but it definitely finished with a bang. We were all looking forward to a great game between the two best teams in the league (this is the first time that the top two teams have met in the Super Bowl since 1928), and we certainly got one.

Chad Van Meter, the Director of Discipleship at my church, threw a Super Bowl party for kids in middle school through high school. It took place in the Holy Cross welcome center, and for $10 you got some open gym time, tons of snacks and pizza, entry in a Madden tournament, and the biggest football game of the year on a huge screen. Sydney and I both went to the party (Technically, Sydney wasn't allowed to come, seeing as she is only in 5th grade, but what they don't know won't hurt them, right?) and had an awesome time shooting around in the gym, eating, watching Madden games, and. . . well, the awesome times sort of ended when the Colts got beat by Drew Brees and the Saints.



The Colts came out explosively, and they were winning 10-0 by the end of the first quarter. They had control for the entire half, but beginning in the third quarter (after a halftime show performed by The Who) the Colts played sloppy offense and gave up the lead. They never took it back. The Saint's defense in particular stepped up and made plays, including an interception late in the game and an onside kick that was fumbled around by the Colts before it was finally recovered by the Saints.

Just because the offense wasn't functioning correctly, Dwight Freeney was. Even with an injured ankle, he pressured Drew Brees all night using his trademark spin move, and even got a sack in the third quarter.
After watching the presentation of the Lombardi Trophy to a grinning Drew Brees and Sean Payton, Sydney and I dejectedly headed home.

Oh well, I'm not a die hard Colts fan, and besides, Drew Brees went to Purdue, which is where my grandpa went to college. At least it wasn't the Vikings.