Resonant Constellation

I may not be a huge football fan (my favorite sport is Hurling-UP BANNER!) , but I always watch the superbowl even if I don’t have a team. However, as an Arizona resident I was obligated to root for the Cardinals. I must say, when I first found out that the Cardinals were going to the superbowl I was just a little…blown out of my mind. I’m used to my local sports teams loosing spectacularly and disappointing in the worst possible way. Success is just unheard of.

The best part of this is that the game turned out to be half awesome. The second and fourth quarters were actually great football, while the first and third were total crap. The Cardinals played as if schizophrenic, at points brilliant (the first interception, their last minute drive for a touchdown, the incredible safety which had everybody out of their chairs screaming themselves hoarse), but more often than not bogged down by seeming incompetence (the 100 yard interception return touchdown, the MANY personal fouls, the inability to capitalize on drives, the defense, oh god the defense).

Of course there were several very bad calls by referees, who seemed a bit trigger happy with the flags, but in the end the Steelers simply played a better (read: more consistent) game. My hat grudgingly goes off to them on their 6th superbowl win.
All I can say now is: maybe next year?