By Tim Peterson
Sorry I just can’t get in to Super Bowl parties. There’s so many people there and so many different conversations going on that it’s hard to watch the game.
Most people at a Super Bowl party are there for more of the party and not for the game. The best place for me to watch a Super Bowl is at home with no more than three other people present. Anything more is just a distraction. That being said I probably could have skipped this one all together.
I think I just saw this game last weekend. It was called the East-West All-Star game. There was only one difference. The All-Star game was much more interesting. You get your great Super Bowls and your duds and no doubt this was one of the duds.
When there are more turnovers than touchdowns you know you’re in for a long night. When there are more punts and penalties combined than there are points scored than you’re in for an even longer night.
Super Bowl 50 also showed my why I don’t bet on games. My money would have been on Carolina. I knew Denver could play defense but I thought the Panthers had enough weapons to counteract it. Wrong!
A couple questions did pop up though as far as Carolina was concerned. Why didn’t Cam Newton try to recover his fumble? He literally jumped back instead of diving into the pile. When the game is on the line, especially in the Super Bowl, shouldn’t trying to get the ball be your first reaction?
Then with just over two minutes left why did Carolina punt on fourth down? Down by two touchdowns why would you give the ball back to Denver? Talk about running up the white flag.
If Peyton Manning doesn’t retire now there should be an investigation. What more could he accomplish? And honestly the way this season played out it would be impossible to accomplish more. The only way for Manning’s career to go is down. Great career Peyton. Hall of Fame. Now hang ’em up.
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So we write a story about the Monrovia football coach leaving and nobody bats an eye but we write a story about El Rancho hiring its new football coach and everybody goes crazy. We thought the Margarito Beltran to BG thread blew up until we wrote that Adrian Medrano to El Rancho was official. The comments were off the charts. If there’s ever a slow news day we always have our go tos.
Well, I can understand it. It’s much more interesting than the Super Bowl.
That’s my principle.
Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com or Twitter @tspeterson40.
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