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Super Bowl LI - New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons, Feb 5, 2017


DonRocks

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What a wonderful picture this is:

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It's sort of depressing that I have vague memories of Super Bowl III. 

At least I was too young to understand why they weren't playing Johnny Unitas instead of Earl Morrall.

Think about the year 1969 for New York and Baltimore:

1) The Jets beat the Colts in the Super Bowl.
2) The Mets beat the Orioles in the World Series.
3) The Knicks beat the Bullets in the NBA Playoffs.

At least Baltimore didn't have a hockey team to kick around, but it wouldn't have mattered: In three playoff rounds, the Montreal Canadians lost a total of two games - the Stanley Cup took place in the semi-finals when Montreal beat the Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2. It says a lot that the St. Louis Blues won their first two rounds against their fellow West Division opponents by a combined game score of 8-0, and then lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal of the East Division, 4 games to 0. Man, talk about a dominant Division.

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Out of the First- and Second-Team All-Pros, fully 11 of them come from New England and Atlanta - at first glance, it might appear that Atlanta has the huge advantage ... until you examine the Second-Team players and see that the Patriots are loaded.

First-Team All-Pros Playing in Super Bowl LXI:

New England Patriots:
Matthew Slater, Special Teams, UCLA

Atlanta Falcons:
Matt Ryan, Quarterback, Boston College;
Julio Jones, Wide Receiver, Alabama; 
Vic Beasley, Outside Linebacker, Clemson

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Second-Team All-Pros Playing in Super Bowl LXI:

New England Patriots:
Tom Brady, Quarterback, Michigan
Marcus Canon, Right Offensive Tackle, Texas Christian
Dont'a Hightower, Linebacker, Alabama
Malcolm Butler, Cornerback, West Alabama
Devin McCourty, Free Safety, Rutgers
Nate Ebner, Special Teams, Ohio State

Atlanta Falcons:
Alex Mack, Center, University of California
 

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An amazing-but-true story: I was *so tired* last night that I went to bed after the (outstanding) Lady Gaga halftime show. I was out for awhile, then woke up and noticed that it was right around 10 PM EST - I wondered, 'Could the game possibly still be on, 3.5 hours later?' 'Sure,' I thought, 'why not check?'

So I went back to the game, *immediately* before Tom Brady was about to take the snap to make the two-point conversion to tie the game, which would send it into overtime. When I went to sleep, it was 21-0; when I woke up, it was 28-26, and I was treated to the tenderloin of what was perhaps the greatest (okay, second greatest) football game in history.

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