Great Super Bowl! Except for that last play and all...

What a great game.  Came right down to the wire.  Comebacks, big plays, drama.  It had it all, including quite possibly the worst call I've ever seen in a football game, let alone the Super Bowl.  What in the holy hell was Pete Carrol, Darrell Bevell and/or Russell Wilson thinking?  I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here, but that play couldn't have been more bone-headed than if they kicked a field goal in that spot.  You're at the 1 yard line and you have a top 5 running back in the backfield, whose nick name is beastmode for goodness sake.  Run the ball down their throats!  The excuse by Pete Carrol was that they didn't like the formation the Patriots were in.  New England had their goal-line personnel in, because, well, they were on the goal-line!  What the hell were the Seahawks expecting?  Listen, a part of me can live with them throwing down there, because there are usually mismatches when the defense is in goal-line formation.  But don't throw the ball in the middle of the friggin' field where everyone is!

There's a few big reasons why that play was extra stupid to me.  First, aside from being a terrible call, in my opinion the throw wasn't good either.  This guy Butler is claiming that he knew the play was coming, and that's why he got a great jump on the throw.  Be that as it may, that throw was not out in front of the receiver enough.  The old adage is to put the ball where only your receiver can catch it.  That didn't happen.  It was toward the back shoulder, which is why Butler was able to make a play on it.  Second, if Seattle felt it absolutely necessary to throw the ball, at least throw a fade to that Matthews guy who's 6'5"!  By the way, let me just say kudos to that young man.  He was working at Foot Locker during the season, and Sunday night looked like one of the best receiver's on the field.  Pretty cool.  But back to my angry rant.  He's huge, throw it up to him! 

My last reason as to why it was moronic to throw and not run, is not only did you still have a timeout, the Patriots weren't using theirs!  Bill Belichick wasn't calling a timeout, instead letting the clock run all the way down.  He was practically giving up!  Getting off topic for a second, how the hell do you not call a timeout there to preserve some time for your offense to tie/win the game if need be?  He got bailed out big time by that interception and the Seahawk's stupidity.  Ok, getting back on track, that should have been more of a reason for Seattle to run the ball there.  Time's winding down, and New England is relying on their defense to not let you gain 1 measly yard. 

But in the end, that's exactly what happened.  Seattle never got that measly yard.  To make matters worse, New England couldn't even kneel down, but instead had to attempt to push the ball forward from the 1 yard, or even 1 inch line.  There was a very legitimate chance of a safety in that situation.  But keeping with the bone-headedness (just pretend that's a word), the Seahawks got nailed for encroachment, thus adding more salt to their huge wound.  And for the cherry on top, they decided to be total punks and start throwing punches and fighting in the last few seconds.  Way to look like complete sore losers and babies, guys.

So, congratulations to the Pa-cheat-ots (sorry, it was just too easy to pass up).

Now that the season is over, I'll be in a deep dark depression, causing me to rock back and forth in the fetal position while ranking players for next year's fantasy draft.  Ah, good times.