This is the third installment of my Super Bowl Diary series. You can read part 1 and part 2 from earlier this week.
By the time we finally made it to our seats, the hype had hit a crescendo. The Pats fans had made the final minutes before the game miserable, as if they secretly knew it was their last chance to crow for a long, long time. The Super Bowl is a weird environment because the crowd is not partisan. About 50% of the fans were Giants (or Colts) fans, 30% were Pats fans and 20% didn't really care. Because the numbers were so split, the stadium never stopped buzzing, but also never hit frenzied levels of noise.
Photo courtesy of Kerry Byrne, ColdHardFootballFacts.com
They've done away with on field introductions in part because I think teams always want to be introduced together. the effect is weird. They play video intros that are soulless, and then the teams charge out as one. At this point, I was so nervous about the game that the other pregame activities l...
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