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The Spectacle Blog
The Baltimore Ravens narrowly won Super Bowl XLVII 34-31 over the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans.
It appeared the Ravens would run away with the game. The Ravens took a 28-6 lead at the beginning of the 3rd quarter on a 108-yard touchdown return by Jacoby Jones. Earlier in the game, Jones had received a 56-yard touchdown from Ravens QB Joe Flacco who was named Super Bowl MVP. The much maligned Ravens QB completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards. Three of those passes went for TDs.
But at 13:22 of the 3rd Quarter, the lights went out in New Orleans. OK, it was half of the Super Dome. This resulted in a delay of more than half an hour.
When the game resumed, the 49ers surged. SF QB Colin Kaepernick threw touchdown passes to Michael Crabtree and Frank Gore while David Akers kicked a field goal. Before you knew it, the Ravens lead was cut to 28-23.
Justin Tucker kicked a field goal to give the Ravens a 31-23 lead but Kaepernick responded with a 15-yard touchdown rush to bring the 49ers with two points. Kaepernick opted to attempt a two-point conversion to tie the game but couldn’t get the job done.
Tucker kicked another field goal for the Ravens to make it 34-29. The 49ers did manage to earn a safety in the dying seconds of the 4th Quarter but it all did take time off the clock.
The Ravens win their first Super Bowl in 12 years. Ray Lewis goes out a champion, Art Modell smiles in Heaven while John Harbaugh bests brother Jim.
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Anders13| 2.3.13 @ 11:40PM
Dem-crats should do something about Obama. Turning the gas valve off in the middle of the superbowl game is over the edge.
Bob Grant| 2.3.13 @ 11:43PM
Here's a thought. Perhaps if Jim Harbaugh spent a little more energy on offensive play calling (particularly inside the 10 yard line) and a little less energy bitching at the officials, HE would be the one sprayed down with expensive champagne by drunk, smelly football players.
Peppermint Tea | 2.4.13 @ 9:20AM
My thought exactly. Earlier, the counter play for Gore resulted in a TD, but the last four plays at first and goal were predictable and, thus, awful. Coach lost the game and his cool.
PCC| 2.4.13 @ 7:18AM
Although presumably few in the US realize it, much of the rest of the world increasingly view the US as some kind of Third World country when it comes to basic infrastructure. For example, snow storms much less severe than "Super Storm Sandy" routinely knock power out for days or weeks in the Northeast and now we can't even keep the lights on at the Super Bowl.
It's embarrassing, or at least it should be.
Bob Grant| 2.4.13 @ 7:24AM
embarrassing to whom?
PCC| 2.4.13 @ 7:45AM
It should be embarrassing to everyone who'd like to think the US is a more advanced country than Haiti or Nigeria. It would never happen in China.
Bob Grant| 2.4.13 @ 8:13AM
You're pulling my leg on this fine Monday morning?
Aren't you? ...Is this Thomas Friedman?
Teflon93 | 2.4.13 @ 1:16PM
The world is flat....and dark.
Teflon93 | 2.4.13 @ 1:07PM
Ray Lewis goes out a murderer.
Who Knows?| 2.4.13 @ 1:37PM
My initial thought when the power went out was---Chinese hackers are at work.
Or, maybe al queda?