Seven Years Ago Today...

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I was in the Domincain. What a game!

~Dee~
 
ParanoidPatriot said:
I don't know even how to rank this in the all time great plays. Jules catch in the Atlanta SB? Adam's FG in SB 36?
I guess we are lucky we have that problem.
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I rank it as the all-time most shocking play.

When you go back to the timing of that play, we as fans were sunk. That stupid Kearse catch had just ripped our hearts out for the 3rd time in a Super Bowl. Tyree... Cruz... and now Kearse. Agonizing over the fact the the Patriots are about to lose their 3rd SB in a row because of some stupid, insane circus catch. Brady was going to be 3-3 in SB's, all the Patriot haters were going to be in my face the next day... My head was literally exploding.

I was standing 5 feet from the TV, biting the nail on my thumb and rocking back-and-forth. It took me at least 2-3 seconds after that play to realize Butler had come away with it and probably another 5 seconds to revert from utter misery to sheer euphoria.

And then we had Edelman's catch vs. ATL and I felt vindication as we finally had our own stupid, insane circus catch.
 
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That's probably my most memorable Super Bowl. The entire town lost power at some point. We luckily had a battery backup on our wi-fi so we connected every tablet and laptop that we could find to the internet and sat around the dining room table watching the game. Half of the table saw the interception before the other half did. :ROFLMAO:
 
3 Point Stan said:
I rank it as the all-time most shocking play.

When you go back to timing of that play, we as fans were sunk. That stupid Kearse catch had just ripped our hearts out for the 3rd time in a Super Bowl. Tyree... Cruz... and now Kearse. Agonizing over the fact the the Patriots are about to lose their 3rd SB in a row because of some stupid, insane circus catch. Brady was going to be 3-3 in SB's, all the Patriot haters were going to be in my face the next day... My head was literally exploding.

I was standing 5 feet from the TV, biting the nail on my thumb and rocking back-and-forth. It took me at least 2-3 seconds after that play to realize Butler had come away with it and probably another 5 seconds to revert from utter misery to sheer euphoria.

And then we had Edelman's catch vs. ATL and I felt vindication as we finally had our own stupid, insane circus catch.
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Perfect reprise of a moment.
 
aloyouis said:
My daughter (13 years old then) and I jumping up and down hugging in the living room is a memory I will never forget...

Never.
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We happened to have another family living with us at the time, and they happened to be Seahawks fans. It was not my proudest moment.

My brother-in-law was the biggest fan, and he'd been pretty douchey for the whole game (Legion of Boom, dynasty, etc.) and especially fter the wheel route and the Kearse catch. But his young kids were there in there Seahawks gear, all excited, too. I should have had more class and restraint.

When Butler made that pick, my kids and I all jumped up off the couch and I, referencing the earlier interaction between Brady and Sherman, turned to him, threw out my arms, and shouted, "You mad, Bro?". His oldest son cried, and even without that I felt pretty bad. But in the moment it seemed like The Right Thing To Do.
 
ParanoidPatriot said:
I don't know even how to rank this in the all time great plays. Jules catch in the Atlanta SB? Adam's FG in SB 36?
I guess we are lucky we have that problem.
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Hell, Jules' catch in this game where he got knocked into purgatory and still held on to the ball and was still able to get up and play even though he no longer remembered what a football was.
 
3 Point Stan said:
I rank it as the all-time most shocking play.

When you go back to timing of that play, we as fans were sunk. That stupid Kearse catch had just ripped our hearts out for the 3rd time in a Super Bowl. Tyree... Cruz... and now Kearse. Agonizing over the fact the the Patriots are about to lose their 3rd SB in a row because of some stupid, insane circus catch. Brady was going to be 3-3 in SB's, all the Patriot haters were going to be in my face the next day... My head was literally exploding.

I was standing 5 feet from the TV, biting the nail on my thumb and rocking back-and-forth. It took me at least 2-3 seconds after that play to realize Butler had come away with it and probably another 5 seconds to revert from utter misery to sheer euphoria.

And then we had Edelman's catch vs. ATL and I felt vindication as we finally had our own stupid, insane circus catch.
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It was almost as bad as "13 seconds"... :coffee:

Obviously, a happy ending though. Unless you're in Seattle.
 
3 Point Stan said:
I rank it as the all-time most shocking play.

When you go back to the timing of that play, we as fans were sunk. That stupid Kearse catch had just ripped our hearts out for the 3rd time in a Super Bowl. Tyree... Cruz... and now Kearse. Agonizing over the fact the the Patriots are about to lose their 3rd SB in a row because of some stupid, insane circus catch. Brady was going to be 3-3 in SB's, all the Patriot haters were going to be in my face the next day... My head was literally exploding.

I was standing 5 feet from the TV, biting the nail on my thumb and rocking back-and-forth. It took me at least 2-3 seconds after that play to realize Butler had come away with it and probably another 5 seconds to revert from utter misery to sheer euphoria.

And then we had Edelman's catch vs. ATL and I felt vindication as we finally had our own stupid, insane circus catch.
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This is a perfect way to describe it. It's exactly how I recall. I was just waiting for that pin to drop, completely bewildered as to why BB didn't call a time out.

That weird end zone angle left me so confused, but I was so doom and gloom that I didn't immediately celebrate. Then complete euphoria.
 
Today NFLN replayed SB 36. I rembered that back then I bought it on VHS. (remember Blockbuster). No longer have the VHS player.

So DVR'ed it, if that is still the correct term. It had Summerall and Madden doing the game. Can't wait to watch it again.
 
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ParanoidPatriot said:
Today NFLN replayed SB 36. I rembered that back then I bought it on VHS. (remember Blocknuster). No longer have the VHS player.

So DVR'ed it, if that is still the correct term. It had Summerall and Madden doing the game. Can't wait to watch it again.
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I bought the game on DVD off eBay as soon as I could. It was an ethical and legal gray purchase as the games are copyrighted but I threw integrity to the wind and bought it from a cop no less. I ripped it to my computer hard drive and have watched it t least a hundred times, many of them while smoking some ganja at night in bed on my way to the land of Nod. A brilliant game to watch to usher in a wonderful sleep and world of beautiful dreams.

That game, that day, that night stand out as the single best day of my life. The company was superior, just my incredible soulmate and absolute love of my life. The hateful and tragic world changing events of 9/11/2021 were still fresh in our memories from several months earlier. To open the game NFL greats in turn read the greatest, most important, earth moving document ever written, the Declaration of Independence. With tears of love, passion and sadness for the fallen nation I hugged and held Melissa tight. We watched the events of that day forever to be remembered as 9/11, a day of infamy unfold together for a memory never to be forgotten.

Then the game. What at a fucking game!!

From the beginning of the defensive beatdown of the Greatest Show on Turf in the first half at the hands of eventual Patriot Hall of Famers highlighted by Ty fuckin Law's interception taking Kurt Warners throw to the house with his well earned swagger on full display as he crossed the goal line we all believed in the impossible.

Bill Belichick created a defensive game plan for the ages after coming up just short against those same Rams just several weeks earlier. He flipped the script and St. Louis had no idea what hit them. To this day a good few of their players are unable to grasp or explain how this upstart team of relative nobodies ended their dynastic birthright. This game was to be nothing more than a technicality on their way to immortality.

The halftime show with U2 performing "Where the Streets Have No Name" with the names of the 3000 dead streaming down in tribute from the ceiling of the New Orleans Superdome is a moment of solemn love, respect and sadness no one ought to ever forget.

The Rams adjusted as great team's do and fought back to push these Patriots to the brink and tied up the game at 17.

Then the drive to end the game of all games. The 1 minute and 23 seconds of perfection when Bill put the ball and fate of the New England Patriots in the hands of a very young unflappable Tom Brady is the stuff legends are made of. The drive was capped off by Adam Vinitieri's ice in his veins, balls to the wall kick to end the most epic of games with time expiring to set the emotions of the long-suffering Patriot fan faithful to a place never before experienced. Pure elation and an irreplaceable joy washed over the an entire region of Anerica.

I will never forget Robert Krafts perfect words for that exact moment in time. "We are all Patriots and tonight the Patriots are world champions". Fucking chills.

And let's not forget the humble Tom Brady being floored when presented with his new Cadillac as reward for winning his first Superbowl MVP. " That's my car?" He exclaimed excitedly in disbelief.

A dynasty was born. A 20 year dynasty not likely to ever be surpassed.

Thank you for the immense value of seeing human greatness in action. This was America at her finest. We were all one people in a time of tragedy and the Patriots in the same manner as their namesakes who won the American Revolution against a superior physical force and all odds gave birth to a nation, this time, Patriot Nation!!!

Go Pats!!!
 
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