Sorry about that, Chewey.
I will give the non-American viewers a quick recap of this:
"Super Bowl Sunday" is pretty much an unofficial holiday and a big event in the U.S.
American Football (the league is known as the "NFL") is the equivalent of soccer here as far as fan intensity goes. We love our football here and our football teams.
The Super Bowl is the NFL's championship game. It culminates a regular season where each team plays 16 games, followed by one-game eliminations between the 12 best teams. The Super Bowl is the final game between the last two surviving teams.
What made this one so special, though, was that the New England Patriots had played a dominant, undefeated season going 18-0 with only one more game to go ... the Super Bowl. It would be only the second time in NFL history that a team ever had a perfect, undefeated season. Because the Patriots had been so dominate in their wins, they were being hailed as "the greatest team ever" in American Football history. All they had to do was win the Super Bowl against what everyone considered a 'vastly inferior' New York Giants team that had managed to 'survive' their playoff rounds. The mediocre Giants managed to get themselves in the playoffs as a very low seed... but then almost 'magically' actually beat 3 teams that were seeded higher then themselves ... and had to do it playing in the other team's home stadium for all 3. But fans & analysts alike figured that the 'magic' would all come crashing down when the Giants had to play the legendary Patriots. After all, NOTHING was going to stand in the way of the Patriot's perfect season ... they were the dominant team of destiny, right?
To make a long story short, the 9th-seeded & heavily-underdog Giants were expected to lose handily to the 'mighty' Patriots. But they once again played a very tough, hard-fought game against them .... and then absolutely stunned the entire football world (and the Patriots) by taking the lead and beating the Patriots with only 35 seconds left in the game after the Patriots had taken the lead just 2 minutes before.
It was a fantastically-played, incredibly amazing display of heart and determination by the NY Giants. It had all the drama of a "Rocky" movie. Definitely one of those kind of games that you talk about for weeks ..... and bring up again every year after year.
Not just a great game ... but a great game with great drama.
ps:
For any fans that don't know, Sunday's Super Bowl has gone into the U.S. television record books as the
#2 "Most Watched" television show of ALL TIME!!!
(Final episode of "Mash" is still #1)