As the NFL was clearing out of MetLife Stadium following another Super
Bowl, snow started to hit the region. We missed our first Snow Bowl by a
matter of hours. Of course, you could make the joke that the Seattle Seahawks' blizzard snowed under the Denver Broncos in XLVIII,
but the real white stuff didn't make its way to East Rutherford, N.J.
until the early-morning hours of Monday, Feb. 3 — once nearly everyone
cleared out of the stadium.
We can't say definitely which team this would have favored, of course, but it's hard to imagine that Peyton Manning and the Broncos would have done much better with a slower track out there. Perhaps they were spared further embarrassment and anger. The
chances of a cold-weather, outdoor Super Bowl happening again elsewhere
(and perhaps eventually back in New York/New Jersey) appear very high,
even if commissioner Roger Goodell wouldn't say definitively the chances
of that. But for as nice as the weather was
for Sunday's game, just know that creeping around the corner was a few
inches of snow that could have changed the outcome. It's very good that the snow waited around just waiting to raid all the left-over hotdogs that the Broncos fans didn't feel like eating! :)
Go Seahawks!!!
I didn't know that it has never snowed at the Super Bowl.
ReplyDeleteI agree - it's really lucky that the Superbowl was JUST missed by snow. It is interesting to think what would have happened if the snow had hit, and who would have won them. Though, it's impossible to find out, so I guess that the poor Broncos fans will just have to accept the results (they can dream for a bit longer if it makes them feel better, though :) .
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