Patriots/Seahawks to Re-meet In Super Bowl LX

The results are in and what’s old is new again. The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks – after an 11-year hiatus – will meet again the Super Bowl. A rematch from the 2014 season in which New England came back from 10 points down in the 4^th quarter to take a 4-pt lead that was held fast when the Seattle brain trust inexplicably chose to throw the ball at goal line instead of handing it off to their monster RB Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch. That choice cost the Seahawks the game when Patriots DB Malcolm Butler beat the receiver to the ball for an interception that sealed the 28-24 win for New England.

A fantastic finish and one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl History. Well, here we go again.

In the early game yesterday, the Patriots (17-3) defeated the Broncos (15-4) 10-7 in a low-scoring Jekyll/Hyde weather game at Denver’s Empower Field. Denver got a hot start out of back up QB Jarrett Stidham, who put the Broncs up early 7-0. New England managed to corral him the rest of the way; stopped him on a 4^th & 1 and forced two field goal attempts. One was wide right and the other blocked by New England to force a wide left.

The Patriots tied the game at 7 in the second quarter when their defense forced Stidham to awkwardly throw the ball away. Only problem for Stid The Kid, was it went backwards. The Patriots recovered the loose ball and several plays later; Pats QB Drake Maye snaked into the end zone.

All this happened on a crisp sunny day. When the teams came back out for the second half it was a scene change. Swirling snow appeared seemingly from nowhere and before it could accumulate, New England ate up 9.5 minutes to open the third and came away with a 10-7 lead before the weather intensified. Once it did, the game became a slippery mess. Neither team could do much offensively in the dervish. Stidham would throw a late INT (Christian Gonzalez) and Maye would put the game away with a bootleg leg run play for the clinching first down.

In Seattle, everyone was sleepless over a rubber game between NFC West divisional rivals as the Seahawks (16-3) hosted the Los Angeles Rams (14-6) at Lumen Field. It was the third meeting between the two teams this season with each having gone 1-1 with but one point, and one yard separating each other in those previous contests. And while this one was competitive as well, the Seahawks were just too much for top MVP candidate, QB Matthew Stafford and his Rams to bear.

Other than a brief respite in the second quarter (13-10 Rams), L.A. had to play from behind the entire game. Made for great Pool action as scoring for both teams was abundant in the first three quarters. Stafford’s drop-in-the-bucket pylon shot to Puka Nakua (34-yd TD) gave a feeling that the 4^th quarter would be a shootout. And while the Rams did threaten late to take the lead, the final quarter was an exercise in shut out football. The Rams went for it on 4^th down and were denied. That allowed Seattle to hang on to the 31-27 win.

No OT in either game. Will have $150 & $75 available for SB LX.

AFCCG $100 Results

AFCCG $50 Results

NFCCG $100 Results

NFCCG $50 Results