****WARNING: This Fave 5 is NSFW and might depress you to the point where you feel dead inside****
5. Louisiana Tap Water
Whatever Deion Jones and Robert Alford drank as kids is what I need to get on. Until their team choked and puked all over themselves, the biggest stars of Super Bowl 51 were the former Jesuit and LSU star and the hero out of Hammond. More than anything I am upset my prediction of Jones winning Super Bowl MVP didn’t come true; but I was close!
Rookie Deion Jones comes up HUGE and forces the NE fumble. #RiseUp#SB51 https://t.co/5Qs7SajT8w
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) February 6, 2017
🚨🚨 PICK-6 ALERT! 🚨🚨@rockorocky takes TB12's pass 82 yards the OTHER WAY! #SB51 #RiseUp https://t.co/F3zp4FUYva
— NFL (@NFL) February 6, 2017
4. Drones
My jaw was touching the floor at the spectacle that was the opening to Lady Gaga’s halftime show. Drones in the sky forming the Pepsi (yuck) logo and the American flag is a sign that we are reaching new heights as a species. Flying cars and holograms are not too far behind!
3. Julio Jones
Nobody will ever remember it, but it had to be the most impressive and athletic catch in a Super Bowl, ever. Julio Jones is a superior being and I put his all-skill-no-luck catch right up there with Santonio Holmes and David Tyree.
JULIO JONES CATCH WOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW pic.twitter.com/gbtVBzsqt6
— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) February 6, 2017
2. Stranger Things
It is no coincidence that the Super Bowl turned upside down after the most anticipated commercial aired. Season 2 of the best Netflix show ever doesn’t drop until Halloween, but America felt the effect of “The Upside Down” shortly after the trailer aired during the 3rd quarter. This is not just happenstance. This is a sign of the coming apocalypse. Hold on tight. Super Bowl 51 was just the beginning.
1. The End of Football
As excited as I was for all the football to begin last August, that is how thrilled I am today for it to all be over. Watching football is exhausting enough. I am not complaining, but I will let you know that the emotional roller coaster you get to ride when covering football the way we do, is draining on the soul. It’s the greatest and the worst. It’s the reason we do what we do, but it is also the reason we NEED hockey, baseball, basketball, and the fight game. Football is over for six months! I hate to watch it go, but love to watch it leave.