Going for Two: SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

Watching the NFL Network earlier today, I really enjoyed the adult conversation that the panel of black and white men had about the bias against Cam. They wondered if it was racial, but didn't go so far as to call fans racist, which is good form. They did explain how it was cultural, and that a lot of people don't understand the culture that he comes from. They also referenced a commentator from years past that would reference rap songs, and would be called out for making "obscure" references, but when the other guy made a Seinfeld reference and the first guy never heard of it, it wasn't noted. It seems that the NFL realized that they were reaching two different markets, and opted to not alienate one market just to placate the dominant one.

Kick-off: Lady Gaga's National Anthem was amazing. There is an over/under on Peyton Manning saying Omaha tonight - 15 is the number. I believe that the Panthers won the toss and elected to kick. End of Q1: Denver saved their game by getting points on the board on their first possession. The pressure, and playing away fro home must be getting to Cam. He's a lot more of a drop-back, pocket quarterback in this game, and he had a ball stripped from him that the Broncos retrieved in the end zone to out them up by 10. Denver brought their A game, and the Panthers are just struggling. Mid Q2: There has been a lot of football in the last 23 minutes, and while Carolina got points on the board, they're still struggling. Carolina looked like it could have gone ahead at one point after Manning was intercepted, but Denver's defense held. They had a chance to get points at the end of the half, but again, the defense stopped them.

Mid 4th: The game has gotten less interesting, but suddenly, it got more interesting with a Cam Newton fumble and Denver recovered the ball at the 5 yard line. The room agrees that Denver's constant running is signature Kubiak. He likes to get shitty leads, and then run the ball all the time, it seems. But that hasn't come to pass and the Broncos finally got an offensive touchdown to go ahead by 12, then 14, with the two-point conversion.