Sunday, January 18, 2015
Up at 7, chores until we drove to Oakland for a brunch Rhonda and Biff were hosting for their nephew for his 21st birthday. Richard and Lisa were there as well. We ate at Chop Bar, a cool brunch/lunch/dinner place on 4th and Alice. Good food.
I missed the first two quarters of the NFC Championship game between the Seahawks and the Packers, and that was a good thing because they were down 0-16 after the first half. Even though the Hawks are a great second half team, I was still very worried, mainly because it was the Packers, one of the best teams around who know how to hold onto a lead. It took a trick play to finally put some points on the board, and even then with the score 7-19, it looked pretty hopeless for the Hawks once the Packers got the ball back with 5 minutes left. The remaining five minutes of the game were totally unreal, but the amazing thing about championship teams is they find a way to win, even when it appears as though there's no way to pull out a victory. The Packers were the better team today and the Seahawks looked tight and out of synch, but with a few breaks, some gutsy plays and a whole lotta luck, they quickly scored, got a crazy two-point conversion, got the ball back with an onside kick, scored again, won the coin toss and scored their third touchdown to win the game. I'm still in shock that they pulled this one out. I feel badly for the TE of the Packers who muffed the onside kick, which would have sealed the fate of the Hawks. A tough loss for the Packers for sure. I've had a few of those and they take forever to get out of one's system. The victories are sweet, but those stinging losses that never should have been seem to linger in the bloodstream forever.
Seahawks and Patriots, just what I wanted!
Up at 7, chores until we drove to Oakland for a brunch Rhonda and Biff were hosting for their nephew for his 21st birthday. Richard and Lisa were there as well. We ate at Chop Bar, a cool brunch/lunch/dinner place on 4th and Alice. Good food.
I missed the first two quarters of the NFC Championship game between the Seahawks and the Packers, and that was a good thing because they were down 0-16 after the first half. Even though the Hawks are a great second half team, I was still very worried, mainly because it was the Packers, one of the best teams around who know how to hold onto a lead. It took a trick play to finally put some points on the board, and even then with the score 7-19, it looked pretty hopeless for the Hawks once the Packers got the ball back with 5 minutes left. The remaining five minutes of the game were totally unreal, but the amazing thing about championship teams is they find a way to win, even when it appears as though there's no way to pull out a victory. The Packers were the better team today and the Seahawks looked tight and out of synch, but with a few breaks, some gutsy plays and a whole lotta luck, they quickly scored, got a crazy two-point conversion, got the ball back with an onside kick, scored again, won the coin toss and scored their third touchdown to win the game. I'm still in shock that they pulled this one out. I feel badly for the TE of the Packers who muffed the onside kick, which would have sealed the fate of the Hawks. A tough loss for the Packers for sure. I've had a few of those and they take forever to get out of one's system. The victories are sweet, but those stinging losses that never should have been seem to linger in the bloodstream forever.
Seahawks and Patriots, just what I wanted!
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