Ravens Win the Super Bowl: Win Today and We Will Walk Together Forever

Ravens Win the Super Bowl:  Win Today and We Will Walk Together Forever

Normally, this is where you would "crow" about predicting that the Ravens would win the Super Bowl--something we did the day after the AFC and NFC championship games.  Two weeks ago.  On this blog.  We predicted, prognosticated and told you they would win.  

Except maybe "rave" or "raven" about it would be a better word.  

CROW v RAVEN.  We can "Crow" about our "Ravens" pick now.

Giving us a 9-2 record overall, and a weighted record that was unbelievable throughout the playoffs, as we predicted both the NFC and AFC championship games as well as the the Super Bowl, correctly.  We only made two mistakes along the way.  

The Ravens were huge underdogs and no one would pick them.  Nearly everyone picked the Niners, and the line in Vegas was hugely to the Niners' favor.  

The actual game was pretty interesting.  Baltimore got off to a big lead.  Then for some reason the power went out in the SuperDome.  

This reminded us of the time the power went out on the Ford-Carter Presidential Debate in 1976 in Philadelphia, although to be honest, that debate was so boring, many people were relieved the power had gone out.

Engineer JACK LEMMON warned them this could happen--the CHINA SYNDROME could result in a  COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER DURING THE SUPER BOWL not to mention a nuclear catastrophe.  

The power outage was definitely a help to the 49ers, who up until that point had been exhausted by the physicality, intimidation and brutality of the Ravens' defense.  Colin Kaepernick, who appears to be a lineal descendant of Copernicus (their names seem to be the same) (ok, he's adopted, but it's working for us) had, up until the break, performed exactly as we predicted a neophyte QB might perform in a Super Bowl--wretchedly and miserably.  

COLIN KAEPERNICK.  Unlike his namesame Kopernikus, Kaepernick likely believes the Solar System, and indeed, the entire Universe, revolves around the Super Bowl.  Gravity is held in force by a number of Super Balls with a coefficient of elasticity of .92 which bounce around between planets holding them close to the Super Bowl.  The theory is explained in detail in his tattoos but can be summarized as Super Bowl = Super Ball x mc (squared).

The power outage and interruption of the game for thirty minutes--a longer break than the halftime--and wasn't Beyonce really good--along with Destiny's Child?  really gave the 49ers a chance to catch their breath, their wind and their second wind.

BEYONCE DELIVERED AN AMAZING HALFTIME SHOW.  SHE DOES NOT APPEAR TO EVER SUFFER FROM AN ENERGY SHORTAGE.  SHE ALSO REUNIFIED WITH DESTINY'S CHILD.  NOT ONLY BOOTYLICIOUS, BUT SINGLE LADIES, PUT A RING ON IT.  BE A MAN ABOUT IT.  PUT A RING ON HER IF YOU'RE SERIOUS.  And seriously, never, ever, bring back the Black Eyed Peas ever again.  Please.

The result was a furious comeback by a now rested 49ers team that very nearly stole Ray Lewis and Joe Flacco their glorious moment of triumph.  The Niners stormed to several scores, and would have taken over the game but for several key stops by the Ravens' stellar defense, including stopping the Niners for a FG on one drive and stopping them at the last in a goal line stand with the game on the line, four downs and out with first and goal at the five yard line, a goal line stand that will live in Super Bowl (and Ray Lewis) glory.  

NIKOLAUS KOPERNIKUS, FAMED ASTRONOMER.  He theorized the solar system revolved around the sun and therefore reaffirmed the heliocentric theories of Aristarachos of Samos of antiquity, which had been rejected by Ptolemy in favor of a system in which everything revolved around the Earth.  Ptolemy was Church-approved doctrine.

At 34-31, it was a glorious and magnificent game, and very similar to the glorious Pittsburgh-Dallas Super Bowl XIII played at the Orange Bowl in Miami in 1979, where Terry Bradshaw and the Steelers edged Dallas and Roger Staubach in the game, 35-31.  

SUPER BOWL XIII 1979 THE STEELERS BEAT THE COWBOYS 35-31 IN A GAME REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO THE ONE JUST PLAYED BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND SAN FRANCISCO.  THE STEEL CURTAIN OF PITTSBURGH AND THE AMAZING DEFENSE OF BALTIMORE AND RAY LEWIS HAVE WON SIX SUPER BOWLS BETWEEN THEM.  THEY ALSO SAID TERRY BRADSHAW COULDN'T PLAY QB.  LIKE JOE FLACCO, ALL HE DID WAS WIN, BABY.

The HOFers who played or coached in that Super Bowl?  How about SEVENTEEN!    Start with coaches Tom Landry for the 'Boyz and Chuck Noll for the Steel Curtain.  For the Cowboys, Roger Staubach QB, Tony Dorsett RB, Jackie Smith TE, Randy White Defense, Rayfield Wright.  On the Pittsburgh side of the ledger, Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene, Franco Harris, Jack Ham, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster and Mel Blount.  

It may well be that one day both Jim and John Harbaugh will be in the HOF, and we already know Ray Lewis has a chair waiting for him in Canton, OH.  Frank Gore, yes.  Several other Niners have shots.  Andre Reed and Ray Rice may get their turn, and several others in the Baltimore Defense.  

A special shout out to Michael Oher, whose life story inspired "The Blind Side".  He was on the Ravens, and now from Ole Miss to the Super Bowl.  Could a sequel be in the works?  Please make a sequel.

MICHAEL OHER, the actual player who inspired THE BLIND SIDE, plays for the  Baltimore Ravens and has won a Super Bowl championship.  If you're going to have a movie mom from Ole Miss, it surely should be Sandra Bullock.

Joe Flacco, you are the pride of Little Audubon NJ, and the pride of the University of Delaware Blue Hens, whose football coach Tubby Raymond was one of the greatest.  You made us all proud. In the great tradition of Rich Gannon, you showed America that QBs from small schools can compete on the NFL's biggest stage with the QBs from big schools and big conferences, and that heart is as important as money and talent.  He's just average Joe, from Delaware and Jersey, like our own VP, Joe Biden, of Delaware and Scranton.  You have to like them.

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE FIGHTING BLUE HENS

Bernard Pierce of Temple, of the Ravens, who was a key element of the Ravens' success as a rookie.  We saw him rush for like 250 yards in a Temple game a couple of years back, and he was the entire Temple offense.  Temple was going 8-3, 7-4 and making bowl games with Pierce.  That's how good he was--he dragged a very average program into the stratosphere.  They beat Buffalo in the game we saw at the Linc something like 45-0 and Pierce just ran wild all the day long.  We're not suprised to see Bernard Pierce succeed in the NFL.  He's like Brian Westbrook, only better.  Kudoes to Bernard Pierce.  

BERNARD PIERCE OF TEMPLE RUSHES FOR AMAZING AMOUNTS OF YARDS WHILE PLAYING FOR TEMPLE FOOTBALL.  HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE FOR THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AND NOW HAS A RING.

Finally, here's to the Harbaugh brothers.  Jim and John, you honored us all.  Someone had to lose, but in victory and in defeat, both of you were honorable and exemplary, and most of all, you brought honor to your family of a kind that was unbelievable.

FRED SHERO, LEGENDARY PHILADELPHIA FLYERS COACH.  "IF YOU HAVE BACON AND EGGS FOR BREAKFAST, THE CHICKEN IS MAKING A CONTRIBUTION, BUT THE PIG IS MAKING A COMMITMENT"  VOTED THE GREATEST COACH IN PHILADELPHIA SPORTS HISTORY BY THE PHILLY DAILY NEWS 1999.

  

Ray Lewis, we give you the words the late Fred Shero, aka Freddie "the Fog" Shero, legendary coach of the Stanley Cup Champion Philadelphia Flyers, wrote on the chalkboard before the Flyers went out and beat the Boston Bruins as huge underdogs in Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finals in 1974.

WIN TODAY AND WE WILL WALK TOGETHER FOREVER.

Ray Lewis and the Ravens--CHAMPIONS.

Art Kyriazis, Philly.