Pinch me, I must be dreaming. I awoke this morning to learn the Kansas City Swifts (Chiefs) had lost the Super Bowl in one-sided fashion, 40-22, and at least one Chiefs player was lamenting — wait for it — the officials.
Talk about pots disparaging kettles.
The reason that word of the Chiefs’ loss came late to me is due to the family skipping the Super Bowl entirely for the second consecutive year. One can only take so much NFL virtue-signalling, ridiculous officiating and over-the-top orgies of self-congratulation regarding it all before crying uncle.
Yesterday, we did the final celebration of Granddaughter No. 3’s sixth birthday (carried over from last month) with the bestowing of gifts from her great uncle who “always gives the best presents.”
GUC, as he’s called, delivered on his reputation, with a miniature birthday playset and remote-control snake, both hits, plus a birthday card so complex it came with instructions. It, too, was a hit.
We celebrated together with pizza and ice cream cake, and watched a lot of the Puppy Bowl, a bit of a disapointment weighed against past examples. But the officiating was on the up and up.
Later, there was much playing by the granddaughters with the new toys, watching assorted cartoons, and just enjoying life without annoying football as a backdrop.
In early evening the wife prepared some Super Bowl party-esque food, from shrimp, chicken tenders and corndogs, to a meat, cheese and crackers platter.
After the young ‘uns were put to bed, I ended up playing a lot of online chess, going 2-4 before rallying to win four straight games to end 6-4. It turns out, unlike the Chiefs, I was able to turn around a bad start.
I was in bed by 10:30 and as far as I knew, the Chiefs had pulled off their three-peat.
But, no three-peat; no massive payday for NBA guy Pat Riley, who had trademarked three-peat way back when.
DeAndre Hopkins, Chiefs wide receiver, whined about the officiating after the game. From what I’ve read, Hopkins must have been astonished that for the first time in his brief Chiefs career, having joined via trade at mid-season, all the close calls didn’t go the way of his team.
Announcer Tom Brady is reported to have criticized two calls early, one benefitting the Chiefs and the second, the victorious Philadelphia Eagles.
Other quick hits from reporting I’ve read about the game.
Not since DR JILL BIDEN!!!!!!!!!! wore Republican red to vote in the presidential election has outfit color choice created the stir that resulted from the Eagles’ green suit worn by KC quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Speaking of pregame attire, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce wore a red example that looked like the love child result of a union between a zoot suit and a 1970s leisure suit.
It was heartwarming to watch videos of the crowd booing Taylor Swift and cheering President Donald Trump, prompting Serena Williams to rush to social media to back up Swift. Don’t worry, Serena, Swift will get at least two poor-me songs out of this, one about mean fans and the other when she dumps boy pal Kelce, as she almost assuredly now will since he’s no longer useful.
If you are keeping score at home, Swift came up short as a Kamala Chameleon backer, too, and now her favorite NFL team got trampled in its bid for history.
Skipping the entire broadcasts makes it much easier to miss the Woke pregame and halftime shows. I can recall when Up With People and the Grambling State University marching band were Super Bowl halftime staples and The Beach Boys performed at one Super Bowl pregame I attended.
The conspiracy crowd will see a bit of pro wrestling thinking in this loss, with the league favorite Chiefs taking one for the cause to set up a titanic rematch down the line, for sure during next regular season and perhaps again in the Super Bowl.
If possible, I’d have preferred to have seen both teams lose. But since that was not an option, Philadelphia winning was the lesser of two evils.
And, finally, because Johnstown now is populated by a flood of ex-Philadelphians, what time will the victory parade be held here? Plus, how will our non-profit elite masters find ways to benefit themselves from it?
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