Gridiron greatness

It may be wrong trying to write this after so little sleep, but it hasn't stopped me before, so..
Some thoughts about last night's over-across-the-Atlantic activities, while they are fresh in my mind:
I have not enjoyed a Super Bowl so much in years. Seeing the team that has dominated things for the past decade or so (including beating my favourite team twice in The Big Game) absolutely crumble to bits on the biggest stage possible was a thing of beauty and a joy to behold.
Darren Fletcher is not my favourite commentator, but I was jumping between channels at times last night, and I have to say he was doing a very good job of keeping the ITV audience up to speed.
And I have to say that the ITV studio grouping of Craig Doyle, Efe Obada, Jason Bell and Osi Umenyiora is much better than anything Sky Sports can put together. Neal Reynolds is many positive things, but 'the ideal host' isn't one of them.
Kudos to Eagles' kicker Jake Elliott - he looks like a middle school cricketer, and has been criticised for missing a few kicks this season, but he looked like he could have landed the ball in an egg cup from 80 yards away last night.
Kudos too to Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy, who refused to behave like his team was in the toilet and made several outstanding plays in the fourth quarter. He's 21 and this is his first year in the league. Man, there could be big things ahead for that lad.
I'm so glad that, unlike last year, we weren't subjected to interminable amounts of shots of Taylor Swift. I'm sure she was onscreen more often than most players at the Super Bowl in February '24.
My snack of choice this year was some 'XXL Pretzel Sticks' bought at very little cost from a cheap supermarket. (I'm not being coy in not naming them - I honestly can't remember where they came from). The perfect combination of crunchiness and saltiness, and there was a large bag, but they were only small individual snacks, so I could chunter away at them without realising how many I was eating.
And I shall leave it there now, except to say that I am very happy with the result, while also sad that it's now 9 months until the NFL starts up again....

RC 10-2-25