The 5 Things You Need to Know Before You Super Bowl 2015

I'm so sorry to all you Patriots fans, but I am 100% rooting for the Seahawks this year. Well, maybe congrats to you Pats fans since this pretty much guarantees you a win, seeing as every team I root for loses. The Super Bowl is so much bigger and more exciting than just funny commercials, Katy Perry and cheese fries. Although, I'm not sure my boyfriend would agree that anything is better than Katy Perry, but that is neither here nor there. 

So for those of you who haven't been staying glued to NFL news, this post is for you! And to my girls who knew all this stuff already, maybe you'll still get a chuckle or two out of it... because discussing Tom Brady's deflated balls will never not be funny.

What is it? 

In what is still an ongoing investigation, the NFL thus far found that, in the first half of the AFC Championship game featuring the Indianapolis Colts vs. the New England Patriots, the balls were not inflated to the NFL regulations.

So what?

The conditions for that game were cold and rainy. Deflated balls are easier to hold on to (hah), grab (hah), catch (hah) and throw (that one was not as funny as the others).

Well, if the balls were deflated, wouldn't both teams have an advantage?

Good question! Oh, you didn't ask this? Well I asked this because I didn't understand how the NFL's balls were handled (hah).

A week prior to game day, each team is delivered their own set of 12 footballs. So New England plays offense with their own set of 12 balls, and Indianapolis plays with their own set of 12 balls. The quarterback is allowed to rough up their balls (hah), so they feel better in their hands (hah). Eli Manning is known for really roughing up his balls (hah) in a very specific way.

This is very much like in baseball, when a pitcher uses a Rosin Bag to rough up the ball before he pitches. Roughing up your game day balls is totally legal. Altering the pressure of the football, is not.

Ohhh, ok. I get it. So how did the NFL find out about it?

Tom Brady threw an interception in the second quarter. The Colts player who made the interception, D'Qwell Jackson, told his equipment manager that the ball felt under-inflated when he made the catch. That message got relayed to the coach, who, of course, relayed it to the NFL officials.

And thus, deflate-gate was born.

Marshawn Lynch is notorious for not wanting to talk to the media... or to well, anyone at all. He thinks actions are greater than words... more specifically he's self admittedly, "just bout that action boss."

So during Super Bowl Media day, the NFL threatened to fine him $500,000 if he didn't show up.

Well Marshawn showed, and answered every question, 29 questions to be exact, with the same answer, "I'm just here so I won't get fined."

This. Was. Awesome.

Marshawn has a fan for life in me now, because if you were in a sorority, like I was, you know exactly where he was coming from!

Sorority Recruitment?
"Yeah, I'm just here so I won't get fined."

Homecoming float building?
"Yeah, I'm just here so I won't get fined."

7 Hour Long New Member Initiation?
"Yeah, I'm just here so I won't get fined."

Standards Board Hearing?
"Yeah, I'm just here so I won't get fined."

Study Hours?
"Yeah, I'm just here so I won't get fined."


I got you Marshawn. I got you. 

Many people are saying that a Super Bowl win for Tom Brady on Sunday could easily mark him as the greatest quarterback of all time. Here are the facts, I'll let you decide if he deserves the title of best ever, should he win. 
- A Win Will Bring Brady's Total Super Bowl Victories to 4
-Who holds the current QB Super Bowl Victory Record?  Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw, each with 4 victories
-Brady's 6th Super Bowl Appearance Ties with one other guy you've never heard of. Mike Lodish (see told ya, never heard of him) 
- Patriot's coach Bill Belichick record with Brady as QB: 180-55 Without Brady... 52-63. Whomp Whomp.
-My Boyfriend thinks Brady is the Greatest Living American -- or the GLA for short  I whole-heartedly disagree.
 

Read this mind blowing statistic...   When playing against QBs that have won a Super Bowl, Russell Wilson's record? 10-0. TEN AND OHHHHH!    You know what that tells me? He has ice in his veins. 
Wilson on the free throw line for two shots with 1 second in the game, down by one? He's gonna make em both. 
Wilson at bat, bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, down by three?  Wilson's gonna hit a walk-off grand slam
Wilson down by a stroke and putting for eagle on the 18th to win the Masters?*** Wilson's gonna drain that put to win the tournament He may not have the flair, arm, or accuracy Brady does... but the kid wins football games. Watch out for Mr. Wilson, Patriot fans.  ***update: Upon CB reading my blog post today, he informed me of the following"Sarah... no one has ever gotten an Eagle on the 18th at the Masters, ever. No one drives the green on 18 at Augusta. They just don't."-------- ok but Russell Wilson could, that is how clutch he is... #justsayin

Kickoff: 6:30pm EST
TV Channel: NBC
Location: University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ

National Anthem:  Idina Menzel

Halftime Show: Katy Perry
Current Favorite in Vegas: Patriots by 1 point

::Plus:: Here is another post from last year that might help you before you Super Bowl! Basic Football Q&A as asked by YOU, and answered by ME!