By shelz. 

First and foremost, let me reiterate… The Ravens won.  That is the most important thing here. The Lombardi is coming back to Charm City.  However, you will never be able to separate the rings the Ravens are about to receive from that jaw dropping presentation we witnessed last Sunday.

And you thought media day was crazy?  Deer antler spray.  An NFL player representing San Francisco who doesn’t want to play with gay people?  Alex Smith’s well documented Super Bowl depression?  And don’t forget Randy Moss forgetting Jerry Rice ever existed.  You thought it couldn’t  get any more strange?  Did you watch the game?

That was about the bat shit craziest Super Bowl I’ve ever seen.  But we’re dealing with the Ravens here.  And if there is one thing they always have in spades, its drama.  You can call my hometown ballers a lot of things, but boring will never be one of them.  Of course, not every wtf moment was Baltimore’s doing, but stuff like that comes with the territory.  I can truly say that I’ve never enjoyed a game more.  Let’s look at why.

The Ghost Of Candlestick Park Haunts Nawlins

What’s with the Niners and stadium blackouts? In the last few years they have been involved in a few games that featured some weird electrical delays.  Do rolling blackouts follow them around?  Do they have someone on payroll to flip the switch when they need to ice a dominant team?  The power outage at the Superdome obviously worked to their advantage, just not enough.  I smell shenanigans.

Cary Williams Mushes A ref And Doesn’t Get Called for it?

Did he punch the ref out of the camera shot?  I’m pretty sure I saw that.  And no flag?  Word?  Maybe dude was using his flag hand to hold his swollen jaw. Williams is a free agent as of right now and it’s kinda obvious hes not going to be in Baltimore next year.  Beating ref ass during the Super Bowl isn’t a great thing to have on your resume.

Its about to be a what?  A bird fight!

I guess I should mention that the reason why the ref mush wasn’t big time news was because it occurred during some chipiness that almost turned into a bench clearing brawl.  I’ve always wondered how measured these confrontations are.  Seems to me the average person would be able to stop themselves before these things get out of hand.  But last Subday the only thing being measured was how much whoop ass could be uncanned before someone got ejected.  Thankfully, no one did.

There aint no future in your frontin

A Baltimore chip shot for three took an odd turn when the holder snapped the ball to Justin Tucker and the Ravens kicker took off towards the endzone on 4 and 9.  He almost made it, which of course leads to second-guessing the call and leaving three points on the field.  But you know if he had made the first down, or better yet scored, that would have been the play of the century and Justin Tucker would have put his gal on the sofa and given that ball her side of the bed.  Give Caldwell some props for having the balls to try.

Some other things …

Sims and Nantz

Never again.  These mwaaafluckas got muted at my crib.  Has Super Bowl commentary ever been so dry?  They had no opinion on anything, except…ummm…nothing.  I don’t know how long CBS holds the Super Bowl contract, but they need a color commentary combine.  It’s time for someone with a personality behind the mic. Listening to this pair last night was like eating celery.

Whiners are well… whining

It was obvious from jump that the refs were going to let this game roll and you would prolly have to run up in the stands and tackle someone’s grandma to catch a flag.  It’s only a bad thing when you don’t get that one call that you want.  It all washes out.  Sorry Mr. Crabtree.

Party Like A Rock Star…Just without your rock.

 Of course only the Ravens could lose the Lombardi.  Somewhere under the confetti?  Did you leave it in the bathroom?  Did the heavens swallow it up and leave Ray behind?  Who knows.  Someone found it somewhere and all is well.  You can put your game of Clue away.  Thanks.

What can I say at this point?  Season is over.  Steelers fans are sneering at me just how I like and the City of Baltimore has a reason to hold its head up. If all the vets depart as the rumor mill suggests, the Ravens will have one of the youngest starting squads in the league next year and all the doubters will again have reason to count us out. But you never really can and this year, the Ravens proved that.  Well done Ravens and thanks.

 ***Ed note – shelz the Greek called every single game of the playoffs spot on. I tip my hat.***

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